The Senate Judiciary Committee just advanced the first #Muslim-American judicial candidate to the full Senate. It matters
Diversity is critical to the delivery of justice--lived experience informs how the laws are interpreted.
Juvaria Khan, a Muslim American who grew up in the shadow of 9/11, started The Appellate Project to increase the diversity within the appellate bar. You can listen to her journey and why she started the organization.
The #unitedstates has a long history of friendship with #israel. I believe it is possible for both Arabs and Israeli to live in harmony without fear.
It's entirely possible that US Arabs and Muslims could potentially be deported for their religion or Arab nation citizenship if they DON'T vote for #president#biden and #trump is elected again.
Because that is what Trump is saying he will do to US #muslims
Last week, Kevin Deutsch from Coral Springs Talk copied from an article from a group the SPLC names an anti-#Muslim#hate group about an upcoming event.
The South #Florida#Muslims Federation was going to have a conference at a Coral Springs Marriott to discuss culturally informed mental health concerns and connect community.
After the article, the Marriott received significant threats and cancelled the event.
Roya Heshmati, a courageous Iranian woman, faced 74 lashes as punishment for not wearing a hijab. While enduring the flogging, she passionately chanted, "in the name of woman, in the name of life, the clothes of slavery are torn." This exemplifies true feminism, showcasing the resilience of women as a formidable force against the radical Islamic regime in Iran.
Noor Inayat Khan was born on January 1, 1914 in Moscow to an Indian father and an American mother. She served in the Special Operations Executive using the pseudonym Nora Baker and code-name Madeleine. She was the first British female wireless operator sent to occupied France to assist the French Resistance. She is Britain’s first Muslim war heroine. (1/9)
From a #Finnish#newspaper on an intelligence report about #Russian interference in the accession of #Finland and #Sweden to #NATO by creating false protests against the #muslim religion. Use of faked #grafiti and inauthentic online trolling is discussed.
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In India, Muslim women who dare to criticize Narendra Modi’s government routinely meet with vile sexual harassment. Far from just nasty words, it’s part of a culture of often violent attacks on minority women, defended by the far-right ruling party.
#CagayanDeOro, #Philippines – A deadly bombing that killed and hurt those attending a Catholic Mass in a university gym in #MarawiCity on Sunday morning, December 3, sparked widespread condemnation both within and outside the predominantly #Muslim city.
"Let us be vigilant but not vigilantes,” said the #CCAA, adding that its Early Response Network (#ERN) has reported a rise in calls for revenge and #HateSpeech on the ground and #SocialMedia.
“We also call for calm and reflection amidst attempts to polarize the situation and sow the seeds of a #Muslim-#Christian conflict,” the group said. #MarawiBombing#Philippines
Have her visit a holocaust museum! - said 1,000 numbskull Jewish organzations.
"I said that #Jewish Americans, as the targets of rising #antisemitic hate, ‘are getting a taste of what it is like to be #Muslim in this country, so often subjected to violence.’ This phrasing was a terrible mistake, as it implies that until recently #Jews have been strangers to persecution, when the opposite is true,” she added."
A western diplomat I recently met in #Indonesia mentioned how frustrated he gets that actions by individual residents
in their country, like burning a Quran (terrible, but ones that, in a democracy government cannot stop), cause mass protests & huge headaches for them around the world, while the widespread destruction of Mosques, criminalizing #Islam & closing ancient #Muslim shrines by the #Chinese government gets a pass.
"#BorisJohnson, the disgraced former prime minister and incoming GB News host, has long attracted condemnation for his written works – from comments about “tank-topped bum boys” to comparing #Muslim women to “letterboxes” (Islamophobic incidents rose by 375 per cent in the week after that remark).
And now, the ex-MP has shown up at a march against #antisemitism in London on Sunday, when back in 2004 he published a book titled Seventy-Two Virgins in which #Jewish people are depicted as controlling the media and “fiddling” in an election."
#Arab and #Muslim Leaders Put Limited Influence on Display
Arab leaders are caught between support for #Palestine and calls for a ceasefire in #Gaza on the one hand and the need not to alienate #Israel and the West on the other. But even in the west criticism of Israel’s actions is mounting.
Hi there @SusanSarandon,
First, your backstory: At an #AntiIIsrael#protests in NYC, you just said, "There are a lot of people that are afraid, that are afraid of being #Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country.”
Let me give you “a taste” of what it “feels like” to be a #Muslim in #America…
"Susan Sarandon has been dropped by UTA after she made controversial comments at a pro-#Palestine rally in New York on Nov. 17, Variety has confirmed.
Sarandon said at the rally, “There are a lot of people afraid of being #Jewish at this time, and are getting a taste of what it feels like to be a #Muslim in this country.”
T-minus 12 hours until we've gone full #Jews run #Hollywood on the left. 🫤
Great news - Susan Sarandon has been DROPPED by top #Hollywood agency UTA after her atrocious statement of #Jews finally “getting a taste of how it feels to be #Muslim in #America”.