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If you see prominent right wing figures "suddenly making sense" when they talk about Israel or Palestine - don't be tempted to think you have common ground with them.

It's not "wow, even this evil person sees how bad these people are."

It's "this right wing propagandist found a tool to push their views into the mainstream."

They're using the cause to make you listen to them. They're trying to get you used to their conspiracies and their talking points. Anyone who has a platform full of antisemitism or Islamophobia shouldn't be listened to, even if you think their words right now make sense.

That's intentional. It's a recruitment tactic. It's a way to normalize their views. Watch who you're listening to.

there's definitely a split happening between the white supremacists who've decided they hate jewish ppl more and the white supremacists who've decided they hate arabs more and both of them are playing proxy psyops with the internet. idk not my circus or whatever but everyone use ur brains once someone starts defending the nazis its time to move on

I’m not sure they’re splitting. They’re just exploiting in both directions.

Reminder, this screenshot is from a couple of days ago:

y'all: i love wearing baggy clothes that don't show my form and being completely shapeless!

also y'all: get uncomfortable around muslim women wearing an abaya/jilbab/other loose clothes that do the SAME THING

pandemic addition! i’ve seen a lot of people talk about how they like wearing masks because they feel anonymous/not perceived/”like a ninja” and i know a lot of muslim women have discussed the irony behind mandating masks while banning niqabs, but i better not hear anyone talk about being uncomfortable with niqabis when this is over.

hi please don’t leave jewish people out of your activism there were literally neonazis storming the capitol today and still the only people I see thinking about jewish people ARE jewish people. obviously bipoc are at a higher risk than (specifically white) jews bc they’re more visible targets and they need the bulk of our support and I absolutely do not intend to distract from that but I am fully bracing for more synagogue burnings and swastika grafiti and rates of antisemitism are on the rise globally and we still we get left out of conversations so please expand your activism a little and include jews. please. white supremacists and neo nazis go hand in hand and you CAN’T leave jewish people out of conversations about NAZIS so please include us in your activism. thanks

please include muslim people in your activism as well! as a jew I don’t speak from a personal perspective on this one but let’s not pretend this isn’t a religious issue as well as a racial one. I am almost POSITIVE most if not all of the terrorists storming the capital right now call themselves christians. a cross was raised. they talk about jesus. they’re weaponising their twisted version of christianity the same as they always have and islamophobia and antisemitism always, always come directly out of that. please don’t forget us. it’s a racial issue, yes. it’s also a religious issue. we can and should be having multiple conversations at once and we need to have each other’s backs

The third reich era started with the failed coup known as The Beer Hall Putsch. Its extremely reasonable for Jewish and Muslim people to be fearful when seeing Nazis attempting to stage a coup.

hello! quick psa because this keeps coming up in my life:

the term “judeo-christian” is a pretty common one. it’s often used to describe western religion, “mainstream” religion, and the religious ideologies that have a lot of power in the united states.

unfortunately it’s almost always erasing and inaccurate! most of the time, what the person means is “abrahamic religions” - this is the group of religions that share the story of abraham. it includes but is not limited to judaism, christianity, and islam.

“judeo-christian” is a term used by the christian right to a) purposefully exclude muslims from the abrahamic tradition, b) align christianity and judaism together as “western” (i.e., white) religions, when these religions are neither practiced primarily or exclusively by white people nor united by any kind of ethnic identity, and c) erase their own ongoing antisemitism. they create a narrative of being allies of jews, when in reality they actively work to promote christian culture, religious beliefs, and moral codes over all non-christian ones, including those of jews.

i also hear “judeo-christian” used very often to describe things that are actually entirely christian– for example, “the judeo-christian concept of hell”, “19th century judeo-christian morals”, etc. it’s important to remember that judaism and christianity have wildly different belief systems, and that we share little to no history.

every time i hear “judeo-christian” used, i wince. if you use it, i’d really recommend taking it out of your vocabulary– or at the very least, considering whether what you’re describing is actually something that is common to and unique to both judaism and christianity.

#justiceformuslims

I love every single person who reblogged this

I don’t think people realize how much of an impact this kind of support can have, I don’t think everyone knows what these little things can mean to us.

It may just be me, I don’t know. But every single time I see this on my dash or on someone’s blog or anywhere else, I kind of just breathe a sigh of relief. That’s one more person who cares. That’s one more person who doesn’t hate me.

Because it means so much, especially when all the media is spewing out is that I’m a terrible person and no one wants people like me near them. It means so much because I’m tired of people who won’t sit next to me in class, or who choose to join the longer line at the grocery store because they don’t want to be beside me and my family. It means so much when I have to lift my head any time someone says the words Islam or Muslim because I’m scared that they’ll say something that’ll hurt, when I have to pay attention to the news because who knows what so and so is saying now, who knows which of my people are being attacked now, who knows what’s going to happen to me now.

It means so much because I’ve been given the idea that the world is against me. And a huge part of it may be, but at least I’ve been reminded that some of it, just a small group of people, acknowledges that I’m a person too. That people like me are just that, people.

Maybe it’s just me, I don’t know. But now you do, so thank you for believing that I’m human when so many people don’t.

Have a great day x

Go unfollow this blog all you want, I am reblogging this. 

I am aware this does not follow this blog’s style, however, I find it necessary to reblog this

New rule, non muslims can’t say the word jihad. Until you stop conflating a word that means personal struggle with faith and temptation with terrorism youre just not allowed to say it.

I’m not a Muslim but I just thought I would reblog this because I think it’s definitely worth listening to.

It’s totally okay for non muslims to reblog this, and i encourage it. Im just glad you’re listening.

Oh god, finally someone said it. Every time I see words like “jihadist” I want to scream, but I’m not Muslim, so I wasn’t sure I should say anything. 

Jihad means struggle. It doesn’t mean holy war or anything like it. In fact, there is no word in Islam for holy war, because the nature of Islam does not leave room for holy war. Islam has a juridical system, not a Pope who can just say “Go wage holy war.” Conflating the personal nature of jihad with violence is so very gross and it needs to stop. Period.

Actually, there’s another word non-muslims in the media shouldn’t use:

Allahu Akbar. It’s not a statement of terrorism. It means “god is great”. It’s something we say to praise our lord. It’s what we say when we pray. It’s not a statement of terrorism. Allahu Akbar doesn’t mean terrorism stop using it as one

#justiceformuslims

I love every single person who reblogged this

I don’t think people realize how much of an impact this kind of support can have, I don’t think everyone knows what these little things can mean to us.

It may just be me, I don’t know. But every single time I see this on my dash or on someone’s blog or anywhere else, I kind of just breathe a sigh of relief. That’s one more person who cares. That’s one more person who doesn’t hate me.

Because it means so much, especially when all the media is spewing out is that I’m a terrible person and no one wants people like me near them. It means so much because I’m tired of people who won’t sit next to me in class, or who choose to join the longer line at the grocery store because they don’t want to be beside me and my family. It means so much when I have to lift my head any time someone says the words Islam or Muslim because I’m scared that they’ll say something that’ll hurt, when I have to pay attention to the news because who knows what so and so is saying now, who knows which of my people are being attacked now, who knows what’s going to happen to me now.

It means so much because I’ve been given the idea that the world is against me. And a huge part of it may be, but at least I’ve been reminded that some of it, just a small group of people, acknowledges that I’m a person too. That people like me are just that, people.

Maybe it’s just me, I don’t know. But now you do, so thank you for believing that I’m human when so many people don’t.

#justiceformuslims

I love every single person who reblogged this

I don’t think people realize how much of an impact this kind of support can have, I don’t think everyone knows what these little things can mean to us.

It may just be me, I don’t know. But every single time I see this on my dash or on someone’s blog or anywhere else, I kind of just breathe a sigh of relief. That’s one more person who cares. That’s one more person who doesn’t hate me.

Because it means so much, especially when all the media is spewing out is that I’m a terrible person and no one wants people like me near them. It means so much because I’m tired of people who won’t sit next to me in class, or who choose to join the longer line at the grocery store because they don’t want to be beside me and my family. It means so much when I have to lift my head any time someone says the words Islam or Muslim because I’m scared that they’ll say something that’ll hurt, when I have to pay attention to the news because who knows what so and so is saying now, who knows which of my people are being attacked now, who knows what’s going to happen to me now.

It means so much because I’ve been given the idea that the world is against me. And a huge part of it may be, but at least I’ve been reminded that some of it, just a small group of people, acknowledges that I’m a person too. That people like me are just that, people.

Maybe it’s just me, I don’t know. But now you do, so thank you for believing that I’m human when so many people don’t.

This is the kind of shit in Europe (like the kosher/halal bans) that is intended to hurt Muslim people and ends up hurting Jewish people as collateral damage.  Not that the Danes really give a shit about hurting Jewish people OR Muslims; so long as they can hold onto their white supremacy by making life for non-Christians as difficult as possible.

I don’t even keep kosher and this makes me extremely uncomfortable, and VERY happy that I didn’t get the job I applied for at a public university in Copenhagn, or the one in Aarhus.  I know this wasn’t Copenhagen, it was Randers (which is near Aarhus, by the way) but I can’t be sure this isn’t a sign of things to come on a larger scale.

So, in short, Randers, Denmark, Fuck you very much.

There is no possible shred of value in “preserving food traditions” by legal injunction.  Food traditions get preserved because people want to keep them.  If it has to be mandatory, it’s no longer a tradition.

This would be a terrible law even if it weren’t transparently christian-white-supremacist assholery.

AGSKGKRSSFJGYEG

LMFAO ENOUGH

HALAL IS BEING INJECTED INTO US AS THEY ARE INJECTING SHARAI LAW INTO OUR GOVERNMENT. WE MUST STOP THE MOZLEMS

I’M HAVING HEART PALPATIONS😂 I can’t

Who wants to tell them that WATER is also halal? 

me to westerners: 

omg you take your husband’s name after marriage? that’s so oppressive. so you’re like his property? he can do anything he wants with you? *whispers* is it a religion thing? 

you put your parents in senior homes? that’s so backwards and heartless. is it a cultural thing? 

you leave the house when you’re 18? do your parents not love you? why do they not like their children in the house? is it a cultural thing? 

why are all your white men serial killers? is it a cultural thing? are you guys naturally belligerent and have a thirst for innocent blood? 

omg you guys owned slaves? how did that even compute as being remotely ok? i heard you even enslaved your own is it a cultural thing? 

i heard you guys throw away food in restaurants instead of letting workers or the homeless have it. that’s so cruel and backwards. is it a cultural thing? 

so you get dressed and leave the house to find someone to have sex with? that’s so primitive. is that a cultural thing? 

so you have videos of women with men who perform violent sex acts on them and you get off to it? and it’s mainstream and considered normal? that’s so fricken weird and backwards. is it a cultural thing? 

I guess I'm not Western enough for the seniors home thing. Just... why. why

This set has been bothering me for a while, and I don’t remember if I’ve ever reblogged this before, but I’d like to give some notes on it. I’ll try to go more or less gif by gif. And before you start, yes, I know that this is staged and dramatized, but it’s trying to make a point, and therefore critiqing it is totally valid.

1-2) The first 2 gifs are…kinda valid, depending on context. The professor’s argument is, because a text mentions love more than it mentions hate, it must advocate love. But this is not necessarily true, because a text could be written in such a way that makes the “hate” more valid than the “love” portions, such as making all mentions of love ironic. As it applies to his broader argument, he is making the assertion that “Islam” and the Quran are synonymous: because the Quran advocates love, Islam and Islamic people must advocate love. But this relies on the idea that all Muslims put equal weight behind every passage in the Quran, which is certainly not how all Christians treat the Bible.

3) This bitch has no idea what she’s talking about.

4) But neither does the professor, apparently. He completely avoids the “war” question and focuses entirely on the “terrorism” question. He then fails to actually define the term “terrorism” and behaves as if merely asking for a definition is making a point. We are now also a few giant leaps away from the original purpose of this discussion. Somehow the conversation switched from answering the question “Is Islam a violent religion” to “Were America’s actions in Iraq and Afghanistan justfied”, which are completely different questions. Neither the professor, the girl, or the guy who jumps in are doing a very good job of debating.

5) “Spread democracy” and “get oil” are both ridiculous propositions, just on opposite sides of the political spectrum. The war in Afghanistan was to dismantle al-Qaeda, and the war in Iraq was to remove Saddam Hussein from power because of the WMDs he possessed. There are plenty of legitimate, weighty arguments to be made against the justification of both wars, but “blood for oil” is one of the laziest and most absurd, just as “spreading democracy” is a lazy and absurd take on those wars.

6) This dude is now completely off-topic, and also refuses to define his terms.

7-8) The question of 9/11 being justified not only has absolutely nothing to do with the original question, but the guy responding to her fails even to answer that. The argument is, because subject killed more people than another subject, that makes the former a terrorist. There is absolutely no logic behind this claim and the link between body count and the definition of terrorism is never made, only hinted at, which, in non-academic terms, is bullshit.

9) If the girl were smart, she would have mentioned that the Taliban are Islamic fundamentalists, which would actually get the discussion back on point. But she doesn’t, so now we get a bullshit history lesson. The CIA did not create the Taliban, Pakistan did. The CIA funded and trained them (allegedly, but the evidence is pretty solid).

10) And to close, another assertion which is not argued for with sufficient evidence nor answers the original question at hand.

So to summarize, if you saw this gifset and thought “Wow, what a smart argument!”, you’ve never heard a smart argument in your life.

That's because it's not MEANT to be a smart argument. It's meant to get a point across, which is that the position of "Islam = terrorism, Christian America = good" is ridiculously indefensible. Which it does. Saying that this is not how actual discussion in actual class should be structured is akin to criticizing a musical for lack of realism of people breaking into song and dance out of nowhere.

Young British Muslims tell the Islamic State: #NotInMyName

Perspective.

Because one does something out of hate and spite and isn’t a direct connection with a faith whilst the other murders people while chanting to their god.

Either you’re a liar or you’re just ignorant. The KKK is ABSOLUTELY a faith based organization. They fucking mention Christianity on their website header.

[image from www.kkk.com: “Bringing a mesage of hope and deliverance to white CHRISTIAN America!” ]

So how about you stop justifying the villainization of one of the world’s largest religions based on the actions of a tiny minority that is not representative of the faith. 

(full article here)