Pictures of Zionist occupation soldiers in Gaza, one of them singing and another taking a picture while giving the finger, in complete violation of the sanctity of the mosque. Where is the religious "tolerance" we hear from their government? Here's where your tax money goes people of the West.
Saudi-Arabien bestätigt mehr als 1.300 Hitzetote bei Pilgerfahrt Hadsch
Mit Temperaturen von teils mehr als 50 Grad stellte der diesjährige Hadsch viele Pilger vor Herausforderungen. Medien berichteten bereits von Hunderten Toten. Nun bestätigte der saudische Gesundheitsminister mehr als 1.300 Todesopfer.
Caliphate protests in Hamburg: What is Muslim Interactive?
"This is a group that organizes itself through social media, such as TikTok," she told DW. "That makes it all the more dangerous. At least a mosque would give people a place to go and ask questions." #germany #deutschland #islam #terrorist #caliphate #tiktok @palestine @israel
Today in Labor History April 27, 1521: On this day, Philippine Natives fought the battle of Mactan against Ferdinand Magellan. Lapulapu’s warriors ambushed him and overpowered the Spanish forces. They killed Magellan with a poison arrow. Their victory delayed Spanish colonization of the Philippines by forty-four years. For centuries, native Muslim Filipinos fought wars against their Spanish rulers. The Spanish saw these as a continuation of the Reconquista of Spain from the Moors. They brought in conscripts from Mexico and Latin America, including many Native Americans. Mortality was high on both sides. Many conscripts fled into the countryside, or joined with the Filipino forces. Yet, despite all the slaughter and repression of Native Filipinos, the colony was never profitable to Spain. During the 1800s, Filipino immigrants fought alongside Latin Americans in their wars for independence from Spain. In 1896, Filipinos fought their own war for independence from Spain.
When the U.S. initially landed in the Philippines, in 1898, they supported Filipinos in their uprising against Spain. However, by August, 1898, the U.S. had ended their collaboration with Native Filipinos and soon annexed the country. American rule was brutal. In 1899, American went to war against their colonial subjects. The war was far deadlier and more costly than their war against Spain. 4,200 American soldiers, up to 20,000 Philippine soldiers, and at least 200,000 civilians died.
The Japanese occupation during World War II was also brutal. In the most infamous example, 10,000 Filipino and 1,200 U.S. soldiers died in the brutal Bataan Death March. However, during the occupation, Filipino guerillas fought an insurgency against the Japanese. Consequently, the Philippines became the costliest theatre of war for the Japanese. Nearly 500,000 Japanese died fighting in the Philippines. But it was much worse for Filipinos, with over 1 million dying during World War II. The Battle of Leyte Gulf, toward the end of World War II, was the largest naval battle in history.
Mark Twain, who was vice-president of the American Anti-Imperialist League from 1901 until his death in 1910 said “I have read carefully the treaty of Paris and I have seen that we do not intend to free, but to subjugate the people of the Philippines. We have gone there to conquer, not to redeem… And so I am an anti-imperialist. I am opposed to having the eagle put its talons on any other land.”
If I could yell a rave #Book review from the rooftops it would probably be about Roy Mottahedeh's "Mantle of the Prophet." It's both a personal biography of a #Mullah and a general history of #Iran ancient and modern.
I don't know how Mottahedeh achieved the intense level of detail in his physical descriptions. He himself did not grow up or spend a ton of time in Iran. And his primary biographical subject was speaking to him as a middle-aged man, with childhood memories decades in the past. But I believe he relayed the personal account honestly, without fabrication, and the same goes for his interview subjects.
I bought a copy nearly 40 years ago and my blinkered USian twentysomething brain couldn't get past go with it. This despite several Islamic history courses which I'd enjoyed immensely, including a seminar on #Persia.
58 year old me is relishing every word. Probably helps to be #Muslim.
Peace be upon him, who seeks truth and expresses belief in God and in His Prophet and testifies that there are no gods but one God whom has no partners, and who believes that Muhammad is His servant and Prophet. Under the Command of God, I invite you to Him. He has sent me for the guidance of all people so that I may warn them all of His wrath and may present the unbelievers with an ultimatum.
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#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.
🇾🇪 Vice President of the #Ansarallah Media Authority, Nasr El-Din Amer:
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The first victory achieved by America and Britain is the removal of blue checks from the [Twitter] accounts of state leaders in Sana'a. As for the [Yemeni] Armed Forces, rockets, drones, and all military capabilities, they have not reached them.
It turns out America is a force that should not be underestimated, brothers.
"More than half of Conservative party members believe Islam is a threat to the British way of life, according to a poll that sheds light on the hostility with which large parts of the party view the country’s second biggest religion.
The poll of 521 Conservative members by Opinium found that 58% say Islam poses a threat to this country – double the proportion of the overall population who believe the same."
"With Egypt reportedly preparing for an influx of refugees and UNRWA on the brink of collapse, Israel’s second Nakba fantasies could soon become reality."