The Problem: Islamophobia  

Islamophobia affects us all. Anti-Muslim bigotry has made it possible for the overt re-emergence of old and well tested racism in America and across many parts of Europe. 

We just released the Islamophobia Reporting App so as to make it easy to file an incident report.

The rising tide of Islamophobia visible in mainstream political circles and reflected in the media leaves the Muslim community vulnerable and facing grave danger. Racist and Islamophobic rhetoric has already translated into violent and deadly incidents across the country, with further armed threats directed at Muslim institutions and individuals now almost a daily occurrence.

We need a greater, more sustained response that both examines the roots of Islamophobia and provides the empirical data to quantify the problem. Only then can we develop the tools required to educate policymakers and civil society on how best to counter Islamophobia.

Our Solution:The Islamophobia Studies Center

The Islamophobia Studies Center is an educational not for profit research project dedicated to countering the pernicious rise of Islamophobia in society through use of applied research, publication, social media campaigns, workshops, conferences and media engagement. The Center's mission is focused on challenging the basic assumptions that are utilized to "otherize" Islam and Muslims while at the same time providing a counter narrative that is rooted in evidence and empirical research. 

Currently, the Center works to publish the Islamophobia Studies Journal and host a series of conferences including annual gatherings in Berkeley, Paris, Montreal, London and Austria as well as similar number of workshops intended to foster community responses to the racist phenomena.

What Can You Do? Support Justice, Equality, and Fairness for American Muslims

We need your help to make this happen

Funding Will Support The Following Areas:

•  Train and support student researchers to receive, gather, and process data
•  Identify community and campus partners who can assist in capacity building
•  Publish and share research findings
•  Create space for mutual learning, research development, and project coordination
•  Launch the Islamophobia phone app and collect timely data (in progress)
•  Develop a centralized research website on Islamophobia (underway)
•  Continue to expand the network of academic conferences around the world
•  Develop course and syllabus guidelines for classes focused on Islamophobia
•  Organize academic working teams to recommend and issue policy papers
•  Foster creative engagement on Islamophobia via the arts, poetry and video productions.
•  Establish & facilitate courses that can provide students background on Islamophobia as well as   effective  research methodology for data collection
•  Support graduate student researchers to supervise data collection and research projects
•  Provide financial support to students who propose research projects focusing on specific issues related to Islamophobia that need more attention
• Identify community and campus partners who can assist in capacity building
• Work with the existing project at University of California Berkeley’s Center for Race & Gender, which will provide immediate logistical and academic support
• Continue to partner with Zaytuna College, Graduate Theological Union Center for Islamic Studies, Arab and Muslim Diaspora and Ethnicities ofthe School of Ethnic Studies, SFSU.
• Develop a robust faculty network dedicated to working on the subject of Islamophobia
• Publish research findings in bi-annual journal
• Publish annual report on the status of Islamophobia in the US while partnering with community civil rights organizations
• Re-design and update the website that defines and contextualizes Islamophobia, shares research findings, and connects scholars to one another

Join And Mobilize To Combat Islamophobia

At the Center we have developed a global network of academics and community based activist dedicated to challenging the underpinnings of Islamophobia at the intellectual and institutional levels. Forging an academic area of specialization and the Islamophobia field of studies is key to begin to document and then in due to time to challenge the "otherization" of Muslims in civil society. Data and applied research is directly connected to policy formation and the Center is dedicated to making a qualitative difference in the work being done at an academic and community levels.

Islamophobia is all around us and it effects the health and well-being of Muslims young and old alike. The Muslim community deserves justice, equality and fairness. This will not happen if we don't do the hard work to mount a sustained response. Please join us and kindly donate and help our center carry out its mission. Thank you.

Our LaunchGood Team