#Muslims
@UCANews RT by @benedictrogers: #Myanmar’s #Muslims have already faced a genocide that the world failed to stop. Let’s not see a new genocide of Myanmar’s #Christians. Let’s act, writes @benedictrogers. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar #MyanmarMilitary https://www.ucanews.com/news/stop-the-systematic-targeting-of-christians-in-myanmar/103457 #ChristianPerscution https://nitter.hongkongers.net/UCANews/status/1731538828392058994#m
#US #Muslims pledge to ditch Biden in 2024 over his stance on Israel-Gaza war
Muslims in key states launch #AbandonBiden campaign over US president’s refusal to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. #uspol https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/3/us-muslims-pledge-to-ditch-biden-in-2024-over-his-stance-on-israel-gaza-war
Explosion during mass in the Philippines kills at least 4 and injures more than 40 #Christians #Church #Mindanao #Muslims #Philippines #Terrorism https://www.thailandnews.co/2023/12/explosion-during-mass-in-the-philippines-kills-at-least-4-and-injures-more-than-40/
#Solidarity with #Palestinians is not hate speech, whatever would-be censors say - Kenan Malik
#Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Jews #Muslims #Holocaust #NeverAgain #NeverForget https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/03/freedom-expression-imperilled-when-speakers-cancelled-whether-left-or-right-gaza?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#Muslims #USA #Biden
And the alternative is?
https://apnews.com/article/muslim-swing-state-biden-vote-fb3b93f465ed6fd34a901c269a084a90
#Muslims from swing states #Michigan, #Minnesota, #Arizona, #Wisconsin, #Florida, #Georgia, #Nevada and #Pennsylvania abandon #Biden
Muslims, not just in #America, but all over the world, have NO IDEA what's in store for them in a 2nd #Trump term, and they will fully deserve it.
They will have #noOneToBlame but themselves ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111511566552365809
https://apnews.com/article/muslim-swing-state-biden-vote-fb3b93f465ed6fd34a901c269a084a90
So their world brightens with Trump...? 🙄 Self-defeating.
"Muslim Americans in swing states launch anti-Biden campaign"
https://www.axios.com/2023/12/02/muslim-americans-swing-states-anti-biden-campaign
"Muslim Americans in several swing states are scheduled to gather in Michigan on Saturday to start a campaign they're calling #AbandonBiden..."
"We recognize that, in the next four years, our decision may cause us to have an even more difficult time."
Do tell...
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This evolving story about #Hindutva is especially troubling with rising #ChristoFascism in #US as I pointed out ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111376788032217265
#Muslims, not just in #America, but all over the world will fully deserve what's in store for them with a 2nd #Trump term, and they will have #noOneToBlame other than themselves
Once #RightWing #JewishNationalists, #HinduNationalists, and #ChristianFascists are in #lockstep, #pogroms against Muslims on a global scale cannot be ruled out
‘Problem of Christian, Love Jihad’: A Future Judge’s Bias Reveals Supreme Court Collegium’s Enduring Opacity
A recent recommendation of the three-judge Supreme Court Collegium to appoint a member of the ruling party as a High Court judge revealed the government’s contradictory approach to candidates it favours or disfavours and the Collegium’s opacity. While the Collegium made public its reasons for backing a gay advocate’s candidature for the first time, no reasons were given for its approval of an advocate with obvious bias against India’s minorities.
#VictoriaGowri #BJP #hindutva #IndianJudiciary #SCCollegium #SupremeCourt #islamophobia #HateSpeech #minorities #muslims #christians #RSS #india
#Starbucks pledged to hire 10,000 #refugees, not specifically #Muslims
https://fullfact.org/online/starbucks-hire-10000-refugees-not-muslims/
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>> #British signed away their land to the newly created state of Israel…
British didn’t “sign away” their land, any more than they signed away land of #BritishIndia to #Pakistan & #EastPakistan (now #Bangladesh)
>> paving the way for massive expulsion of Palestinians
#BalfourDeclaration preserved interests of BOTH sides ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111496434887169377
15+ million #Hindus and #Muslims were displaced across the eastern and western borders of #India in 1947
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On all fours in ‘rat holes’, the heroes of Silkyara scrape by on the margins
Rat-hole mining is banned in India as a dangerous practice; showered by praise, a 12-member team of rat-hole miners ask for human dignity, a house, a road, fair wages, and an assurance that such a collapse will never be repeated.
#uttarakhand #uttarkashi #UttarakhandTunnelCollapse #UttarakhandTunnelRescue #RatHoleMiners #environment #dalits #muslims #caste #himalayas #india
#Coldplay is #gay “#propaganda,” says this #religious #group
200 #conservative #Muslims marched near the #concert venue in #Jakarta, #Indonesia with #banners that read, “Reject, cancel and disband #Coldplay concerts.” The group called Martin an #LGBTQ+ “propagandist,” and claimed the #concert would damage the country’s “#faith and #morals.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Indonesia #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews
https://www.intomore.com/impact/advocacy/coldplay-is-gay-propaganda-says-this-religious-group/
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#Palestinians loudly complain of #displacement, but they aren't the only ones who have been displaced in history.
15+ million #Hindus & #Muslims were displaced after #BritishIndia was partitioned into #India and #Pakistan in 1947.
#Jewish people suffered displacement MULTIPLE times, even ignoring #FirstExodus prior to 12th c. BCE:
740 BC: #FirstJewishExile
586 BC: #SecondJewishExile
540 BC: Fall of #Babylon; Return to #Judah
1881: #RussianRevolution; #FirstAliyah
1904: #SecondAliyah
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In Hindutva’s absence, class is deciding the Muslim vote in Telangana
Although the MIM might hold on in the Old City of Hyderabad, the Congress and Rahul Gandhi are gaining in popularity.
#AssemblyElections2023 #telangana #muslims #hyderabad #MIM #congress #RahulGandhi #hindutva #india
Government offices in EU can ban religious symbols: EU court https://www.euractiv.com/section/non-discrimination/news/government-offices-in-eu-can-ban-religious-symbols-eu-court/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Belgium #EuropeanCourtofJustice #headscarf #Muslims
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#Kitchener's mistake in choosing #Hussein & #Arabia as representative of ALL #muslims based on his misunderstanding of religious differences was responsible for 4 decades of #proxyWars between #ArabLeague states & #Iran's theocracy-backed #AxisOfResistance, until the secret #rapprochement brokered between them by #China in March 2023
#British mistake in offering independence based on vague borders & #Hussein's subsequent confusion were addressed in #McMahonHusseinCorrespondence, but in vain.
#NoStateSolution is an unattainable ideal in the modern world.
Look at #India and #Pakistan — mortal enemies — who largely accepted a #TwoStateSolution in the 1947 partition of #British India.
There were large scale displacements among #Hindus and #Muslims — More than 15 million.
There were displacements elsewhere in the world too.
Why couldn't or wouldn't #Palestinians accept a similar #UN resolution for #Palestine in 1947?
This is beyond #ethnoNationalism.
Officially, the Constitution of India declares it as a "secular" republic, but over last several years, there has been a shift.
There is now a strong #FarRight #Hindutva movement (not #Hinduism, or #Hindu religion) that is dragging India away from that ideal into #religiousNationalism.
That does not bode well for #Muslims in India.
What I'm alarmed about is the prospect of #RightWing #Jewish, #Hindu, and #Christian #fascists in #lockstep.
Impetus for #Kitchener's desire to "capture #Islam" in #MiddleEast in #WWI was rooted in his inability to understand that #societiesAreNotHomogenous.
There was a time when Britain ruled over half of world's #muslims in #Africa & #India, and Kitchener believed Islam as a homogenous, single centralized entity controlled by the #Caliph — #Mohammad's successor.
This perception probably grew out of the fact that #Turkish #Sultan had immense sway over muslims far away in India.
@OeconomicusRatio @Barrikoi1 @DavidBruchmann
I accidentally used the wrong graphic & changed it within a minute. Let's not get hung up on minutiae Heribert. 🙄
So now you can see the views of #Muslims toward #Israel, are you ready to accept the figures when used with poll multipliers & a +/- 4% margin of error is added?
If yes, then we can move on. By the way, the 38 minutes I was away, I was speaking with a client at work, if that's OK by you Dude. 🤷🏾♂️
Unfortunately, people like @OeconomicusRatio doesn't believe you. He feels there's universal support for #Israel, especially amongst #Muslims, BUT he's spent the last 2 hours refusing to provide evidence to support his claim.
This is the global problem people who are sickened by the bloodthirsty revenge bombing of #Gaza face.
There are people being slaughtered, & those calling for an immediate ceasefire are being accused of #Antisemitism by some #Jews. 🤷🏾♂️
@DavidBruchmann @OeconomicusRatio
In terms of religion, I'll come to that eventually. Grouping those in support of #Palestine as #Muslims is just for ease.
I spoke to a Member of the #UK #Parliament two weeks ago, & he told me MPs in constituencies with small #Muslim populations have bulging email inboxes from constituents who're sickened by the incessant bombing of #Gaza.
This goes way beyond it being a #Muslim issue, as the marches across the globe have proved.
@OeconomicusRatio @DavidBruchmann
I'm not playing a game Heribert. You tagged me & David in this thread & I've decided to oblige, & I've also given you a chance to drop it. 🤷🏾♂️
Now are you willing to answer my question, yes or no?
I'm quite happy to accept that your assertions were your personal opinion, & not based on empirical, independently verified, peer reviewed data, claiming the #Muslims in the nations you quoted, are all fine with the situation in #Palestine.
@OeconomicusRatio @DavidBruchmann
Have you asked the #Muslims of these nations you've quoted, if they're alright with the situation in #Palestine, or are you stating your opinion as fact?
If this is fact, can you supply me with the empirical, independently verified, peer reviewed data on these #Islamic people's OK opinions on the happenings in #Gaza the #WestBank & of #Palestinian people in general?
If you can't, I'll accept it's just your personal opinion, & not based in actual fact.
@OeconomicusRatio @DavidBruchmann
I'm sorry to disagree with you, but if you believe the vast majority of global #Muslims are fine with the situation in #Palestine, then I have to say you're deluding yourself.
You're scripting your responses from a #Jewish viewpoint, & already you're putting the views of 15m #Jews above those of 1.8bn Muslims, & totally dismissing how they evidently feel.
I've barely started Heribert, & you're not faring well so far. Do you wish to continue?
@OeconomicusRatio @DavidBruchmann
So the #Jews who were living in Warsaw & fought the #Nazi invaders (for whatever reasons), are resistance fighters, but #Hamas who are fighting the #Zionist occupiers (2022 UN Resolution) are terrorists?
How does this work???
As they say, one man's terrorist, is another man's resistance/freedom fighter. It all depends on who you support, & there are far more #Muslims than Jews & they tend to disagree with your assertions. 🤷🏾♂️
When the #GreatPowers drew the map of the #MiddleEast after #WWI, they set aside #religion and #ethnicity as the basis, but religion was fundamental to the political existence of #Shia #Iran and #Sunni #Muslims of #Egypt, #Syria, and elsewhere
1915: #Kitchener decided to partition #ME, leading to #SykesPicot Agreement
1917: #Lenin's #Bolshevik colleague Leon #Trotsky blew up Sykes-Picot
1918: #WWI ends
1919: Treaty of #Versailles following WWI
1922: #PointOfNoReturn…
"Never Forget: Jews and Muslims have Often imagined themselves in History as Siblings & Allies"
"Historically, & even theologically, Jews have always been closer to Muslims than they were to Christians.
"In Muslim lands... Arabic “became the language of science & philosophy, of government & commerce, even the language of Jewish theology when such a discipline began to develop under Islamic influence.”
https://www.juancole.com/2023/11/imagined-themselves-siblings.html
An incident like Kanhaiyalal murder took place in Yogi's UP, Jihadi attacked the conductor and Yogi was beaten by the police!
https://newswatchindia.com/an-incident-like-kanhaiyalal-murder-took-place-in-yogis-up-jihadi-attacked-the-conductor-and-yogi-was-beaten-by-the-police/
#Jihad #Jihadist #jihadists #uppolice #UPPolitics #UPPoliceInNews #uppoliceconstable #uppolicenews #UttarPradeshNews #UttarPradesh #Allahabad #allahabaduniversity #uttarpradeshpolice #UttarPradeshNews #yogiadityanathgovernment #hindu #hinduism #sanatandharma #sanatani #sanatanihindu #muslim #muslimcommunity #muslimstudents #Muslims
via @haaretz_english_news https://haaretz.com
⚠️ MUST-READ ⚠️
'Using Jewish Pain':
How Europe's #FarRight is exploiting #Jews, #Muslims and the war in #Gaza
(Thread) 1/9
In the shadow of Partition, state-sanctioned atrocities aimed to wipe out Meo Muslims in Mewat
The riots in Nuh in August show how lasting impunity to Hindu nationalist networks patronised by the princely states of Alwar and Bharatpur sustains violence.
#partition #haryana #rajasthan #mewat #nuh #hindutva #MeoMuslims #muslims #HinduMobs #histodon #history #india
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With #Turkey entering #WWI against the #British & #Allies, the whole calculation had changed.
#McMahonHusseinCorrespondence that ensued had 2 main reasons:
1. Counteract #Ottoman #jihad against Allies
2. Maintain support of #Muslims in British #India over which the Ottoman #Caliphate had great sway.
It refined the vague borders of the original #Kitchener letter and carved out specific areas from a future #Arabia.
The dispute on this carve-out is the #cruxOfTheMatter in the conflict.
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In 1911, #Jerusalem’s population was 67% #Jews (indigenous & #European transplants), 15% #Christians, & 12% #Muslims
#Zionism as a movement didn't gather steam until AFTER #WWI.
In 1913, #Zionist diplomat Nahum #Sokolow pitched to #British that the movement aspired to "till the soil of #Palestine," but the British rebuffed him because #Arabs & #OldTurks in #Turkey, a friendly power, opposed the #Jewish #nationalist movement
Soon afterward, #Europe descended into WWI
https://www.amazon.com/Balfour-Declaration-Origins-Arab-Israeli-Conflict/dp/1400065321/
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The forgotten massacre of Jammu Muslims in 1947 set a template of impunity and violence
State troopers as well Hindus and Sikhs fleeing the violence of Partition have been accused of mass atrocities in the former princely state under Hari Singh.
#jammu #kashmir #partition #AntiMuslimViolence #HariSingh #history #histodon #muslims #india
Geert Wilders, the Dutch far-right leader, initiated the official procedure to form a government coalition. His significant triumph in the election has caused political upheaval in the Netherlands. Wilders faces the challenge of persuading hesitant opposition parties to join his administration as prime minister. Wilders has proposed measures that directly affect Muslim communities, including calls to prohibit the Quran, shut down mosques, and halt immigration from Muslim-majority countries. If enacted, these policies would significantly affect Muslims living in the Netherlands.
#Muslims
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/second-class-citizens-dutch-muslims-in-shock-over-geert-wilderss-win/articleshow/105473616.cms
#Dutch #Muslims expressed shock at election of Geert #Wilders, who has called for ban on #mosques & #Koran in #Netherlands.
#American Muslims should prepare for the shock of a #Trump win in #Election2024 as people like Rashida #Tlaib lie to their constituents and try to peel voters away from #Biden in battleground states.
Muslims WORLDWIDE should prepare for the shock of #RightWing #Jewish, #Hindu, and #Christian #dictators in #lockstep ➡️
https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111376788032217265
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/muslims-shock-over-anti-islam-partys-dutch-poll-win-2023-11-23/
Anti-Islam populist politician Geert Wilders wins a monster victory in the Dutch elections. If the Netherlands was a ship, we could rename it into the HMS Intolerance…
Portends fragmentation of #NATO, #EU. Bodes ill for #Muslims all over
#FarRight #PVV party led by racist, anti-#Islam populist Geert #Wilders won election in #Netherlands.
PVV wants Netherlands to leave #EU, de-Islamize, pushback on #migrants, total halt to accepting #asylum-seekers.
Echoing #AmericaFirst & #Trump, Wilders said “The people must get their nation back.”
#European Far Right has also triumphed in #Germany, #Hungary, #Italy, #Poland, #Slovakia, and #Spain
⬆️ Alarming, not just for #Biden smears, but how it affects #US national security and world security:
#Tlaib from battleground #Michigan is trying to subvert Election2024 with #Biden lies ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111352305821082802
#BDSHorseShoe sympathizers don't realize the scale of death and destruction that await #Muslims, #Jews, and entire humanity, regardless of race or ethnicity
It will pale in comparison to what has happened so far in #Ukraine and #MiddleEast ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111434223324480434
Duplicity of #China toward #Muslims in #MiddleEast is worse than that of #Russia.
#Putin merely shed #crocodileTears when he said that "bloodied children" in #Gaza brought tears to his eyes ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111453366774875028
#Xi actually ordered the #Sinicization of #Islam, while #dogWhistling to #Brothers and #Sisters in #Arab states ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111443215314525928
#Palestinians must know their friends by what they DO rather than what they SAY, instead of just letting others fight #inTheirName only
#Palestinians who let others fight #inTheirName must realize that despite brokering #rapprochement between #Iran & #ArabLeague, China is no friend of #Muslims
#China is closing, destroying & repurposing #mosques in a systematic effort to #Sinicize #Islam ➡️ https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/11/22/china-mosques-shuttered-razed-altered-muslim-areas
Since 2016, #Xi Jinping called for #Sinicization of religions to ensure that #ChineseCommunistParty #CCP is sole arbiter of people’s spiritual life
#CulturalGenocide ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111387180072618092
Varanasi’s Muslim Silk-Weavers Battle Mechanisation, Communalism and Politics
The absence of opportunities and a documented fall in handloom work has pushed many to move to other textile hubs.
#UttarPradesh #varanasi #muslims #SilkWeavers #MuslimBusinesses #hindutva #BJP #BJPStates #islamophobia #NarendraModi #weavers #artisans #india
https://thewire.in/communalism/varanasi-muslim-silk-weavers-mechanisation-communalism
Rajasthan: Junaid-Nasir Were Killed 9 Months Ago, Their Families Remain In Dread
The villagers say they continue to fear for their lives, worried that they could meet the same fate as Junaid and Nasir if they tread too far from familiarity.
#rajasthan #NasirJunaid #CowLynchings #CowVigilantism #BajrangDal #VHP #hindutva #IndianMuslims #muslims #HinduMobs #AntiMuslimViolence #india
Borrell: EU faces growing Muslim animosity over Gaza war stance https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/borrell-eu-faces-growing-muslim-animosity-over-gaza-war-stance/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Gaza #GlobalSouth #Israel #JosepBorrell #Muslims
In today’s #BigStory #Podcast, in June 2021, Nathaniel Veltman intentionally ran his truck into the Afzaal family, who were simply out for a walk. All but one member of the family was killed, and Veltman later said he did it because he was looking for #Muslims to run over. Last week, Veltman was quickly found #guilty of four counts of first-degree #murder and one count of attempted murder.
https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/11/21/veltman-verdict-hate-in-canada-big-story-podcast
#HateCrimes #Racism #Canada #terrorism #CanadianLaw #WhiteSupremacy #CourtCase
In MP, bulldozer injustice: Muslim lives erased
https://ruralindiaonline.org/en/articles/in-mp-bulldozer-injustice-muslim-lives-erased/?s=09
> State directed crushing of homes and shops as retribution for communal violence is a one-sided affair where minority communities are the only ones paying the price #RuralIndiaOnline
#india #muslims #bjp
When Surveillance Is Your Friend: For Many, a CCTV Camera Is a Safety Net Against Police Excess
'There is nothing fashionable about installing so many cameras in and outside one’s house,' says a lawyer from a Muslim community. And yet, doing this has helped members of the community prove unfair police action against them.
#CCTV #PoliceViolence #NIA #AntiCAAProtests #adivasis #muslims #HumanRights #privacy #surveillance #india
Muslims are being harassed, assaulted, and slaughtered by Hindu nationalists—and Indians aren’t allowed to watch
India is trying to erase evidence of its citizens' crimes. Kaushik Raj writes.
#IndianMuslims #muslims #AntiMuslimViolence #BJP #hindutva #SocialMedia #censorship #india
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/india-modi-technology-x-videos-hate-speech/
#CarlHigbie, a former SEAL who went on to give #Trump a #Nazi #salute in DC, and advocate for the registration and #internment of #Muslims, is here to give us all a lesson on what makes a "real" man:
“Men need to have hands tough enough to kill a man, smart enough to author the Declaration of Independence, and gentle enough to rock a newborn to sleep,”
Oh yeah, Carl? Well this real man is using his hand to make the jerk-off motion. ✊💦
https://dailycaller.com/2023/11/17/carl-higbie-real-men-monologue-newsmax/
IMHO
#PALESTINE was #Muslims, #Christians, and #Jews. Although they identified differently, they all spoke Arabic. #Ottoman state language was #Turkish. It was a fast-growing society. Even while few could read or write, schooling grew rapidly. At the turn of the century, roads, railroads, electricity, and more.
Additionally, society has been generally tranquil for a long period. No violence occurred between Muslims, Jews, Christians, or other groups in Palestine. In several hundred years
Erdoğan labels Israel a ‘terror state’, slams its backers in West https://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/erdogan-labels-israel-a-terror-state-slams-its-backers-in-west/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Gaza #Hamas #Israel #Muslims #RecepTayyipErdoğan
Wondering if the #media is going to show all the extremely problematic signs at the #MarchForIsreal today (“Finish #Gaza Off” etc.) or the portion of one of the speaker’s speech that called on people to rise up against #Muslims? 👀
As India’s religious polarisation intensifies, I miss the Bohra Diwali celebrations of my childhood
A silver coin would be bought on Dhanteras. New account books would be opened. The entire clan would gather to celebrate the festival. Farida Pacha writes. (Article from November 2021)
#diwali #deepavali #bohras #muslims #gujarat #hindutva #IndianMuslims #syncretism #HinduMobs #AntiMuslimRiots #india
Anti-Defamation League Maps Jewish #PeaceRallies With #Antisemitic Attacks
American Jews have mobilized several thousand #Jews across the U.S. to call for a #ceasefire in #Gaza. #ADL calls these Jewish organizations 'hate groups.'
Micah Lee
November 11 2023, 6:00 a.m.
“On October 27, several thousand Jews and their allies shut down the main terminal of Grand Central Station during rush hour in New York City, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza. Organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, the activists at the peaceful sit-in wore black T-shirts that read 'Not In Our Name.' 'It’s the largest sit-in protest the city has seen in over two decades,' Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman said. About 400 people were arrested, including rabbis.
“The Anti-Defamation League has classified the event — and dozens of other protests led by Jewish groups like Jewish Voice for Peace and IfNotNow — as 'anti-Israel,' according to an analysis by The Intercept, and added them to their database documenting rising antisemitism across the U.S.
“’We’re seeing a genuine rise in antisemitic attacks and white nationalist, white supremacist, antisemitic hate and violence,' Eva Borgwardt, the national spokesperson for IfNotNow, told me. 'When white nationalism is on the rise, to cheapen the accusation of antisemitism by applying it to Palestinian rights advocates, including Jews, is incredibly irresponsible and dangerous.'
“Since Hamas’s brutal October 7 attack on southern Israel where Palestinian militants killed over 1,400 Israelis — most of them civilians — and took over 200 hostages, the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy group that tracks antisemitism and extremism, has been keeping track of the alarming rise of antisemitic incidents.
“In 2020, over 100 #progressive organizations — including the #MovementForBlackLives, #DemocraticSocialists of America, and Center for Constitutional Rights — signed an open letter asking the progressive community to not partner with ADL because the group 'has a history and ongoing pattern of attacking #SocialJustice movements led by communities of color, #queer people, #immigrants, #Muslims, #Arabs, and other marginalized groups, while aligning itself with #police, right-wing leaders, and perpetrators of state violence.' Now, ADL is targeting a new group of people: #ProgressiveJews.
“Israel’s indiscriminate massacre of civilians in Gaza — killing over 10,000 Palestinians so far in the densely populated Gaza Strip, including over 4,000 children — has led to the largest anti-war protests in the U.S. since the Iraq War, including a surge of renewed activism from progressive Jewish groups. Israel has bombed Gaza nonstop since the October 7 attack, ordered the relocation of over 1 million civilians, launched a ground invasion, and is blocking food, water, medical supplies, and fuel from making it into Gaza, triggering a #HumanitarianCrisis and leading to what legal scholars call a #genocide against #Palestinians.
"While the ADL told The Intercept that it does not consider the ceasefire protests 'antisemitic,' just 'anti-Israel,' its CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, has said otherwise. After several thousand Jews and their allies marched on the U.S. Capitol on October 18 calling for a ceasefire, ADL DC released a statement equating #antiZionism with antisemitism. Greenblatt piled on, calling the groups that organized the protest, including Jewish Voice for Peace, 'hate groups.'"
Full article:
https://theintercept.com/2023/11/11/palestine-israel-protests-ceasefire-antisemitic/
Bias incidents against Muslims, Jews on the rise in the U.S. amid Middle East war, new data shows.
""Both Islamophobia and anti-Arab racism are out of control in ways we have not seen in almost 10 years," said Corey Saylor of CAIR, the nation's largest Muslim civil rights organization.
ABC News reports: https://flip.it/pc2D4w
It's incumbent on those #Jews who sense the #Palestine injustice to become more visible & drown out the #FarRight #Zionists.
This constant state of conflict gives #Hamas & #Likud reasons to exist. If a two state solution was found, what need would there be for either?
The major issue though is the powerful Zionist lobby in the #US & the unfettered #American support for #Israel which is enraging #Muslims globally
Then there's the racism. Likud don't like Arab or African Jews
Why do I believe #Biden will lose in 2024?
1. Most people voted for him because they hated Trump.
2. The lack of voter enthusiasm sealed Hillary's fate in 2016. Trump has many die-hard fans; Biden doesn't.
3. His blind support of Israel will not give him more votes from conservative Jews and will give him fewer from Liberal #Jews. He will lose many votes from #Muslims.
4. Most Gen Y and Z believe he is too old.
"The normalization of the deaths of #Palestinians over the years — because they are #Arabs, because they are #Muslims, because they stand in the way of #colonization — is a #dehumanization that fuels this oppression. Then, as today, #Canada is complicit." https://yellowheadinstitute.org/2023/11/02/candas-role-in-colonization-palestine/
#dagistan #kabardinobucaria
#russia #muslims who intruded airport and asked
> where are the jews ?
are with a 2 edged sword - this will reinforce
#antisemitism doesn't resolve #islamophobia
a peaceful protest ( if feasible) could have been better
its illegal even in #Ukraine [^1]
They are risking their #identities by using #freedomofexpression
Now #usa has attacked #syria
polarity is unfolding and its getting more complicated than it is
Does non violance of #gandhi makes any sense here?
[^1]: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-bans-anti-semitism-with-new-law-2021-09-22/
Massoud Hayoun’s “When We Were Arabs” (2019) is described as “A vivid account of Massoud Hayoun's grandparents' lives in #Egypt, #Tunisia, France, #Palestine, and Los Angeles, in which he reclaims his family's Jewish Arab identity".
See also an interview with the author: https://thenewpress.com/books/when-we-were-arabs
@israel
@palestine
@academicchatter
@bookstodon
#ArabJews
#Israel
#jews
#muslims
#lgbtq
For those who have a genuine interest in the history and cultures of the people who live in the area known today as #Palestine...
The book "Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History" by Nur Masalha has been recommended to me by a reliable person.
Buy it if you can afford it, but this information is too important not to be free of charge. Other good books are available.
@palestine @israel @history @bookstodon
#Decolonization #Muslims #Christians #Jews #Tolerance #NearEast #Bookstodon #Books #History
Are Muslims Second-Class Citizens in the West?
Two decades after 9/11, #Muslims once again feel like second-class citizens in the West. When they look at the plight of civilians in #Palestine, they cannot help but feel that a Palestinian life is not equal to an #Israeli life. President #Biden’s words of sympathy ring hollow when his actions do not match his words. He cannot genuinely empathize with those killed or wounded at the Al-Ahly hospital
https://www.counterpunch.org/2023/10/20/are-muslims-second-class-citizens-in-the-west/
Rejecting all forms of hate and bigotry
https://abrahamic.nz/2023/10/rejecting-all-forms-of-hate-and-bigotry/
#aotearoa #NZ #israel #gaza #jews #christians #muslims #hate #bigotry
#Biden raised the murder of Wadea Al-Fayoume, the 6-year-old #Palestinian-American boy killed by his landlord, as an example of #AntiMuslim & #AntiPalestinian bias that has to be denounced & cannot be tolerated.
“We reject all forms of hate,” against #Muslims, #Jews & everyone, #POTUS said.
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/111245356725626495
#Islamophobia #antisemitism #HateCrimes #WhiteChristianNationalism #racism #nationalism
@atrupar WaPo President #Biden’s prime-time address tonight will provide his most high-profile opportunity to date to tackle a difficult #domestic problem: fears of rising #harassment and #attacks against #Muslims and #Jews in #America in #hateful #retaliation for the war between Israel and #Hamas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/19/biden-confronts-hate-home-fed-by-war-abroad/
#Czuba was charged w/one count each of first degree #murder, attempted murder & aggravated #battery, and two counts related to #HateCrimes, acc/to the sheriff’s office.
“Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being #Muslims & the on-going #MiddleEastern conflict involving #Hamas & #Israel,” the statement said.
#AntiMuslim #AntiPalestinian #HateCrime #Atrocity #Madness #criminal #ViolentCrime
"It is this context—the already-political grief at the core of the #Zionist adventure—that makes so many on the left so reticent to perform a public shedding of tears over Hamas’s victims. They are, we might darkly say, “pre-grieved”: that is, an apparatus is already in place to take their deaths and give them not just any meaning, but specifically the meaning that they find in the bombs falling on #Gaza. The appetite for the most grotesque images of violence against Israelis is so ravenous—leading to the repetition of dubious claims of mass beheading and rape that have the appearance of blood libels—because the apparatus of state grief runs so hot. It demands raw material. Its power, in turn, is such that the most ringing dissents calling instead for peace and humane mourning for all—like Eric Levitz’s and Joshua Leifer’s—nevertheless resonate only as whimpers of sentiment. Whatever the noble and admirable content of such humane efforts, their form is already molded. They are participating, presumably without intent, in a new Red Scare being prepared not against stray callous advocates of Hamas, but against all who defend the right of Palestinians to live, and to live as equals.
There is an unmistakable effort to push the pro #Palestinian left, including the #Jewish pro-Palestinian left, beyond the pale by weaponizing grief, yielding such darkly comical scenes as #German politicians refusing to speak to Bernie Sanders, whose family died in the Shoah, to mark sufficient deference to Jewish death. Such is the power of the Israeli grief machine: it authorizes Germans to tell Jews that they are mourning wrong. I joked, on the news about Sanders, that I could imagine a German stuffing me into a cattle car, weeping about the special German responsibility to ensure that the #Holocaust never reoccur. Across Europe, governments are attempting to crack down on any demonstrations against the occupation, while U.S. politicians libel #Muslims en masse and call to #censor of any vocal ally of Palestine. The significance of this fact is that, in the several days that we spent arguing about whether the left was sufficiently decent about #Hamas’s victims, Israel geared up its genocide machine—which it now is releasing."
I stand with #Palestine, #Palestinians, and #Muslims.
I stand with #Jews, and the victims of the #Hamas terrorist attack.
I stand against the State of Israel’s practices of #apartheid and #genocide. Jews deserve so much better than #Israel. Israel must pay for its numerous crimes against humanity.
I stand against terrorism and Hamas’s tactics…while acknowledging that they don’t act in a vacuum.
And I stand against historic #imperialism...like the #BritishEmpire.
Unfollow if you disagree.
‘Sh-t thing to say’: Tempers flare among House Dems over the Israel war
Accounts differ, however, on whether Gottheimer was referring to Muslims or made an ill-timed remark in an unrelated conversation, with some attendees overhearing him saying “because they’re all guilty” and others saying he stated “because they should feel guilty.” A spokesperson for Gottheimer strongly denied that he was talking about Muslims.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/11/house-dems-israel-hamas-war-00121109
#Muslims only care about two things
1) The liberation of #Palestine
2) Marriage
In that order
A marriage will be called off if there is not agreement on Palestine, but support for Palestine will never be sacrificed to make a marriage work
#islam #palestine #colonialism #imperialism #racism #apartheid
Rise in anti-trans hate crimes could be fuelled by politicians, Home Office admits | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/home-office-transgender-sunak-hate-crimes-b2424505.html
#HomeOffice
#AntiTrans
#Transphobia
#HateCrimes
#HateCrime
#Colburn
#Wallis
#Barclay
#Starmer
#Duffield
#Dodds
#ReligiousHateCrimes
#Islamaphobia
#Antisemitism
#Muslims
#Jews
#NationalCentreForSocialResearch
#BirthCertificates
#ChangingGenderOnOfficialDocuments
#VictimSupport
#Stonewall
#LGBTQIA
#Bennett
#Greens
#Harry
The #Tories have nothing to lose & everything to gain by lurching to the #FarRight with their populist rhetoric.
If #Labour have anything about them, they'll highlight this started in 2016 with #Brexit & again in 2019 with the election of Doris Johnson, & yet #Immigration is at its highest level ever!
#Starmer has acknowledged there's an issue which needs to be addressed, BUT there is a better way!
Today #AsylumSeekers
Tomorrow #Muslims
Next Week it'll be people like me! 😳
In the heart of Delhi, authorities take bulldozers to Muslim shrines with little warning
‘This government is hell-bent on removing the signs that point to the Muslim history and Muslim culture of the national capital.’
#delhi #demolitions #mazars #dargahs #mosques #MuslimShrines #bulldozers #IndianMuslims #muslims #DelhiGovt #NDMC #DelhiPWD #AAP #BJP #islamophobia #hindutva #monuments #history #india
Today in unusual #Autistic challenges: I'm going to a group meal at my #Mosque where the custom is to sit on the floor and serve yourself from a common plate, also on the floor.
This is not good for those of us with #Dyspraxia or #EatingDisorders. That being said, I do like to put in facetime at some of these events, and the #Moroccan meals are super tasty.
So how to deal ? Insha Allah I'm bringing a square plastic box with two-inch sides. I'll serve myself, ONCE, from the common plate while kneeling, and then I'll take my box over to a place where I at least can sit on a cushion.
I may not get the full social experience. But given that I can't handle multithreaded conversations among groups of people in any context, I'm not really missing out.
And I think there is what I call "intramural #Dawah" in just showing up and giving #Salaams to the homies. There is certainly #Baraka in it.
@esther I was taught the very ugly lesson that ethnicity seems to trump everything else when it comes to ethnic and religious discrimination. I mention “religious discrimination” because #Muslims are almost always perceived as being exclusively POC, and much of the #islamophobia that we Muslims face is rooted in #racism.
@mekkaokereke there are also some who hate #Muslims. I’ve got some really good trans friends on here, but I’ve also got a lot blocked due to their rampant #Islamophobia.
I also blocked anyone who shows even the slightest bit of #AntiBlackRacism. If they’re anti-Black, they’re also most likely anti-Muslim.
“There was a national *solidarity* that existed after #911… But the political leadership of the United States ensured that, instead of solidarity, there would be bloodlust. They explained 9/11 as the product of a violent pathology, afflicting not the American leaders eager to wage war, but everyone who looked like, or worshipped like, or came from the same cultures as these children.”
And we must not forget the experience of #Muslims in #NewYork (below)
https://foreverwars.ghost.io/return-to-little-pakistan-the-reign/
(2/3)
...persecuted minorities: #LGBTQOA+, the #disabled or people with #disabilities, #Jews, #BIPOC, and probably #Asians and #Muslims at a somewhat later stage, anyone not "#WASP 2.0," i.e. including most people of #European decent, in contrast to late 1800's.
From them, the #DOJ will "just" have to differentiate the perpetrators from the mere sympethizers.
The #Phoenix that #Elmo plans to rise from the ashes of the #DeadBirdSite, most likely in the shape of #Bluesky,...
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“Killed for Being Muslim”: Family of Youth Killed by Mob in Rajasthan’s Alwar
Forest officials among those detained; investigation underway.
#rajasthan #alwar #rampur #lynching #CommunalViolence #HinduMobs #hindutva #muslims #india
NEW RESEARCH ARTICLE:
I have an article in Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture.
"What Style Guides Tell Secular #Journalists about #Muslims and #îslam pretty much does what it says on the tin. What's in the resources for journalists writing about a subject so easy to get wrong?
Article is #OpenAccess so all can read and share. #Commodon
The research was funded by Cardiff Uni scheme to hire undergrads as summer researchers: big thanks to Beth Gibbs.
https://brill.com/view/journals/rmdc/12/1/article-p56_004.xml
Instagram Posts About a 17th-Century King Are Getting People Arrested
Right-wing groups in India are policing social media and reporting minorities for allegedly offending their religion.
#aurangzeb #mughals #instagram #history #muslims #law #hindutva #maharashtra #HinduNationalism #BJP #india
https://www.wired.com/story/instagram-posts-about-aurangzeb-are-getting-people-arrested/
@Rachel_Thorn The same applies to Muslims. Some of us are white, but we get trampled on by our fellow white people. #Islamophobia is a huge problem all across the #fediverse, and while I and a few other #Muslims here may be “white,” we still need white non-Muslims to speak up for us and report the bigotry they see being directed at us.
This has been by far the best and most important convention that I have had the pleasure of being a part of. Tonight, Islam By Touch, and the #NFBMuslimsGroup took around 30 #Muslims and non-Muslims to an event held at the clear lake Islamic center in #Texas for our members. The group enjoyed great food and discussion relating to topics impacting #Blind Muslims, and blind people in general. It was a great day. #NFB23 #advocacy
A message to those who are once again leaving #Twitter:
If you’re a firm believer in #HumanRightsForAll, even #Muslims, then let’s connect.
If you have a problem with Muslims, then kindly #FuckOff.
😈😈😈
France riots: Why Hindu nationalists in India are backing the French far right
With many of the protestors in France being Muslims, Hindutva supporters in India are supporting the French far right.
#FranceRiots #france #nanterre #FarRight #hindutva #HinduNationalism #muslims #islamophobia #IndianDiaspora #india
Then I assume #Muslims wouldn't be opposed to anyone being against our kids being taught anything about #Islam either, then?
https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/6/19/muslims-opposed-to-lgbtq-curricula-for-their-kids-arent-bigots
I think I am just about done with #Mastodon. It was a (not) fun little experiment. I don't know why I thought that it would be safer for #Muslims, but the #fediverse has turned out to be exactly the same as every other corner of the Internet. #SocialMedia is like the USA. No #SafeSpace for Muslims, and if we complain, then we're part of the problem. #Allyships also run only one way here. Folks cry for us to support them, but refuse to support us in return. #MastodonSoWhite #MastodonSoBigoted
#Defederate this #Islamophobic asshole. They run the instance they’re on.
Step up, #Mastodon. Prove to the #Muslims that you’re not a bunch of #hypocrites who only care about “white” people.
@actuallyautistic @rabia_elizabeth If you’re ever interested in hearing about #Muslims with #Tourettes, let me know. It’s a fun ride, being told by your community what a “good Muslim” should act like, and it being exact opposite to what Tourette’s does to you!!
russia sentences blind and disabled Ukrainian to 17 years for discussing politics and religion
by Halya Coynash
A russian court has passed huge sentences against three #Crimean #Muslims on essentially ‘thought crime’ charges, with the longest sentence against a man who is #blind and could not have read the books which the fsb planted in his home as ‘evidence’.
Read more here🔗 https://khpg.org/en/1608812266
#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #SlavaUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState
#СлаваУкраїні! #StandWithUkraine
Recent mosque attacks raise questions about the affinity between white supremacy and far-right Hindu nationalism
This shared intense hatred of “monstrous” Muslim men brings Hindu and white extremists into a “transnational affective alignment.” That is, the mutual hate of Muslims and a mutual love for Hindu and white national ideals.
#hindutva #WhiteSupremacy #FarRight #islamophobia #racism #muslims #CommunalViolence #terrorism #diaspora #canada #NewZealand #UK #UnitedStates #US #twitter #SocialMedia #india #BJP #RSS #HinduMobs
The Nikkei piece says, “the Western nations have mistakenly judged #India to be as democratic as they are”. This despite the #Modi government taking “a series of steps to suppress religious minorities in the country…(and) #Muslims in India face much the same predicament as Islamic people in #China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region”. To my mind, it is significant that a writer in Japan rather than in the US or Europe should make this point. https://www.rashmee.com/2023/04/22/expert-opinion-from-japan-on-the-indian-century/
On the 27th night of #Ramadan, over a quarter million #Palestinian worshippers are staying all night at #Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa #Mosque to observe Laylatul-Qadr, defying #Israel's restrictions.
✨
“The night [Laylatul Qadr] worth more than 1000 months”
#Quran 97:3
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May this weekend be a blessed one, for those who observe #easter , #Passover & #Ramadan ☪️✝️🕎
Typically, this fortunate event happens only once every 33 years.🪽
Might the intersection of these 3 Abrahamanic religions grant an opportunity to spark conversations, foster awareness & deepen respect 🙏🏼
As members of One human family, the welfare of others is our concern.
Love & Peace to all ✨
#religion #jewish #Muslims #christian #friday #peace #love #eastersunday #SilentSunday #happyeaster
We often ask "What if it were your child?" during times when children are hurt, killed or terrorized
Last night, as has happened EVERY year, children, families & worshippers at #AlAqsa mosque were attacked during prayers in th most holy month of #Ramadan for #Muslims & a #medical #clinic was destroyed-now unable to provide #healthcare
Press coverage is nearly nonexistent, outcry is minimal.
Why?
What if it were your child?
#MedMastodon #tootiatricians #tweetiatricians #MedTwitter #PutKids1st
#muslims of #mastodon: Most of the toots I'm seeing are "about us" & not really a conversation BY us.
So ... How is your #ramadan going?
Highlights? Struggles?
The first few days had me struggling with the adjusted eating times & stress for missing #suhoor but I am now enjoying a small break from 11 months of fixed eating, although the desserts are hard to resist!
Tarawih is another topic entirely!
We need to come together and make our voices heard. We can make the #Fediverse a #SafeSpaceForMuslims, but we need to put in some work.
Demand better #moderation of #Islamophobic #toots and #instances. Call out #admins for #Islamophobia as soon as you see it.
Contrary to what you may be told, this is NOT “dogpiling.” #Bigotry has NO place here. Fight back. Use your voice.
#Mais chairman: Unlawful for #Muslims to visit non-Muslim houses of #worship to learn about their #faith
"Activities where Muslims visit non-Muslim houses of worship such as #temples, #churches, and #gurdwaras to learn about these #religions apart from their own should be rejected and restricted, the #Selangor #Islamic Religious Council (Mais) said today."
https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/mais-chairman-unlawful-muslims-visit-034045495.html
Harsh Mander: Whatever happened To Ehsan Jafri on February 28, 2002?
Reconstructing the murder in Ahmedabad of the politician-poet during the Gujarat riots.
#archives #GujaratPogrom #GujaratRiots #EhsanJafri #gujarat #ahmedabad #meghaninagar #ZakiaJafri #GulbargSociety #MassRape #NarendraModi #modi #BJP #VHP #hindutva #muslims #history #AshishKhetan #HarshMander #india
https://scroll.in/article/1028354/harsh-mander-whatever-happened-to-ehsan-jafri-on-february-28-2002