Person-topic record

Mehdi Hasan on Anti-Muslim Bigotry and Islamophobia

A sourced history of statements and actions associated with this topic.

Disputes involving alleged hostility, prejudice, exclusion, discrimination, or violence directed at Muslims or attributed to Muslim identity.

Scope: Classifications record sourced claims and responses. Inclusion does not itself establish that disputed criticism of Islam, Islamism, or Muslims is bigoted.

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Position history

1 event on this page · Inclusive range: August 31, 2026–August 31, 2026

1 matching event · Inclusive range: August 31, 2026–August 31, 2026

1 total published event · Inclusive range: August 31, 2026–August 31, 2026

August 31, 2026Condemned
Addressed record
Yousef's remarks and the audience applause constituted anti-Muslim hate and warranted an apology and repudiation from the summit and its sponsors.
“I'm trying to imagine the reaction from our media and politicians if a speaker at a 'Muslim American Summit' said, to loud applause, 'I don't want Jews in America.'”
Speaker capacity
Journalist and commentator
Editorial rationale
The analogy presents the statement as plainly discriminatory and exposes what Hasan argues is a double standard in the response.
Mehdi Hasan responds to Mosab Hassan Yousef's Jewish American Summit remarks (opens in a new tab)

Original social post contrasting the response to Yousef's statement with the likely response to an analogous statement about Jews at a Muslim-American summit.

View context Mosab Hassan Yousef’s call for Muslims to leave the United States at the Jewish American Summit