French politicians from across the spectrum have expressed dismay over the resignation of a #Paris school headmaster. He had received death threats after asking a student to remove her Muslim #veil Catherine Khedir-Clifford reports. Monte Francis speaks to Gabriel Lattanzio, a former high school teacher in the Paris suburbs and now an Associate Professor of English at the Sorbonne Law School.
Antonio Rüdiger hat zum Ramadan ein Gebetsfoto veröffentlicht. Jetzt wird gegen den Nationalspieler gehetzt, er sei ein Anhänger islamistischen Terrors. https://taz.de/!5997781/
Meta has "substantively and disproportionately" restricted free speech through a blanket ban on content that uses the term "shaheed," which can be a reference to Islamic martyrs, Meta's independent Oversight Board said in a ruling released Tuesday.
#Zionism / On the Right-Wing Government and Zionism's Dependence on Antisemitism
When the Zionist movement decided to establish a home for Eastern European Jews in Palestine, they brought European #antisemitism with them, making it a problem for the Palestinians as well. Antisemitism is the bread and butter of the Zionist movement. It’s the reason Israel was created and the reason it still is very much a Zionist project, and not a normal state.
Roy Yahav, argues that antisemitism was not only the reason for the establishment of Israel as a Zionist state, but also continues to sustain its existence. He contends that any criticism of Israel's actions, such as the occupation of Palestinians and the current war in Gaza, is labeled as antisemitism by pro-Zionist voices. But by conflating criticism with antisemitism and falsely claiming to represent all Jews worldwide, Israel is ironically increasing the danger of antiemitism.
Take for example the "antisemitic Zionism" which is embraced by neo-Nazis and white supremacists who support a Zionist state to rid white Europe/America of Jews, who they see as a "Western wall" against #Islam. Indeed , Israel's staunchest supporters today, including those close to Netanyahu (who’s currently conducting the Gaza atrocities), are the same far-right extremists perpetuating antisemitic ideologies that originally led to Zionism's rise.
Yahav calls for recognizing this reality and opposing Israel's self-serving definitions. He argues that Israel does not represent all Jews, many Jews oppose its actions (and not, they’re not self-hating Jews). Opposing Zionism's path to destruction is not antisemitic but a fight against antisemitism itself. The real struggle, he states, is for equality and partnership between all peoples from the Jordan to the Mediterranean.
In the name of tolerance, diversity, and inclusion, some public #school teachers in the #Frankfurt metropolitan area in #Germany are unilaterally imposing #Islam—arguably the world’s most #intolerant#religion—on their pre-teen #students. the teachers will face #disciplinary action from the school’s administration.
An opinion poll after the lights first appeared revealed that more than 9 of 10 out of the 45,000 respondents rejected the idea of #Ramadan decorations.
No vabè, l'#islam anarchico #queer transfemminista è veramente troppo. La misura per me è colma, ci siamo proprio fritti il cervello completamente. Se questa è l'#anarchia, davvero, count me out.
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When a servant of Allah utters the words لَا إِلهَ إِلَّا الله sincerely, the doors of Paradise open up for these words until they reach the Throne of Allah, so long as its utterer keeps away from the major sins.” (Tirmidhī) #Dua#islam#faith#hadith#Ramadan
Saw a journalist post calling on fellow #journalists and readers not to pay or read articles by an outlet run by an #Islamophobe.
While it was a good point, they did this, of course, on #Twitter, a platform also owned and run by a racist who, btw, regularly demeans #SaveJournalism and platforms fascists and, yes, Islamaphobes.
Hot Take:
We should teach the #Bible in public schools.
The three religions most active in #AmericanPolitics all claim to believe in at least the first half of this book, and it is the most misquoted and misrepresented book on the planet, because most of the #voters have never read it.
In a functional #democracy, it is unacceptable for so much of the voting base to be completely ignorant on a factor which drives policy on such a massive scale.
Today marks the beginning of Ramadan for Muslims. Our Muslim friends have had a rough go in America because of Xenophobia. So please give them some love.
I spent time learning more about their journey by meeting with some folks at a Mosque in our neighborhood. I brought them oranges and told them they had a friend.
Mazyek gibt Vorsitz des Zentralrats der Muslime frühzeitig ab
Nach mehr als 13 Jahren will Aiman Mazyek den Vorsitz des Zentralrats der Muslime im Juni vorzeitig aufgeben. Der 55-Jährige gehört zu den bekanntesten Vertretern der Islam-Verbände.
As I've noted repeatedly, all three Abrahamic religions have extremists in them who are actively trying to rush in their respective messiahs at this time.
"The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a religious conflict - opinion"
"As we contemplate what will happen 'on the day after' it is important to examine the religious aspects of the alliances that have assisted Hamas before and since October 7."
While I'm happy to see this, I wonder if it will matter. It seems like a #fatwa to do something positive never gets as much attention - or action - as the ones to do something negative...