Sarah Harte: We need to dismantle the racialised stereotypes of Muslims in Ireland
The perception that being Irish and Muslim are mutually exclusive no longer holds true, writes Sarah Harte
Ibrahim Michael Noonan Imam outside Galway's Maryam Mosque. Last week, it was reported in the 'Irish Examiner' that Irish Muslim Imams said in the wake of the alleged plot to bomb the mosque, Muslims were living both 'on edge' and in fear. Photo: Ray Ryan
November is Islamophobia Awareness Month. The same month an alleged terrorist attack on a mosque in Galway was foiled.
The Gardaí have spoken about the emergence of a violent right-wing extremist organisation, identified as the Irish Defence Army (IDA). The far right has been growing in this country for years in an incremental but undeniable way.
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