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CBS 8 Interview – Book Tour, Islamophobia
9/11 – It’s Time to Address Our Trauma
It happened 18 years ago: 9/11. If you’re in your mid-30s or older, I suspect you can tell me exactly where you were and what you were doing when you first heard the horrific news. Me? I was driving to a conference in Tucson, Arizona as an employee of Raytheon Missile...
Finding the Source of the Re-Emergence of Supremacist Hate
Activists, politicians, and journalists are pointing the finger at Donald Trump as the cause of the global overflow of supremacist hate. The gunmen in the El Paso, Poway, and Christchurch shootings, which targeted Hispanics, Jews, and Muslims respectively, all...
President Trump and Duncan Hunter Stoke America’s Fear of Muslims
CA-50 Congressional race unmasks the use of islamophobia to win elections. The race features beleaguered incumbent, Duncan Hunter, and second time challenger, Ammar Campa-Najjar. On July 15, the very day my book was released (Why Do They Hate Us? Making Peace with the...
Riding the Wave
Riding the Wave of Goodness As a surfer, I find the rolling waves to be full of meaning. As a tiny speck on the edge of a vast ocean, I observe their steady motion towards me and instinctively calculate where to place myself to be in a position to catch the biggest...
“No Answer for Far Right Islamophobia Strategy. Trump Using Wall to Raise 2020 Funds”
Christians and Muslims Come Together During Lent
Salaam and St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral bring together Muslim leaders to share their stories and create understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims Who: Salaam, a non-religious, non-partisan organization that focuses on creating friendships and a mutual understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims. Salaam USA has partnered with St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral, a place of sanctuary and safety […]
The Muslim Travel Ban – Are We Safer? The Statistics Speak.
A week after his inauguration, President Trump signed an order prohibiting anyone from seven Muslim nations from entering the United States. This policy is especially brutal towards families. With the stroke of a pen, spouses, children, and parents were denied the possibility of even visiting family members who had established legal residence in the […]
January 2019 – #1
A Word from the Founder The United States Government is shut down in a partisan dispute over border wall funding. Asylum seekers are being processed and then abandoned in the streets in border cities where they sleep until citizen advocates find them. In San Diego an immigration attorney filled his house with multiple families, just to […]