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Is the Muslim Holy Book Violent?

Mustafa Khattab (lecturer in Islamic studies, Egypt; chaplain, Brock University, Canada; Fulbright interfaith scholar, USA; Imam (religious leader), Canada & USA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KyIQzOBHJ0

Haroon Moghul (scholar, U.S. Muslim issues, Center for Global Policy, published/interviewed by CNN, The Washington Post, TIME, Foreign Policy, Guardian and Al Jazeera English, the BBC, The History Channel, NPR; published How To Be A Muslim: An American Story): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqOnYVaXR48

Nouman Ali Khan (Founder, The Bayyinah Institute for Arabic and Qur’anic Studies; univ. professor, Arabic; named one of the 500 most influential Muslims in the world): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wI3XYnc1YVQ

Amitabh Pal (Comm. Dr., Freedom From Religion Foundation; mg. ed. of The Progressive, w/op-eds to 100s of newspapers in U.S. and other countries; appearing on C-SPAN and BBC; published in school/univ. textbooks , U.S.; U. S. college instructor): https://www.c-span.org/video/?300977-1/islam-means-peace

Are Muslim Laws Extreme?

Jasser Auda (Pres., Maqasid Institute, a think-tank registered in the U.S.; PhD, philos. of Islamic law, Univ. of Wales; univ. professor, Canada; scholar, Islamic law): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odmySqc9Qa8

Yasir Qadhi (Muslim scholar; Dean, Maghrib Institute, Tx, an international Islamic educational institution; teaching Religious Studies, Rhodes College, Tenn., writing books, lecturing widely on Islam):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvL_KwWcuUs

Omar Suleiman (Religious leadr.; Pres., Institute for Islamic Research; prof., Islamic Studies, Southern Methodist Univ.; scholar, Valley Ranch Islamic Center; Co-Chair, Faith Forward Dallas, a multifaith alliance for peace/justice): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMIFeD7bbUI

Islamic Networks Group (U.S. organization pursuing peace; countering bigotry through interfaith engagement; working within the 1st Amendment’s protection of religious freedom): https://ing.org/a-closer-look-at-sharia-in-the-united-states/

Muslim American Women

Alaa Murabit (physician; MIT Fellow; advisor to international security boards, think tanks, the UN Security Council, Women Global Advisory Board and the Council on Foreign Relations; honored and recognized by Forbes, Harvard, NY Times, Newsweek, BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FETryXMpDl8

Ingrid Matteson, Head of the Islamic Society of North America: https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/28/world/middleeast/28iht-muslim28.html?_r=3&pagewanted=1

Women’s Mosque of America: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g26wK-VYV0

Shabir Ally (Religious leadr.;Ph.D., Univ. Toronto; Pres., Islamic Info Ctr; w/global interfaith dialogues; weekly TV show– Let the Quran Speak): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9kPqYKD8w8; http://aboutislam.net/counseling/ask-about-islam/sinful-not-wear-hijab/

Muslims Reaching Out (U.S. & U.K.)

Islam, Judaism, and Christianity: An Interfaith discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INIG636SnU4

James White (well-known Christian evangelist): Dialogues with Muslim religious leaders, Christians & Muslims: https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=james+white%2C+youtube%2C+muslims#id=19&vid=717effcfd3688c78d4500aa696b600f3&action=view

Who ARE the Radical Terrorists?

The Independent (UK newspaper): Article: 30,000 worldwide Muslims gathered in the UK to protest terrorism: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/more-than-30000-ahmadiyya-muslims-from-across-the-world-meet-in-the-uk-to-reject-isis-and-islamic-a7191306.html

The Pew Center: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/08/09/muslims-and-islam-key-findings-in-the-u-s-and-around-the-world/

The Cato Institute: https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/extreme-vetting-immigrants-estimating-terrorism-vetting-failures

Karima Bennoune: (internationally recognized woman/author/speaker on Muslim issues; book published by W.W.Norton; on TedTalks, etc.): https://www.ted.com/talks/karima_bennoune_the_side_of_terrorism_that_doesn_t_make_headlines_

The Washington Post: (US Newspaper): Article: Violence committed by a Muslim in the US or Europe gets 5 times more media than the violence of a non-Muslim: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/03/13/yes-the-media-do-underreport-some-terrorist-attacks-just-not-the-ones-most-people-think-of/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.e3a78c49fb7d

Anthony Cordesman at the Center for Strategic and Internal Studies (Dir., [Middle East] Assessment Project; investigator, CSIS Homeland Defense Project; studies on U.S. security and Middle East policy; consultant to the Depart. of State and Defense, the U.S. military and NATO and U.S. senators like John McCain): https://www.csis.org/analysis/islam-and-patterns-terrorism-and-violent-extremism

Mehdi Hasan (an award-winning columnist, broadcaster, writer for the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Guardian, and the Times of London; included, annual list of the 500 most influential Muslims in world): https://theintercept.com/2017/03/29/you-shouldnt-blame-islam-for-terrorism-religion-isnt-a-crucial-factor-in-attacks/

Haroon Moghul (a scholar in U.S. Muslim issues; Center for Global Policy, with articles published by [and/or interviews with] CNN, The Washington Post, Religion Dispatches, TIME, Foreign Policy, Guardian and Al Jazeera English, the BBC, The History Channel, NPR; with book How To Be A Muslim: An American Story): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqOnYVaXR48

Young Black Males

The “Welfare” Stereotype

Newsweek: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-welfare-black-white-780252

Psychological Science.org: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/image-of-typical-welfare- recipient-linked-with-racial-stereotypes.html

Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/02/16/the-biggest-beneficiaries-of-the-government-safety-net-working-class- whites/?utm_term=.8f96ce6317d1

The “Criminal” Stereotype

Southern Poverty Law Center: https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/10/23/white-supremacists-favorite-myths- about-black-crime-rates-take-another-hit-bjs-study

SDACLU: https://medium.com/@SDACLU/the-power-and-politics-of-racialized-imagery-515662b19ac8

Black Men Disproportionately Arrested, Convicted, Incarcerated

Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/15/a-mass-incarceration- mystery/?utm_term=.aa7abaf79cc5

Huffington Post: https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2013/10/04/racial-disparities-criminal- justice_n_4045144.html?ec_carp=6156371165535157978

The Sentencing Project: https://www.sentencingproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Race-and-Justice- Shadow-Report-ICCPR.pdf

NAACP: http://www.naacp.org/criminal-justice-fact-sheet/