Mehdi Hasan on Islamophobia

Statements and actions by Mehdi Hasan on this topic.

Public disputes concerning hostility, prejudice, discrimination, or exclusion directed at Muslims or attributed to Muslim identity.

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Statement history

1 statement on this page. Dates: August 31, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: August 31, 2026

1 published statement. Dates: August 31, 2026

Mehdi Hasan
Role at the time: Journalist and commentator
August 31, 2026Condemned
Responding to
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.'"
Why we used this label
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.

Our account of this statement has been corrected. 1 correction

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