The Rise of Islamophobia Has Never Been About Terrorism. It’s About Elections.
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Islamophobia has never gone away. It has been wielded as an electoral strategy against Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed and Barack Obama. But the shameless nature of the Islamophobia coming from politicians this electoral cycle may be a new low. “...the moment [Abdul El-Sayed] wins a primary in Michigan, suddenly the National Senatorial Research Republican Committee campaign committee starts referring to him as Abdul Rahman Mohammed El-Sayed,” Mehdi Hasan, editor-in-chief of @zeteo tells guest host Lizzie O’Leary on this episode of What Next. “Unlike Barack Obama, it’s not just one middle name. He’s got all three Muslim names. So this is very, very clearly correlated to the midterms coming up.” Hear Hasan explain the relationship between election seasons and Islamophobia, including how the Democratic party has “fanned the flames” of the GOP’s bigoted campaign tactics, when you watch the full conversation now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtNoE5qpLIQ #politics #election #news #pod
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