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Our #ThursdayThoughts on #Islamophobia are about #Dawah. Read our thread & check our NEW factsheet on Dawah here: bridge.georgetown.edu/factsheet-dawa…
Dawah is an Arabic term w/ a range of meanings generally understood to signify an invitation (definitions here: tinyurl.com/ybbsp24u)
#Dawah activities include acts of charity and proselytization
Anti-#Muslim groups (CSP, Counter Jihad, Jihad Watch) have co-opted the term to frame Muslims as a #threat to “American society & values”
The Center for Security Policy, considered an anti-#Muslim #hate group by @splcenter, refers to #dawah as a “pre-violent” form of warfare
These anti-#Muslim orgs have attempted to redefine #dawah in order to legitimize a #false narrative about an “Islamic threat” to the US
To learn more about how #dawah is being co-opted to spread #Islamophobic ideas, READ our factsheet here: bridge.georgetown.edu/factsheet-dawa…

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Mar 16, 2018
1) The @StateDept has nominated Ken Isaacs to serve as director general of @UNmigration.

Isaacs has an extensive history of sharing anti-#Muslim sentiment on @Twitter, & has promoted the views of prominent anti-Muslim activists like Robert Spencer.

cnn.com/2018/03/15/pol…
(2) In December, Isaacs RTed the following tweet from Robert Spencer. Spencer is the head of multiple anti-Muslim organizations, and claims that American Muslim organizations and mosques are front groups for terrorists.

imgur.com/a/QzN6E
(3) In Jan, Isaacs RTed @frankgaffney, who heads the Center for Security Policy, a prominent anti-Muslim think-tank that has promoted conspiratorial claims about an impending Muslim takeover of the US.

For more on CSP, check out our factsheet: bridge.georgetown.edu/factsheet-cent…
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Sep 13, 2017
Today's #WednesdayWisdom: READ our thread on #Jihad based on our new factsheet. Read all Bridge's factsheets here: bridge.georgetown.edu/factsheets-wha…
Jihad is an Arabic word meaning "struggle" or "thrive" often used to describe personal, spiritual efforts to follow God
The majority of Muslims agree that the concept details activities describing inner spiritual struggle to be better for the sake of God
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