Statement of Concerned Scholars about Islamophobia in the 2008 U. S. Ballot Campaign
Resource about the Faux Claim that Senator Obama is a Muslim
Resources on the Islamophobic Film Obsession
Recommended Reading on the Islamic Faith
Statement of Concerned Scholars nearly Islamophobia in the 2008 U. Southward. Election Campaign
Not since the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960 has the religious organized religion of a U.S. presidential candidate generated so much baloney as the simulated claims generated past extremist critics that Senator Barack Obama, the candidate of the Democratic Party, is a stealth Muslim. This is part of an Islamophobic detest entrada that fuels prejudice against Americans who practice their Islamic faith and Muslims worldwide. As scholars of Islam and Muslim societies and concerned citizens for a fair and honest electoral procedure, nosotros wish to ready the record directly.
ane. Senator Obama has spoken eloquently and widely of his Christian organized religion and shared his personal beliefs in public forums during the campaign on religious values in American life, including a Compassion Forum on April thirteen and a Saddleback Forum on August 16.
2. Senator Obama carries the same verbal name as his father, Barack Hussein Obama, who was considered to be an doubter and not a practicing Muslim past the time he met Senator Obama's female parent. Senator Obama's mother did not catechumen to Islam, nor was he raised every bit a practicing Muslim while growing upwardly in Republic of indonesia and Hawaii.
iii. The claim that Obama would be considered an "apostate" by Muslims is false. The vast majority of Muslims accept the Qur'anic bulletin there there is no compulsion in Islam (Qur'an, 2:256). Senator Obama was non raised as a Muslim, and he cannot exist held accountable for the religious status of his male parent.
4. The politically motivated attack on Senator Obama as a radical Muslim is office of an Islamophobic prejudice in this entrada against American Muslims equally anti-American and unfit to hold public function. During the primary season several candidates fueled resentment of all Muslims in politicizing the terrorist set on of 9/11. Recently the anti-Muslim propaganda picture Obsession has been sent as an unsolicited DVD to voters in several states. It does not thing if a political candidate is Muslim or Jewish or Catholic or Mormon or Baptist. The President of the Us serves all its citizens, regardless of their religious beliefs. Equally a land senator and U.s. senator, as well every bit in his ii books, Senator Obama expresses his conventionalities in the separation of church building and state, while accepting the need for greater dialogue betwixt members of all faiths.
5. Regardless of your final selection for the voting booth on November 4, the decision should be based on the crucial bug facing the nation and the individual grapheme of each candidate rather than spurious detest speech that demonizes the faith of equally many as eight million citizens of the Usa and more than a billion adherents worldwide.
Scholars supporting this argument:
Margaret Abraham, Professor of Sociology, Hofstra University
Aly R. Abuzaakouk, President, Libya Forum for Human and Political Development, Managing Editor, Republic Watch
Laurel Ackerson, Undergraduate Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures, and Sociology, Columbia Academy,
Najwa Adra, Independent Consultant, New York
Melanie Adrian, Social Anthropology and the Study of Religion, Lecturer in Social Studies, Harvard University
Ahmed Afzaal, Assistantant Professor, Comparative Religion, Concordia College
Abdullah al-Ahsan, Professor, Section of History and Culture, International Islamic University Malaysia
Peter S. Allen, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Rhode Island Higher
Donna Alvah, Acquaintance Professor & Margaret Vilas Chair of U.S. History, Department of History, St. Lawrence University
Barbara C. Aswad, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Wayne Land Academy
Uzi Baram, Associate Professor of Anthropology, New College of Florida
Rafik Beekun, Professor of Management and Strategy, Co-Director, Center for Corporate Governance and Ethics, University of Nevada
Magnus T. Bernhardsson, Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History, Department of History, Williams College
Peter Biella, Managing director, Program in Visual Anthropology, San Francisco State University
Jess Bier, Ph.D. Pupil, Graduate Centre, City University of New York
Whitney S. Bodman, Associate Professor of Comparative Religion, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
Marilyn Booth, Manager, Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and Acquaintance Professor, Comparative and World Literature, University of Illinois
Daniel Bradburd, Chair, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Clarkson University
Jonathan E. Brockopp, Department of History and Religious Studies, Pennsylvania Land University
Ann Burlein, Chair and Professor of Religion, Hofstra University
Steven C. Caton, Professor of Anthropology, Harvard University
Catalina Chesley, Anthropology Student, University of Michigan
Juan R. I. Cole, Professor of History, University of Michigan
Kristy S. Coleman, Lecturer, Comparative Religious Studies, San Jose State University
Don Conway-Long, Associate Professor and Chair, Behavioral & Social Sciences Deptartment, Webster Academy
Jenna Coplin, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Hofstra Academy
Kenneth M. Cuno, Section of History, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Edward East. Curtis Four, Associate Professor, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Melissa D'Agostino, Ph.D. Educatee, Anthropology, The New School for Social Inquiry
Huma Dar, Postdoctoral Instruction Fellow, Department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of British Columbia
Rochelle Davis, Assistant Professor, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Judith DeGroat, Associate Professor of History, Department of History, St. Lawrence University
el-Sayed el-Aswad, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, United Arab Emirates University
Jamal J. Elias, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
D. R. Elder, The Ohio State Academy-ATI, Wooster OH
Heather Empey, PhD Candidate, McGill University
Carl Ernst, Kenan Distinguished Professor, UNC Chapel Hill
Tolga Esmer, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Chicago
Brian Estes, Public Policy Associate, American Anthropological Association
Jacqueline Flenner, concerned denizen, Family unit Systems Therapist (Ret.), Asheville, NC
Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, Professor of Anthropology, Rhode Isle College
David G. Freidenreich, Section of Religious Studies, Colby Higher
Nancy Gallagher, Chair, Heart Due east Studies Program, Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
Frank Gaughan, Assistant Professor of Writing Studies and Limerick, Hofstra University
Norman Girardot, University Distinguished Professor, Faith Studies Department, Lehigh University
Patricia Golay, Visiting Faculty, Sectionalization of Undergraduate Studies, Florida Land University
Arthur Goldschmidt, Professor Emeritus of Middle Due east History, Penn State University
Hani Guend, Professeur chercheur, Institut national de la recherche scientifique, Centre Urbanisation Culture Société, Quebec
Sondra Hale, Professor, Anthropology and Women'southward Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Juliane Hammer, Banana Professor of Islamic Studies, Deptartment of Religious Studies, Academy of North Carolina at Charlotte
Jonathan H. Harwell, Drove Development & Assessment Librarian, Zach Due south. Henderson Library, Georgia Southern Academy
Motier Haskins, Professor, Schoolhouse of Social Work, University of Iowa
Gretchen Harwood, Deering, New Hampshire
Mary Elaine Hegland, Acquaintance Professor, Department of Anthropology, Santa Clara Academy
Richard E. Hennessey, Managing director, Islamic and Eye Eastern Studies Program, Merrimack College
Kathleen M. Herndon, English Section , Weber State University
Annie C Higgins, Assistant Professor, Arabic Language and Literature, Wayne Country University, Secretary/Treasurer, Syrian Studies Association
David M. Hindman, United Methodist campus minister, The Wesley Foundation at The College of William and Mary
Engseng Ho, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Knuckles Academy
Valerie Hoffman, Associate Professor, Department of Religion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Amir Hussain, Associate Professor of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount Academy
Brannon Ingram, Ph.D. candidate, Islamic studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Colina
Sherman A. Jackson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Visiting Professor of Law, Professor of Afro-American Studies, The University of Michigan
Stephanie Anne Johnson, Professor and Co-Chair and Service Learning Coordinator, Visual and Public Art Department, California State Academy, Monterey Bay
Rhoda Kanaaneh, visiting scholar, New York University Department of Center Eastern and Islamic Studies
Ahmet T. Karamustafa, Professor of History and Religious Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
Zayn Kassam, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Pomona Higher
Sharryn Kasmir, Department of Anthropology, Hofstra University
Brian P. Kelahan, History Instructor, Hyde Leadership School, New Haven, CT
Tugrul Keskin, PhD Student, Sociology, Virginia Tech. University
Mansa Bilal Mark Male monarch, Asst. Professor,Folklore Dept., Morehouse College
Rev. Jeffrey A. Kisner, Professor of Biblical and Ministry Studies, Chair, Human Studies Department, Waynesburg Academy
Fatemeh Keshavarz, Professor and Chair, Dept. of Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures, Washington University in St. Louis, Honorary Co-Chair, Iranians For Peace
Jeffrey Kitson, Instructor of Music, Fundamental Customs College (Columbus, NE)
John Kreniske, Acquaintance Professor of Anthropology, Hofstra University
Kathryn Kueny, Acquaintance Professor of Theology, Fordham University
Petra Kuppinger, Acquaintance Professor of Anthropology, Monmouth College
Robert A. Leonard, Professor of Linguistics and Manager of the Forensic Linguistics Project, Chair, Department of Comparative Literature and Languages, Hofstra Academy
Keith A. Leitich, Independent Scholar, Seattle, WA
Stephen Long, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Kansas State Academy
Lois Lorentzen, Chair, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, University of San Francisco
Ronald Lukens-Balderdash, Acquaintance Professor of Anthropology, University of North Florida, Fulbright Senior Scholar/Guest Lecturer, Istitut Agama Islam – Sumatera Utara
Pamela A. Maack, Anthropology, Distinguished Faculty, San Jacinto College
Donna Chiliad. Maeda, Professor and Chair, Department of Disquisitional Theory & Social Justice, Occidental College
Ali Akbar Mahdi, Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Ohio Wesleyan Academy
Douja M. Mamelouk, PhD candidate, Georgetown University
Gregory M. Maney, Acquaintance Professor of Sociology, Hofstra Academy
Richard C Martin, Professor of Islamic Studies and History of Religions, Emory Academy
Radwan A. Masmoudi, President, Eye for the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID), Washington, DC
Joy McCorriston, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, The Ohio Country University
Michael McKale, Professor of Philosophical & Religious Studies, Director, Establish for Ethics, Saint Francis Academy
Matthew Melvin-Koushki, PhD Student, Islamic Studies, Yale Academy
Khaleel Mohammed, Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, San Diego State University
Jawid MojaddediJawid Mojaddedi, Associate Professor of Religion, Director, Eye for Middle Eastern Studies, Rutgers University
David West. Montgomery, Postdoctoral Young man, Religion, Disharmonize and Peacebuilding Initiative, Emory University
Jonathan Mok, Postgraduate Student of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
Mirsad Mujovic, President & CEO, The Independent Institute for Social Studies
Corinna Mullin, Adjunct Instructor, Politics of the Centre E, Richmond American International University in London
Athar Murtuza , School of Business organisation , Seton Hall University
Aisha Y. Musa, Assistant Professor of Islamic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, Florida International Academy
Sheila Musaji, Editor, The American Muslim
Cheryl Mwaria, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Hofstra University
Stefanie Nanes, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Hofstra Academy
On-cho Ng, Professor of History, Religious Studies, and Asian Studies, Pennsylvania Country University
Margo Okazawa-Rey, Professor Emerita San Francisco Country University
Ali O. Ozturk, Didactics Assistant Professor, Northward Carolina State University
Jerry Pankhurst, Professor of Sociology and Russian and Key Eurasian Studies, Wittenberg University
Lori Peek, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Colorado Country University
Marking Allen Peterson, Anthropology Department & International Studies Program, Miami University of Ohio
Rev. Vincent Pizzuto, Department of Theology and Religious Studies, Academy of San Francisco
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Kathryn Poethig, Associate Professor of Global Studies, California Country University Monterey Bay
Lyn Reese, Director, Women in World History Curriculum, Berkeley, CA
John Renard, Professor of Islam and Theological Studies, Saint Louis Academy
Shira Robinson, Banana Professor of History and International Affairs, Department of History, The George Washington Academy
Robert Rozehnal, Assistant Professor, Section of Religion Studies, Lehigh University
Victoria Rue, Lecturer, Comparative Religious Studies, San Jose Country Academy
Mario Ruiz, Department of History, Hofstra University
Jennifer Rycenga, Professor, Comparative Religious Studies, San José Country Academy
Magda M.Saied, Manager, Ana El-Masry Association For Development & Homo Rights,
Cairo/Arab republic of egypt
Halide Salam, Professor of Art, Radford Academy
Christa Salamandra, Assistant Professor, Section of Anthropology, Lehman College, CUNY
Reginald Shareef, Professor, Political Science/Public Assistants, Radford Academy
S. Abdallah Schleifer, Distinguished Professor, The American Academy of Cairo
Vernon James Schubel, NEH Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies, Kenyon College
Richard J. SchuhmannRichard J. Schuhmann, Ph.D.
Director, Engineering Leadership Development Programme, Penn State University, Manager, Engineering science Leadership Development Program, Penn State University
May Seikaly, Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Wayne State University
Irene Siegel, Assistant Professor of Arabic Language & Literature, Comparative Literature Dept, Hofstra University
Laury Silvers, Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Mounzer A. Sleiman, National Security Affairs Analyst, National Press Building, Washington DC
Emilio Spadola, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Colgate University
Harvey Stark, PhD Student, Religion Department, Princeton University
Gregory Starrett, Acquaintance Professor of Anthropology, UNC Charlotte
Justin Stearns, Assistant Professor, Section of Organized religion, Middlebury College
Ted Swedenburg, Professor of Anthropology, University of Arkansas
Sahar Taman, Religion and Society Dialogue Projects Director, National Peace Foundation
Joanne Taylor, Adjunct Associate Professor, Section of Anthropology, Hofstra University
Alfons H. Teipen, Acquaintance Professor, Furman Academy
John P. Turner, Asst. Professor of History, Colby College
Samir and Pat McDonnell Twair, Washington Report on Middle East Diplomacy, Los Angeles
Sufia Uddin, Religious Studies, Connecticut College
Roberto Gutiérrez Varea, Associate Professor of Theater, Chair, Performing Arts and Social Justice Program, University of San Francisco
Daniel Martin Varisco, Chair and Professor of Anthropology, Hofstra University
Carl Watson, Curriculum Specialist, NYC Leadership Academy
Matthew C. Watson, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Anthropology, Academy of Florida
Sabra J. Webber, Associate Professor, Departments of Most Eastern Languages and Cultures (Acting Chair), The Ohio Country University
D.B. Wessels Boer-Stallman, concerned citizen
Jessica Winegar, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Temple University
Rachel Woodlock, PhD Candidate, Eye for Islam and the Modern World, School of Political and Social Inquiry, Monash University
Edip Yuksel, Philosophy Professor, Humanities Section, Pima Higher, Arizona.
If y'all would like to add together your name in support of this statement either equally a scholar of Islam and religion or simply as a concerned citizen, please email Daniel Varisco.
Resource about the False Claim that Senator Obama is a Muslim
Fight the Smears:
The truth virtually Barack Obama's faith
Lie:
Barack Obama is a Muslim.Truth:
Senator Obama has never been a Muslim, was non raised as a Muslim, and is a committed Christian. Further, this myth perpetuates unfortunate falsehoods about the Muslim-American community that are offensive to people of all faiths.Lie:
Barack Obama attended a "radical madrassa."Truth:
Barack Obama never attended a "radical madrassa."Lie:
Senator Obama was sworn into the U.S. Senate using the Koran.Truth:
Barack Obama was sworn in using his family Bible.
Photo from Time magazine
Factcheck.org: Sliming Obama
Dueling concatenation due east-mails claim he's a radical Muslim or a 'racist' Christian. Both tin't be correct. We discover both are false.
Summary
If these two nasty email messages are whatsoever indication, the 2008 presidential campaign is becoming a very dirty one.Ane claims that Obama is "certainly a racist" by virtue of belonging to Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, which it says "will accept only black parishoners" and espouses a commitment to Africa. Actually, a white theology professor says he's been "welcomed enthusiastically" at the church, equally take other not-blacks.
Another email claims that Obama "is a Muslim," attended a "Wahabi" school in Republic of indonesia, took his Senate oath on the Koran, refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance and is role of an Islamic plot to take over the U.S. Each of these statements is false.
These simulated appeals to discrimination and fear remind united states of america of the infamous whispering campaign of eight years ago, when bearding letters simply before the South Carolina primary falsely defendant Republican candidate John McCain of fathering an illegitimate child by a black woman.
CNN: CNN debunks false report near Obama
MSNBC: Obama: Mag insulted Muslim Americans
FAIR: 'Secret Muslims,' Open Bigotry: Islamophobia in the 2008 presidential campaign
Washington Post Editorial: Sticks, Stones and Mr. Obama
Jim Rutenberg,The Human Behind the Whispers About Obama, The New York Times
CAIR: Ellison Says Obama Smears Will Fail
Nicholas D. Kristof: The Push button to ‘Otherize’ Obama
Ali Eteraz: Obama Islam Smear Changes Stripes
Urban Legends
Haaretz Editorial: Obama and the Jewish question
Reuters: Sour note for American Muslims in election campaign
Resources on the Islamophobic Film Obsession
Obsession with Hate
Resources for Responding to Obsession DVD Mass Distribution (Sheila Musaji)
Omid Safi, "Who Put Detest in My Sunday Paper?"
Obsession Isn't a Perfume (Adam Shatz)
Recommended Reading on the Islamic Faith
Feisal Abdul Rauf, What's Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West. New York: Harper Collins, 2004.
Carl Ernst, Following Muhammad: Rethinking Islam in the Contemporary Globe. Durham: University of North Carolina Printing, 2003.
John Fifty. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed, Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think. Gallup Printing, 2008.
Amir Hussein, Oil and Water: Two Faiths, One God. Canada: Wood Lake Publishing, 2007.
Bruce Lawrence, The Qu'ran: A Biography. New York: Atlantic Monthly Printing, 2007.
Gabriele Marranci, Jihad beyond Islam. New York: Berg, 2006.
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