#Islamaphobia

[our-trans-punk-experience]

FAR RIGHT RIOTS

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shit is bad in the UK but obviously it is immensly confusing and I know some people wouldn't want to search up the news given how volatile it is, so here is a timeline of events. warnings for talk of violence, child death, racism, police ect

Monday 29/07: mass stabbing occured in Southport at a kids dance class, three girls died on scene, several others were hospitalised. An at time unnamed 17 y old boy was arrested on suspicion, and a knife was seized. later

Tuesday 30/07: having read false news suggesting that the attacker was a muslim immigrant who had arrived on a small boat, far-right groups with links to the EDL their leader Tommy Robinson took to the internet to imply the attacker was Muslim attacked a mosque in Southport, and after being declared a public disturbance, the police showed up and started trying to disperse them. This very quickly spiralled into a riot in which 39 police were hospitalised. Also on this day, Nigel fucking Farage, leader of far-right party Reform UK tweeted a video in which asked if the police were lying that the attack was not "terror related", furthering belief that the attacker was Muslim

Wednesday 31/07: violent anti immigrant protest continued, and there were mass riots in London. The PM spoke out denouncing the far right rioters as "violent thugs who would feel the full force of the law"

Thursday 01/08 : to try and curb the spread of misinformation, the police released the identity of their suspect - Axel Rudakubana, born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents in hope that the confirmation that he is not a Muslim immigrant would stop the rioting. It has not. PM Starmer released a statement saying that these were "coordinated attacks by the far right. " and that "this is not a protest that got out of hand these are individuals bent on violence"

Friday Night 02/08: Riots started in Sunderland late at night with reports of "serious violence". Starmer announced he had a plan to tackle far right violence.

Saturday 03/08: New far right mob action started in Manchester, Bristol, Hull, Belfast, Stoke, and Nottingham. Nottingham saw the first counterprotest, and as I write this, clashes between antifacist protestors and the far right is on going. The racists are setting fire to migrant housing buildings and attacking both police and counterprotestors countrywide. Dispersal orders have been issued for every city centre and major town centre across the UK.

Sunday 04/08: a "nick em quick" approach is to be used against the rioters in a hope to remove the far right mob from the street as soon as possible. There have been over 100 arrests. There are no plans to bring in the army, say ministers. There is a current attack on a migrant housing building in Rotherham.

I will keep posting updates as this unfolds so watch this space. This is obviously terrifying, so I want you to focus on actionable points.

stop the spread of misinformation. i can cite all my sources on a different post if you would like, but know that i visited ten different news sites, and also watched all the live news coverage to make this post. if you see any new information, fact check it. if you see someone spreading misinformation anywhere, DO SOMETHING. call them out and correct them and if they don't fix it, report them.

take care of any of your friends who aren't white, or if you aren't white, consider not going anywhere alone. racists don't discriminate in their discrimination. they are violent, deranged, and several are armed.

unless you are attending a counterprotest, stay the fuck out of town and city centres!!!!

STAY SAFE OUT THERE!! always in solidarity

[moonyluv-s]

“b-b-but From the River to the Sea is hate speech 😭😭🥺🥺” give me a break.

[kick-a-long]

for those who don't remember 9/11 or why terrorists are literal poison in humanity:

my dad was working in fidi and had a meeting at the twin towers at 9:30am that day. He was late but had to walk home in the ash. the cell phones didn't work and the subway was down so he had to walk a hundred blocks to get home. I didn't have any contact from my parents and had to wait in school alone for hours while the kids who lived in brooklyn had to find kids who lived in manhatten to room with. no one had a car or anything so everyone was just walking and calling on the one pay phone. no one knew who's parents were alive and who's were dead. my friend's step dad died, bett middler sung at his funeral, but because her mom hadn't married him she was left homeless and I never saw her again.

we didn't know if my dad was alive or dead for the entire day, she was pretty sure he was dead because his office was in the building.

the flip side of the islamaphobia after 9/11 is the rabid hyper christian cultural reaction. suddenly the tv was flooded with shit from south park and other "jokes" about jews, and how terrorists wouldn't have attacked if not for all the jews. kids from a visiting school chanted shit about bagels and kosher food at our games.

but funnily enough... my dad looked too middle eastern for the airport and the subway. He had to change his passport photo and shave his beard. he even stopped playing tennis and swimming outside for a long time so he wouldn't look as tan.

anyone who 'jokes' about it is at best a naive infant and at worst a school shooter wannabe in my opinion.

for those people: try to empathize with how it would feel to suddenly lose your parents, everything about the best and worst parts of your relationship permanently unresolved, and then have to watch whoever survives them try to figure out how to financially and emotionally restructure their lives. how to cope with how your parent has become a symbol instead of your dad. how you have to hear about 9/11 constantly, grifters raking in the cash, politicians doing things in your name, and you can't get away from it. your tears, or lack thereof, become a performance for strangers across the country to spend 20 years fighting when you have no say out of it. how depersonalizing it is to have left and right fight about what it means to them and who deserves vengeance with no respect to what it means to you.

anyway, fuck 9/11 jokes and all the fucks slurping up the terroristic and USSR style tankie propaganda.

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

It’s been 0 days since someone was Islamophobic on one of my posts. Reported it but I doubt staff will do shit.

[thestarsandnightskies]

fyi i do NOT give a fuck about the white person's definition of terrorism. so when you got them calling muslims, palestinians and h*um*us terrorists i do not give a fuck and will not try convincing them otherwise.you all should do the same. these are the people that defined the black panther party and movement as an "extremist", "beastly", "barbaric" organization, eventually equating it to terrorism and these are the people who have yet to declare the KKK one.

So ya i do not, did not and will not define my words from the common white man's dictionary so forgive me (sarcasm, do not forgive me) for not speaking their language, i refuse to speak in their tongue because why is it that they can not speak in mine

[pomegranatecookiez]

uh. hope all my muslim followers are having a good ramadan!!

[kick-a-long]

so this is why i don't trust conservatives or the far right even if I also don't trust tankies and the far left. islamaphobia is the twin of antisemitism. EVEN IF the teen who stabbed those kids was an islamic terrorist WHICH IS TOTALLY UNCONFIRMED AND THERE ARE PLENTY OF FAR RIGHT WHITE CHRISTIANS WHO ATTACK PEOPLE to attack a house of worship is disgusting. it's no surprise that now that violence has been normalized that it's being used against muslims as well.

the target changes, the political alignment changes, but the message is the same: "if you are different, you don't deserve to exist."

never accept religious or ethnic violence, call it out where you see it.

[timetravellingkitty]

It is truly amazing to see Indian Islamaphobes using the persecution of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh to fuel their Hindutva propaganda. I'm sorry but if you really cared you'd be bringing them up elsewhere, not just when you wanna use them as a scapegoat to call for the genocide of Indian Muslims, to justify why India MUST be a pure Hindu nation. You'll never see them bring up Sri Lanka, where the Rajapaksa family is trying to maintain a Sinhala-Buddhist hegemony and persecuting a minority that is mostly Hindu, because it doesn't fit their Islamaphobic agenda

It's also really baffling when they argue that "Oh Muslims have so many countries why can't we have ONE Hindu nation why must WE be secular" do you realise that Muslim theocracies are not good either. Do you not see the harm inflicted onto people there in the name of Islam. Not a single religion out there deserves their own state. Islam isn't exempt from this

[gwydionmisha]

Republlican Christo-fascism has reached it’s logical conclusion.  Tjis is where the Republican mainstream is now.  This is an existential to all of us who aren’t Christo-fascists.

We hang together or we hang separately.

[mylight-png]

This is going to be a little different from my usual posts, but here I go anyways.

It is rare, especially now, for online content to make me really and truly happy. But today I saw something that both made me really happy and also made me think.

I was scrolling through TikTok and came across multiple videos of the same kind. A woman wearing a hijab was finding other Muslim women and was helping them try on a hijab for the first time. These videos brought me so much joy. The hijabi woman's gestures were so kind and loving, she seemed almost like an older sister to the other women. The care with which she helped them put on the hijab was so sweet. And then there was the reaction of the women to wearing a hijab for the first time. There were before and after shots, and every single time, the "after" photos of them in the hijab were so happy. It was so pure to see women finding joy in dressing in a way that brought them comfortable.

But even more interestingly, it was a joy I recognized. The sisterly and caring gestures of the more experienced hijabi were familiar too.

The joy I saw in the "after" photos was reminiscent of my emotions when I first intentionally dressed tznuis (Jewish modesty). It was recent, and I felt so comfortable and safe in the clothes I was wearing, and I recognized that comfort in the faces of the women in the videos.

The sweet and caring gestures of the experienced hijabi reminded me a bit of my interactions with rebbetzins and other older religious women in various communities. They're always so sweet and kind (in my experience of course), and I noticed that they frequently try to connect through touch. You know, putting a hand on my shoulder or elbow. Hugs, of course. Using those gestures to make people feel heard and listened to.

And that made me think. We are so much more similar than the media gives us credit for. In fact, it reminded me of an interaction I had with a classmate just last week.

In one of my classes, we were talking about cultural traditions, and we were supposed to pair up and discuss family traditions we have. I mentioned that I love celebrating New Year's because my family doesn't celebrate Christmas, but due to them coming to the US from ex-USSR countries, they brought over similar yet secular and unique traditions for New Year's.

The girl I ended up pairing up with mentioned that she also didn't celebrate Christmas, because she was Muslim, and then she started talking about what her family does for Ramadan.

We ended up having a really nice discussion, connecting over having to fast for holidays, being surrounded by a majority Christian world, and other things we had in common.

And at the very beginning of the year, a Jewish friend of mine and I were complaining to each other about how lame it was that there were only two cheese pizzas at the event, and the rest were all pepperoni (and therefore not kosher), which led into a discussion of accommodating dietary restrictions. We unintentionally ended up sitting next to a few Muslim girls who heard our conversation and joined in, and we had the fun experience of bonding over the pork-obsessed world we all live in.

So yeah. We're actually not as different as the media and politicians make us look.

This is why, as much as I try to advocate about antisemitism, I still try to call out Islamaphobia in my day-to-day life.

There really isn't an excuse for hating an entire group. No excuse for awful and slanderous generalizations, which I've seen made about both us and Muslims. Just as antisemitism shouldn't have any place in these discussions, neither does Islamaphobia.

In fact, I think it would be amazing if we could set aside our differences and unite on this issue.

I know we may feel adversely towards each other in regards to the Israel-Hamas war and our views on it. And I'm not going to force anyone to agree/disagree on all the same things about it. Both sides are hurt. Both sides are accusing each other of genocide, and neither one (majority, I know extremist views exist on both sides, that's not who I am talking about here) actually hates all of the other side to the point of wanting to kill each other.

Yes, we disagree. Yes, our disagreement right now is serious and valid. But there is something we can, I hope, agree upon, and that's the fact that neither side of what's happening should employ Islamaphobic/Antisemitic rhetoric.

So here's a summary of what I'm trying to say:

We aren't as different as we are portrayed to be. We aren't "natural enemies" or whatever people think. We are all human, and we should all be united in the fact that generalized hate has no place on either side.

Both Antisemitism and Islamaphobia are rising right now. We may not see eye to eye on everything, but we are all human, and we should all do our part in dealing with that rise in hate. Not contribute to it.

...

Even though I am trying to speak against hate and division right now, I am certain that I'm probably going to receive at least a few hateful or negative responses to this. But you know what?

I don't really care anymore. Those hateful people are not anyone I could ever change or convince. So I'm going to try and remind myself to pick my battles and not waste energy on pointless arguments. Hateful responses to this post will be blocked and deleted.

However, Muslims of Tumblr, if I did say anything culturally problematic or inaccurate (for example, if the term "hijabi" or "experienced" in regards to being a hijabi is somehow a problem) (or like if comparing wearing a hijab at all to tznuis clothing is an issue) please let me know so I can fix it! I tried to not be culturally insensitive but I don't really know all that much so please do let me know!

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[kosmic-apothecary]

Take a moment to think about how you be acting and what you’d be saying if a movement of Evangelical Christians were committing this genocide.

Now compare that to the window of what is acceptable to say about Israel doing it.

Now ask yourself “is antisemitism really the urgent problem we’ve been trained to believe it is, or was that just a technique to silence criticism of the world’s 4th largest military?”

[stealth-liberal]

You know what pisses me off? Extremists on both sides of the Israel/Palestine conflict seem to think that no one can see through them.

What do I mean?

It's really fucking obvious when MAGA shitbags try to use Jews in general and Israelis in particular as human shields to protect them from the consequences of their Islamaphobia.

Sure, guys, you REALLY support us when you stand behind crowds chanting "Jews will not replace us!". Or MTG nattering on about how Jews have giant space lasers and are causing all the wildfires on the west coast. Or you froth at the mouth about "George Soros", "elites", "lizard people" (lizard people are Jews guys) or that we got magical powers from Satan because we "killed Christ".

Then you turn around and pretend that you care about our safety or our lives? You pretend that you'll save us from the Big Bad Boogey Man (read: Muslims) that you support us living full and vibrant lives? Cut the shit, I may have been born in the morning, but it wasn't yesterday morning.

It's all so you can kick Muslims. It's all so you can get your violent psychosexual thrills by fucking with Muslims. You still hate Jews just as much as you did before. You aren't as subtle as you think you are.

On the other hand, it's also REALLY obvious when far left shitbags use Muslims in general and Palestinians, in particular, as human shields to protect them from the consequences of their Jew Hatred.

Sure guys, you REALLY support Palestinians when you have rallies around the world screaming about "GAS THE JEWS!", "Hitler was right!" and talk about how Jewish women aren't really women, instead they're "filthy vermin" who can't be raped. They quote directly from Mein Kampf and Protocols of the Elders of Zion and somehow think that does anything for Palestinians.

Yep, it sure does help Palestinians to terrify and attack and even kill Jews so that we think the only place that we will ever be safe is in Israel. It sure does help Palestinians to project your hatreds onto a conflict that has nothing to do with you. Cut the shit. I may have been born in the morning, but it wasn't yesterday morning.

It's all so you can kick Jews. It's all so you can get your psychosexual thrills by fucking with Jews. You don't really or honestly give 1/10th of 1 shit about Palestinians. And you aren't as subtle as you think you are.

I see you both, and you're both exactly the same. You're both garbage human beings. I will not deny your humanity. You're still human... you're just also giant bags of shitty garbage.

[abla-soso]

Palestinians call themselves that, you ignorant, racist, Islamaphobic piece of shit!!!

White liberals, stop centring yourselves and stop prioritizing your comfort. This is NOT about you!

[bespangeled]

Donald Trump Again?!

Here is what Trump promises his base.

He will ban abortion nationwide. He will legally delegitimize trans Americans. He will indict his political enemies. He will round up, intern, and deport undocumented immigrants. He will send the military to the border. He will invade Mexico. He will round up the homeless and send the National Guard into cities to fight crime. He will bring back the death penalty in a big way. He will roll back all of Biden’s climate progress and reinvest in fossil fuels. He will overhaul the education system in the MAGA image. He will torch the First Amendment by going after non-MAGA media.

If you boycott the vote you are responsible for the hell you bring on all of us. Let me repeat this - if you boycott the vote you are responsible for the hell you bring on all of us. Don't protest the hell in Gaza by giving us 4 more years of Trump. Resist fascism.

[marvinthemillennialmouse]

Fuckin' Star Trek Rant

Transcript: This was in response to talking about a Lower Decks episode where a crew member on the Cerritos wore a hijab and about how religious representation is important and would be a founding principal of the Federation.

Apparently... muslims shouldn't be allowed in the future.

[Screenshot of another tweet from an anonymized user reading: "No, consistent world building matters more."]

Yes... I am aware of the ✨CANNON✨of Star Trek... but I do not fucking care.

It's important to show representation of people who are alive RIGHT NOW in a future that is painted as good and desirable.

By saying muslims shouldn't be in Trek because CANNON... that's fucked up.

By saying "Muslims shouldn't be in Trek because cannon!!" or because "Roddenberry hated religion!"...

...you're saying muslims and others who show their faith outwardly in such ways are not welcome in your fantasy playground, or in your potential view of the future.

This is the same bullshit as "YOU CAN'T HAVE BLACK ELVES OR DWARVES IN LORD OF THE RINGS!!!"

You're saying your fantasy is a world without non-white people.

Shut the fuck up. Sit the fuck down. Let people be in things. Stop. Fucking. Gatekeeping.

Full disclosure: I am not a religious person and I have a virulent repulsion of religiosity--because I have seen and experienced too much hypocrisy and harm from those who espouse strong faith.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE FAITH SHOULD STILL BE WELCOME IN THE FUTURE.