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Eshaal Hassan• April 25, 2024
Will There Be a Muslim Ban 4.0?

Seven years ago, former President Donald Trump enforced the Muslim Ban. With the upcoming presidential elections, will we see additions to the Muslim Ban? Trump passed the Muslim Ban in 2017 with Executive Order 13769 with the purpose of “protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States.” The Muslim Ban passed through many versions in 2017, and this is who the third ban restricts: muslims from 6 majority muslim countries including Libya, Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, and Syria and more countries from Africa and Asia. The Supreme Court upheld the third version when lower courts tried to challenge the executive order.

Zayed Kadir• Jan. 16, 2024
Biden and the Muslim Vote

With the recent events in Gaza and the Biden’s administration’s response. Muslim and Arab voters are in large numbers turning away from Biden. There are 3.5 million Muslims live in the United States as of 2017 with at least 71% of Muslim Americans are registered to vote. A poll from Emgage, a Muslim-American Civic Engagement organization, conducted a study revealing only 5% of Muslim and Arab Americans say they plan to Vote for Biden in the 2024 presidential election, which is a significant decrease from the 86% who supported him after he won the presidency in 2020. This may have set Biden up for failure in many key swing states.

Shayan Chaudhury• Dec. 21, 2023
Rise of Islamophobia in Light of the War

On November 8th during the GOP Presidential Debates, candidate Ron DeSantis criticized President Biden’s efforts to fight “so-called Islamophobia” in light of the Israel-Hamas conflict. A “so-called Islamophobia” that led a landlord to stab 6-year-old Palestinian boy Wadea Al Fayoume to death and the boy’s mother Hanaan Shahin so severely she could not attend the funeral.

Zayed Kadir• Jan. 16, 2024
The Internet’s Role in Shaping Youth Perspectives on Palestine

The younger generation is becoming significantly more pro-Palestinian following the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. And social media has played a large factor in why. ecent statistics have shed light on a change, in the viewpoints held by generations when it comes to the Israeli Palestinian conflict. According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, American Millennials and Gen Z individuals are increasingly inclined to favor the side of the conflict compared to age groups.

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