#banned food in islam

[ayahoftheday]

this campaign has been verified by @gaza-evacuation-funds

spreadsheet N.332

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@wormzandgutz @tlirsgender @apas-95 @doorhine @chilewithcarnage @daloy-politsey @renegadeer @fadedlovemp3 @lelouch @saint-vagrant  @dayvan @1eos @serial-unaliver @cakemadeofbacon @mx-piggy @autisticandroids @taffybuns @anarchblr @ragingbullmode @997 @sunlitmcgee @cdfreak @starsincline @tpwrtr mnky @sonicattos @xinakwans @givemearmstopraywith @loombreaking @thedarksideofmymoonhasmatches @killy @deathlonging @palms-upturned @gigginox @threefeline@creativebrainrot  @fabmab @budd-ie @medusadyke @relelvance @teachiisan @vincentspork @teabisexual @officialscud @lazyleafeon @vensulove

للأسف اليوم تم تأكيد اصابة والدتي بمرض السرطان الخبيث 😔💔 ، كم هذا مؤلم وصعب جدا سماع ذلك

ما أصاب والدتي هو بسبب ما نعيشه من فقر الغذاء والدواء والمجاعة ومن الحرب والدمار وغبار الصواريخ السامة  التي تتساقط علينا في غزة

أطلب منكم اليوم أن تقفوا بجانبي وبجانب امي لكي نستطيع علاجها 💔💔😔😔😔

Unfortunately, today it was confirmed that my mother has been diagnosed with malignant cancer 😔💔, how painful and difficult this is to hear. What happened to my mother is because of the poverty of food and medicine, famine, war, destruction, and the dust of toxic missiles that are falling on us in gaza

Today I ask you to stand by me and my mother so that we can treat her 💔💔😔😔😔

[xxactlyperfect]

Absolutely ALL eyes on Afghanistan.

Islamic men are literally banning women.

Women are denied proper education. They are forced to cover their entire body. They have no freedom of speech. They aren't even allowed to talk to each other. Their voices are now against the law. They can not sing, they can not shout.

After Taliban's takeover in 2021, Afghan women have been trapped in hell. "I was someone who was always out and about, who was very active in society. Now I'm stuck in the four walls of a house."

Cutting women out of workforce also led the country into deeper poverty, according to Global News. Girls and women are being sold like cattle so families can put food on the table. The insanely brave women participating in protests, fighting for their rights, face extreme punishment.

This has been going on for years and needs to be talked more about. Please make donations and/or spread the word. Do not shut up about it, do not get distracted.

[rad-batson]

Billy Batson and Damian Wayne being weirdly good friends (ft. the occasional Jon Kent)

Billy befriends Damian after the JL learns his real identity. Batman approached him and told him they should meet since they’re the same age.

At first, it’s awkward because Damian isn’t interested in making friends, and Billy’s mad that Batman is essentially sending him to the kids' table. Until… 

Damian: “Why must my father insist that I socialize? I can handle myself!” Billy: “Thank you! I’ve been on my own since I was six. I don’t need an adult to tell me what to do.” Damian: “…I like you.” Billy: “Wanna spy on the Justice League?” Damian: “Yes.”

Batman immediately regrets his decision.

At first, the two don’t really talk outside of meetings or happenstance, but when they do, they’re like twins. They know exactly what the other is thinking at all times. (The adults are terrified.)

Both end up bonding over their upbringing, specifically the fact that they were abused/traumatized/malnourished for several years. That marks the point where they start talking regularly.

Damian nearly jumps out of his skin the first time Billy speaks to him in Arabic (courtesy of the Islamic Prophet, Solomon.) They now speak exclusively in Arabic when they gossip.

They will cut a bitch. Do not get on either’s bad side.

Every time one of them says something out of pocket, the other one high-fives them. Even Jon is concerned (and very jealous.)

Billy is required to attend the same school as the Teen Titans and YJ for a bit as a condition of staying in the JL so he and Damian end up taking a few classes together.

Billy “I have Zeus on speed dial” Batson and Damian “I got a PhD in The Classics at age six” Wayne proceed to roast their history professors in the back of the classroom for all of the misinformation.

Damian: “Okay so I really need a human skull, but you can’t ask why.” Billy: “As long as you also don’t ask why.” *pulls out several pristine human skulls from pocket dimension* “Take your pick.” Damian: “…this one.” Jon: “what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck”

They’re both eerily good at schooling their emotions due to countless years of emotional abuse and neglect. If anything goes wrong during a mission, it’s like a switch is flipped. They are suddenly completely level-headed.

Damian gifts Billy a PC that he built himself so they can play games together without so much lag. (It’s literally just Minecraft on creative mode. They design a working amusement park together.)

Both have been permanently banned from all zoos on the eastern seaboard. Damian tried to “liberate” the ostriches, and Billy taught the gorillas swear words in sign language.

Everyone Else: “We need to find civilization on this desert planet we crashed landed on or we’ll starve.” Billy and Damian: “The human body can go ten days without food.” Everyone: “…Are you okay?” Billy and Damian: “Not important.”

Billy, Jon, Colin, and Damian have a group chat where they regularly place bets on dumb mishaps the adults get themselves into. The one rule is they can’t bet with cash. Thus they create a trading system made entirely of local snacks, Pokémon cards, supernatural knick-knacks, and dares.

[vague-humanoid]

Please check Islam's new blog here @islamgzacc4

Islam, a 27-year-old physical therapist from Gaza, needs urgent help after his home was destroyed by Israeli bombings. Now, he and his family, including his 85-year-old grandfather who lost a hand in an earlier attack, are without shelter. They are struggling to find clean water and food, and with winter coming soon, they worry the tent they live in will flood again, just like last year.

Recently, Islam shared another heartbreaking update: his mother has been diagnosed with malignant cancer. Years of war, limited access to healthcare, and the toxic conditions caused by ongoing bombings have severely impacted her health. Now, in addition to securing necessities, Islam is focused on providing his mother with the treatment she urgently needs.

Islam tries very hard to share his story through his blog, but it has been banned four times, making it difficult to tell people what is happening. To help his family, Islam made a GoFundMe to raise £30,000 for food, water, and shelter. Sadly, only £3,000 has been collected so far, and they still need a lot more to survive.

This fundraiser is confirmed by trusted sources like @gaza-evacuation-funds, @90-ghost, @northgazaupdates2, @riding-with-the-wild-hunt, and @mushroomj.

Every small donation or share can make a big difference in helping Islam and his family during this hard time.

Please donate to Islam’s GoFundMe if you can. If you cannot donate, sharing this post will help spread his message. Together, we can give hope to Islam and his family.

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[smashorpassgilf]

Vetted fundraisers oct.25.2024

Nour, a 5 year old girl, with her sisters, parents, and grandmother. They have been living in a tent for the last 8 months, and last night was another night of rain soaking this family. $3,865 raised of their $25,000 goal. Please read more @nourbader2017

Eman Inshasi, and his family. His mtoher is living with a heart condition, and they have been displaced at least 5 times since the war has started. He has already lsot his little brother due to starvation, a tragic event to witness. They have only €759 raised of their €40,000 goal Read more @80eman.

Ola Ferwana, a mother of 3 children. Her husband is unable to be with her and her children due to the closing of the boarder, leaning her to have to take care of her children by herself. She is struggling to get medicine for her children and be reunited with her husband €12,203 raised of her €35,000 goal

Duaa Jad Al-Haq, and her 5 year old nonverbal autistic son. Omar has regressed from progress he had made form being around family. Duaa and Omar have had to leave her husband, his father, and the rest of their family in an attempt to ease the strain on Omar. Right now, Duaa is trying to gain a residency permit in Egypt so she can create a business and get the rest of her family out of the war. $2,033 Raised of $40,000 Read more @dodooomar

Islam, a 27 year old Physical Therapist, and his family. His 85 year old grandmother has lost her hand in a previous attack, and now they are without food and clean water. Due to people reporting his account, he has been banned 4 times already, and he just wants to gain enough money to gain shelter for his family. €3,177 raised of his €30,000 goal Please read more @islamgzacc4, and @ayahoftheday has been helping him keep track of his posts and helping spread his cause.

the Al-Anqar Family, organized by Noor. She is 26, and has 3 children with her husband. One of her children is only a year old. They have lost everything, and are living in a tent, and this will be their second winter in a tent, unless they can raise enough money for safety. €23,930 raised of their €40,000 goal Read more @noor-family

Amal and her husband and 7 children, ranging from 15 years to 7 months. Amal had to flee on food only ten days after giving birth. She is currently taking care of her children alone, and her children are on the brink of starvation. They currently live with 40 other people in a single room. Her four year old has diabetes, and all of her children suffer from nightmares. They have €10,257 raised of their €50,000 goal Please read more @amalfamilygaza

Dr Islam has been providing medical aide to other survivors near Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis - meaning he is in a very risky place. He is alone, but his family is trying to reunite with him again. They have lost their house, and his wife and children just want him to rejoin them in Egypt. Right now, they have $2,149 raised of their $40,000 goal. Follow their endevor @hinworldsblog

[deerspherestudios]

Please check Islam's new blog here @islamgzacc4

Islam, a 27-year-old physical therapist from Gaza, needs urgent help after his home was destroyed by Israeli bombings. Now, he and his family, including his 85-year-old grandfather who lost a hand in an earlier attack, are without shelter. They are struggling to find clean water and food, and with winter coming soon, they worry the tent they live in will flood again, just like last year.

Recently, Islam shared another heartbreaking update: his mother has been diagnosed with malignant cancer. Years of war, limited access to healthcare, and the toxic conditions caused by ongoing bombings have severely impacted her health. Now, in addition to securing necessities, Islam is focused on providing his mother with the treatment she urgently needs.

Islam tries very hard to share his story through his blog, but it has been banned four times, making it difficult to tell people what is happening. To help his family, Islam made a GoFundMe to raise £30,000 for food, water, and shelter. Sadly, only £3,000 has been collected so far, and they still need a lot more to survive.

This fundraiser is confirmed by trusted sources like @gaza-evacuation-funds, @90-ghost, @northgazaupdates2, @riding-with-the-wild-hunt, and @mushroomj.

Every small donation or share can make a big difference in helping Islam and his family during this hard time.

Please donate to Islam’s GoFundMe if you can. If you cannot donate, sharing this post will help spread his message. Together, we can give hope to Islam and his family.

Link to donate is HERE ! 🍉 Listed at #332 on the Vetted Gaza Evacuation Fundraiser List. 🇵🇸 At the time I'm writing they're currently at €3,485 / €30,000.

Help the numbers keep going if you can afford it! Share if you can't!

🎉 You can also help with daily clicks!! 🎉

[ethanfundraising]

Please check Islam's new blog here @islamgzacc4

Islam, a 27-year-old physical therapist from Gaza, needs urgent help after his home was destroyed by Israeli bombings. Now, he and his family, including his 85-year-old grandfather who lost a hand in an earlier attack, are without shelter. They are struggling to find clean water and food, and with winter coming soon, they worry the tent they live in will flood again, just like last year.

Recently, Islam shared another heartbreaking update: his mother has been diagnosed with malignant cancer. Years of war, limited access to healthcare, and the toxic conditions caused by ongoing bombings have severely impacted her health. Now, in addition to securing necessities, Islam is focused on providing his mother with the treatment she urgently needs.

Islam tries very hard to share his story through his blog, but it has been banned four times, making it difficult to tell people what is happening. To help his family, Islam made a GoFundMe to raise £30,000 for food, water, and shelter. Sadly, only £3,000 has been collected so far, and they still need a lot more to survive.

This fundraiser is confirmed by trusted sources like @gaza-evacuation-funds, @90-ghost, @northgazaupdates2, @riding-with-the-wild-hunt, and @mushroomj.

Every small donation or share can make a big difference in helping Islam and his family during this hard time.

Please donate to Islam’s GoFundMe if you can. If you cannot donate, sharing this post will help spread his message. Together, we can give hope to Islam and his family.

[northern-passage]

I'm sorry I'm new to this app and I don't know how to make my name appear, I'm Hashem the person you posted about my old and new campaigns to. I wanted to tell you that my new campaign was banned I think it's because a lot of people reported it, so I was also afraid that they would ban both campaigns so I will continue with the main campaign

https://gofund.me/93568fb0

i'm really sorry to hear that, Hashem. it's been a tough few days for fundraisers here on tumblr, especially for newer people trying to share their gfms. i apologize for that in my initial post, and i appreciate you still reaching out to me. i will keep sharing your original gofundme here and make sure people know it is legitimate.

you can find Hashem on tumblr over at @hashemsafi125 - currently his own posts only link to the now discontinued second gfm, but i have shared his first one, which has been vetted by Humanity for Gaza on instagram, #425 on their linktree. you can also find Hashem's new instagram here, and you can also check out his contact Mehvish's page, who Hashem has been communicating with since April.

Hashem has nine people he is hoping to evacuate, meaning he needs a total of $54,000. this includes the evacuation as well estimated costs of medical care and other living expenses. it is $5,000 per adult and $2,500 per child under 16 years old. this first campaign is nearing its goal of €30,000, which will have them about half-way there.

$25,000 to evacuate Hashem, his parents, and 3 younger siblings.

$12,500 to evacuate his sister Yara, her husband, and her baby.

$8,000 to cover costs upon arrival in Egypt, including medical care, food, and housing.

$8,500 to cover transaction, withdrawal, transfer, and conversion fees and taxes.

Hashem's campaign is connected to his uncle's account in Spain, and for that reason he is fundraising in euros.

in Hashem's words:

‏Before the war, we really lived a beautiful life. We had our dreams, our goals, our home, and a wonderful life, but everything is truly over now. 

Yara studied IT and graduated university just before the war, she is a painter and loves to draw.

Ahmed was in his last year of high school  and loves video games - he used to be introverted and youthful, but this war has forced him to become a man. 

Misk is in middle school, she loves reading, reciting, cooking, and writing - we admire her for spending her time in the war still reading as much as she can. 

Abdullah, my youngest brother, is just a child - he cannot understand the horrors we are enduring and is struggling with severe depression.

And I was passionately studying medicine, so eager to achieve my dream…

The university Hashem was studying at, the Islamic University of Gaza, has now been completely destroyed by Israel, as well as the family's home. This is some of the damage IUG has sustained.

Hashem and his family have been displaced 6 times since the invasion began, and continue to live in fear of having to run yet again.

Hashem's mother and younger brothers are now sick from the contaminated water, and Hashem is having trouble breathing due to all of the smoke and debris from Israel's constant bombing. Recently, he also sustained an injury to his leg and has been unable to receive adequate care due to malnutrition and lack of appropriate medical supplies.

The family has raised €25,685 of their current €30,000 goal. again, this is only about half of what Hashem ultimately needs. Please keep donating and sharing Hashem's campaign wherever you can.

[leroibobo]

some notes on specifically "middle eastern" (mashriqi + iran, caucuses, and turkey) jewish communities/history:

something to keep in mind: judaism isn't "universalist" like christianity or islam - it's easier to marry into it than to convert on your own. conversions historically happened, but not in the same way they did for european and caucasian christians/non-arab muslims.

that being said, a majority of middle eastern jews descend from jewish population who remained in palestine or immigrated/were forced (as is the case with "kurdish" jews) from palestine to other areas and mixed with locals/others who came later (which at some point stopped). pretty much everywhere in the middle east and north africa (me/na) has/had a jewish population like this.

with european jews (as in all of them), the "mixing" was almost entirely during roman times with romans/greeks, and much less later if they left modern-day greece/italy.

(none of this means jewish people are or aren't "indigenous" to palestine, because that's not what that word means.)

like with every other jewish diaspora, middle eastern jewish cultures were heavily influenced by wherever they ended up. on a surface level you can see this in things like food and music.

after the expulsion of jews from spain and portugal, sephardim moved to several places around the world; many across me/na, mostly to the latter. most of the ones who ended up in the former went to present-day egypt, palestine, lebanon, syria, and turkey. a minority ended up in iraq (such as the sassoons' ancestors). like with all formerly-ottoman territories, there was some degree of back and forth between countries and continents.

some sephardim intermarried with local communities, some didn't. some still spoke ladino, some didn't. there was sometimes a wealth gap between musta'arabim and sephardim, and/or they mostly didn't even live in the same places, like in palestine and tunisia. it really depends on the area you're looking at.

regardless, almost all the jewish populations in the area went through "sephardic blending" - a blending of local and sephardic customs - to varying degrees. it's sort of like the cultural blending that came with spanish/portugese colonization in central and south america (except without the colonization).

how they were treated also really depends where/when you're looking. some were consistently dealt a raw hand (like "kurdish" and yemenite jews) while some managed to do fairly well, all things considered (like baghdadi and georgian jews). most where somewhere in between. the big difference between me/na + some balkan and non-byzantine european treatment of jews is due to geography - attitudes in law regarding jews in those areas tended to fall into different patterns.

long story short: most european governments didn't consider anyone who wasn't "christian" a citizen (sometimes even if they'd converted, like roma; it was a cultural/ethnic thing as well), and persecuted them accordingly; justifying this using "race science" when religion became less important there after the enlightenment.

most me/na and the byzantine governments considered jews (and later, christians) citizens, but allowed them certain legal/social opportunities while limiting/banning/imposing others. the extent of both depend on where/when you're looking but it was never universally "equal".

in specifically turkey, egypt, palestine, and the caucuses, there were also ashkenazi communities, who came mainly because living as a jew in non-ottoman europe at the time sucked more than in those places. ottoman territories in the balkans were also a common destination for this sort of migration.

in the case of palestine, there were often religious motivations to go as well, as there were for some other jews who immigrated. several hasidic dynasites more or less came in their entirety, such as the lithuanian/polish/hungarian ones which precede today's neutrei karta.

ashkenazi migration didn't really happen until jewish emancipation in europe for obvious reasons. it also predates zionism - an initially secular movement based on contemporaneous european nationalist ideologies - by some centuries.

most ashkenazi jews today reside in the us, while most sephardic or "mizrahi" jews are in occupied palestine. there, the latter outnumber the former. you're more likely to find certain groups (like "kurds" and yemenites) in occupied palestine than others (like persians and algerians) - usually ones without a western power that backed them from reactionary antisemitic persecution and/or who came from poorer communities. (and no, this doesn't "justify" the occupation).

(not to say there were none who immigrated willingly/"wanted" to go, or that none/all are zionist/anti-zionist. (ben-gvir is of "kuridsh" descent, for example.) i'm not here to parse motivations.)

this, along with a history of racism/chauvinism from the largely-ashkenazi "left", are why many mizrahim vote farther "right".

(in some places, significant numbers of the jewish community stayed, like turkey, tunisia, and iran. in some others, there's evidence of double/single-digit and sometimes crypto-jewish communities.)

worldwide, the former outnumber the latter. this is thought to be because of either a medieval ashkenazi population boom due to decreased population density (not talking about the "khazar theory", which has been proven to be bullshit, btw) or a later, general european one in the 18th/19th centuries due to increased quality of life.

the term "mizrahi" ("oriental", though it doesn't have the same connotation as in english) in its current form comes from the zionist movement in the 1940s/50s to describe me/na jewish settlers/refugees.

(i personally don't find it useful outside of israeli jewish socio-politics and use it on my blog only because it's a term everyone's familiar with.)

about specifically palestinian jews:

the israeli term for palestinian jews is "old yishuv". yishuv means settlement. this is in contrast to the "new yishuv", or settlers from the initial zionist settlement period in 1881-1948. these terms are usually used in the sense of describing historical groups of people (similar to how you would describe "south yemenis" or "czechoslovaks").

palestinian jews were absorbed into the israeli jewish population and have "settler privilege" on account of their being jewish. descendants make up something like 8% of the israeli jewish population and a handful (including, bafflingly, netanyahu and smoltrich) are in the current government.

they usually got to keep their property unless it was in an "arab area". there's none living in gaza/the west bank right now unless they're settlers.

their individual views on zionism vary as much as any general population's views vary on anything.

(my "palestinian jews" series isn't intended to posit that they all think the same way i do, but to show a side of history not many people know about. any "bias" only comes from the fact that i have a "bias" too. this is a tumblr blog, not an encyclopedia.)

during the initial zionist settlement period, there were palestinian/"old yishuv" jews who were both for zionism and against it. the former have been a part of the occupation and its government for pretty much its entire history.

some immigrated abroad before 1948 and may refer to themselves as "syrian jews". ("syria" was the name given to syria/lebanon/palestine/some parts of iraq during ottoman times. many lebanese and palestinian christians emigrated at around the same time and may refer to themselves as "syrian" for this reason too.)

ones who stayed or immigrated after for whatever reason mostly refer to themselves as "israeli".

in israeli jewish society, "palestinian" usually implies muslims and christians who are considered "arab" under israeli law. you may get differing degrees of revulsion/understanding of what exactly "palestine"/"palestinians" means but the apartheid means that palestinian =/= jewish.

because of this, usage of "palestinian" as a self-descriptor varies. your likelihood of finding someone descendent from/with ancestry from the "old yishuv" calling themselves a "palestinian jew" in the same way an israeli jew with ancestry in morocco would call themselves a "moroccan jew" is low.

(i use it on here because i'm assuming everyone knows what i mean.)

samaritans aren't 'jewish', they're their own thing, though they count as jewish under israeli law.

[mordhiobhail]

Please check Islam's new blog here @islamgzacc4

Islam, a 27-year-old physical therapist from Gaza, needs urgent help. After his home was destroyed in Israeli bombings, he and his family, including his 85-year-old grandfather who lost a hand in a previous attack, are left without shelter. They're struggling with a lack of clean water and food, and with winter approaching, they fear their temporary tent will flood again like last year.

Despite his efforts, Islam’s blog has been banned four times, limiting his ability to share his story. He created a GoFundMe to raise £30k for shelter, food, and water, but so far, he’s only raised £3k.

Thank you for reading this. If you can donate, it would mean the world. If not, sharing this post will help spread the word. Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a huge difference. I hope he can reach our goal soon to help his family during these hard times. 🙏❤

You can donate here: Islam's GoFundMe

This fundraiser has been verified by @gaza-evacuation-funds, @90-ghost, @northgazaupdates2, @riding-with-the-wild-hunt, and @mushroomj.

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[maggotpoolautism]

Please check Islam's new blog here @islamgzacc4

Islam, a 27-year-old physical therapist from Gaza, needs urgent help after his home was destroyed by Israeli bombings. Now, he and his family, including his 85-year-old grandfather who lost a hand in an earlier attack, are without shelter. They are struggling to find clean water and food, and with winter coming soon, they worry the tent they live in will flood again, just like last year.

Recently, Islam shared another heartbreaking update: his mother has been diagnosed with malignant cancer. Years of war, limited access to healthcare, and the toxic conditions caused by ongoing bombings have severely impacted her health. Now, in addition to securing necessities, Islam is focused on providing his mother with the treatment she urgently needs.

Islam tries very hard to share his story through his blog, but it has been banned four times, making it difficult to tell people what is happening. To help his family, Islam made a GoFundMe to raise £30,000 for food, water, and shelter. Sadly, only £3,000 has been collected so far, and they still need a lot more to survive.

This fundraiser is confirmed by trusted sources like @gaza-evacuation-funds, @90-ghost, @northgazaupdates2, @riding-with-the-wild-hunt, and @mushroomj.

Every small donation or share can make a big difference in helping Islam and his family during this hard time.

Please donate to Islam’s GoFundMe if you can. If you cannot donate, sharing this post will help spread his message. Together, we can give hope to Islam and his family.

.

[robotfuckerconfessions]

Please check Islam's new blog here @islamgzacc4

Islam, a 27-year-old physical therapist from Gaza, needs urgent help after his home was destroyed by Israeli bombings. Now, he and his family, including his 85-year-old grandfather who lost a hand in an earlier attack, are without shelter. They are struggling to find clean water and food, and with winter coming soon, they worry the tent they live in will flood again, just like last year.

Islam tries very hard to share his story through his blog, but it has been banned four times, making it difficult to tell people what is happening. To help his family, Islam made a GoFundMe to raise £30,000 for food, water, and shelter. Sadly, only £3,000 has been collected so far, and they still need a lot more to survive.

Please take a moment to read his latest post, where he describes the pain his family is going through. His relatives were seriously injured in another attack.

This fundraiser is confirmed by trusted sources like @gaza-evacuation-funds, @90-ghost, @northgazaupdates2, @riding-with-the-wild-hunt, and @mushroomj.

Every small donation or share can make a big difference in helping Islam and his family during this hard time.

Please donate to Islam’s GoFundMe if you can. If you cannot donate, sharing this post will help spread his message. Together, we can give hope to Islam and his family.

.

[bistonacademiae]

Please check Islam's new blog here @islamgzacc4

Islam, a 27-year-old physical therapist from Gaza, needs urgent help after his home was destroyed by Israeli bombings. Now, he and his family, including his 85-year-old grandfather who lost a hand in an earlier attack, are without shelter. They are struggling to find clean water and food, and with winter coming soon, they worry the tent they live in will flood again, just like last year.

Recently, Islam shared another heartbreaking update: his mother has been diagnosed with malignant cancer. Years of war, limited access to healthcare, and the toxic conditions caused by ongoing bombings have severely impacted her health. Now, in addition to securing necessities, Islam is focused on providing his mother with the treatment she urgently needs.

Islam tries very hard to share his story through his blog, but it has been banned four times, making it difficult to tell people what is happening. To help his family, Islam made a GoFundMe to raise £30,000 for food, water, and shelter. Sadly, only £3,000 has been collected so far, and they still need a lot more to survive.

This fundraiser is confirmed by trusted sources like @gaza-evacuation-funds, @90-ghost, @northgazaupdates2, @riding-with-the-wild-hunt, and @mushroomj.

Every small donation or share can make a big difference in helping Islam and his family during this hard time.

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Islam, a 27-year-old physical therapist from Gaza, needs urgent help after his home was destroyed by Israeli bombings. Now, he and his family, including his 85-year-old grandfather who lost a hand in an earlier attack, are without shelter. They are struggling to find clean water and food, and with winter coming soon, they worry the tent they live in will flood again, just like last year.

Islam tries very hard to share his story through his blog, but it has been banned four times, making it difficult to tell people what is happening. To help his family, Islam made a GoFundMe to raise £30,000 for food, water, and shelter. Sadly, only £3,000 has been collected so far, and they still need a lot more to survive.

Please take a moment to read his latest post, where he describes the pain his family is going through. His relatives were seriously injured in another attack.

This fundraiser is confirmed by trusted sources like @gaza-evacuation-funds, @90-ghost, @northgazaupdates2, @riding-with-the-wild-hunt, and @mushroomj.

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Please check Islam's new blog here @islamgzacc4

Islam, a 27-year-old physical therapist from Gaza, needs urgent help after his home was destroyed by Israeli bombings. Now, he and his family, including his 85-year-old grandfather who lost a hand in an earlier attack, are without shelter. They are struggling to find clean water and food, and with winter coming soon, they worry the tent they live in will flood again, just like last year.

Islam tries very hard to share his story through his blog, but it has been banned four times, making it difficult to tell people what is happening. To help his family, Islam made a GoFundMe to raise £30,000 for food, water, and shelter. Sadly, only £3,000 has been collected so far, and they still need a lot more to survive.

Please take a moment to read his latest post, where he describes the pain his family is going through. His relatives were seriously injured in another attack.

This fundraiser is confirmed by trusted sources like @gaza-evacuation-funds, @90-ghost, @northgazaupdates2, @riding-with-the-wild-hunt, and @mushroomj.

Every small donation or share can make a big difference in helping Islam and his family during this hard time.

Please donate to Islam’s GoFundMe if you can. If you cannot donate, sharing this post will help spread his message. Together, we can give hope to Islam and his family.

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Reasons why I think Islamic conversion is becoming so popular in the West

Apologies if I don't sound coherent, I am high on prescribed medications rn

1} Western individualism to Islamic communalism: I should state that imo there's no society or society group in the world that is exactly good, but the Muslim bloc is clearly worse than others. I feel many Westerners, especially North Americans, see the hyperindividualism of their culture and are attracted to the hypercommunalism of Islam. In Islam we're taught to correct each other and essentially be police to each other, which is ultimately damaging for your mental health.

But if you are from a culture where no one cares about you other than immediate family, that also affects your mental health. I think people have a natural flaw tendency to reach for the total opposite of their problems, not realizing that opposite of a bad thing can still be another bad thing. Grass is greener until it's not.

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2} Double-sided coin of female sexualization: Westerners have a hypersexualized treatment of women especially in what women wear. Women's clubbing outfits are often hypersexual, advertizements lean into "sex sells" and ofc a radical hookup culture that can ultimately lead to loneliness. And ofc a pornography epidemic leading to dehumanization of (mostly) women (but also gay males, esp gay male bottoms) and a culture of (mostly) female vulnerability being as easy to access as Wikipedia.

The radical banning of all these things in Islam again is a grass is greener problem, but what westerners don't understand is that the hyperconservative and covered clothing women are expected to don in Islam belongs to the same essence of hypersexualization → women's bodies are treated as commodities in the eyes of men.

To quote Arianna Kyanne “Many think that modesty culture and hypersexuality culture are two vastly contradictory things, and often think that weaponizing one in response to the other is some type of rebellion or system-breaking act, without realizing that modesty culture and hypersexual culture are two sides of the same misogynistic coin; it all revolves around the notion that your sexuality is your worth as a woman, and if not used correctly under patriarchal systems, you are then deemed as useless or invaluable.” Western "reverts" (especially the women amongst them) see becoming Muslim as a rebellion against hypersexuality when it is in fact the same thing.

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3} Cleanliness: This might be a bit of a reach but I feel that western culture, particularly stemming from Europe, has an underpinning "shame" around them on the basis of uncleanliness. Europe has been ravaged again and again by infectious disease, with rats, epidemics, and pandemics having a long time problem in European society. Europe also has a few factors affecting its relationship with disease:

→ It has a temperate climate where disease can live in surface or on exposed food for longer, as opposed to MENA societies which have long been able to use the Sun as a disinfectant.

→ It has urbanized differently to other societies where it's cities and major towns were packed tightly together with damp, small alleys and no major roads.

→ European colonizers have killed a gigantic amount of Native Americans due to sheer disease, things that they'd developed immunity to that they've now exposed to people who don't live in that kind of dirty living space.

Now MENA is not immune to disease and also has an underpinning shame, however the illogical Western "revert" is not consciously thinking about these things, only subconsciously. There is emphasis on health in the west being an institution-based system (hospital, doctor, clinic, etc), with little in the way of home remedies for minor illness (as opposed to many other societies which have emphasis on traditional medicine, either alongside or precedent above scientific medicine). I'm not saying which is better, just saying it's there.

I think Islamic converts become attracted to the idea of not eating pig, using bidet instead of just toilet paper, fulfilling wudu, and also how many predominantly Muslim cultures have a strong home-medicine practice, and other parts of religious cleanliness. I think it appeals to them significantly.

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4} Lovebombing and community aspect: It's no secret how much Muslims pour out affection and warm welcome to converts and I think that's one of the strongest reasonings. Along with the fact that Muslims are religiously entitled to lie about the contents of the Qur'an or hadiths in order to attract a convert, and the "good deeds" you get for bringing someone to Islam, it means pre-existing Muslims are motivated to sweet-talk interested people or newcomers to win their conversion.

Lovebombing is a common cult tactic but soon the convert is held to strict expectations. Eventual apostasy amongst converts is a well known phenomenon but I cannot find a source on what the % is (the oft-quoted 70% within a year seems to be just some guy's opinion and not a statistic). However what is worrying is that apostasy doesn't automatically mean you leave behind the radical nature Islam instills in you. The urge to police others, to justify violence based on philosophy, to stick to strict maladaptive routines, and to continuously radicalize in any chosen philosophy, doesn't automatically go away. Matter of fact, cult like behaviours instilled by Islam may be used further on an ex-convert if they have not deconstructed this.

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5) Racial "blindness": As far as I'm aware, there's no islamic laws that are applied differently depending on ethnicity, race, or skin colour, say opposed to forms of Hinduism where caste matters, and in Christianity where certain denominations are associated with specific races or ethnic groups, have different teachings, and often have beef with each other.

This is extremely appealing to the western Islamic convert as race is taken extremely seriously in the west. Both for the oppressed races (black, brown, champagne) and the oppressor race (white), as the former see this as "finally! a religion that accepts me regardless of the colour of my skin," which is why there's so many African American converts imo, and a long history of Islamic conversion amongst AA's at that. And the white converts see it as an opportunity to ‘shake off’ some of their status as an oppressor, as they now believe in a religion that purportedly thinks every colour is the same.

The issue with this is two-fold. On the oppressed group's side, they're actually trading in one abuser for another, as Islamic colonization has long been going on and indeed the Arab nations still partaking in the Transaharan/Red Sea slave trade, one of the longest going slave trades in human history (afaik only superseded by the Korean slave trade).

The ignoring of Arabia's continued oppression of Africa and indeed UAE in particular trafficking south Asians, is extremely harmful to these groups as they are silenced on a global discussion level. This is not to forget how places like Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, and Sudan, retain a racial inferiority complex, often jokes made about these groups trying to say they're not black, or claim Arab significant ancestry when it's not there. When you add in that Islam believes only Arabic is spoken in Jannah, it becomes clear that Islam is not a colourblind religion.

On the other hand, white converts see their entry into Islam as a shedding of their position as an oppressor group in Western society. Reminder that the west sees Islam as the "POC" religion and therefore non-defamabke. Take in the "Tumblr model," which has 5 stages, and can happen for better or worse.

a → Tolerance: wanting to support a Group (possibly for uninformed or wrong reasons)

b → Glorification: Associates Group with positive traits

c → Appropriation: Real or perceived proximity to the aforementioned traits, therefore considers self similar to the Group

d → Fanaticism: Perception of proximity to the traits increases; considers self part of the Group

e → Intolerance: believes true Group members embody the aforementioned traits, not necessarily the criteria for the Group

These "reverts" all ended up at D and many at E, telling others around them that Islam is such a peaceful and gentle religion, or a feministic religion (💀) which then reinforces this model for other westerners.

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Let me know if you feel there are other key factors to western Islamic converts, and let me know if you have an ideas of what can be done to stop this train of idealization of Islam!