Tweet Adly and Majida Abumayaleh, According to Brooklyn Park Police, there is a rather simple reason the alleged attack on a Muslim couple by a woman wielding a gun was not charged as a hate crime; because neither the victims or the accused attacker said anything about race, prejudice or bias.
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General Al Sisi brings out the worst of Egyptians!
Tweet General Al Sisi brings out the worst of Egyptians! Notes from America: General Al-Sisi brought out the worst of Egyptians French political philosopher Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) said: “In democracy we get the government we deserve.” He was of course talking about true representative democracy that produces leaders the people want and choose. The assumption here however is that people know what is good for them and they chose freely. The French philosopher was right about one thing; leaders who run or ruin our lives bring out something deep in the people they govern and rule. What he failed to recognise is: this is not only in democracy, but in authoritative regimes…
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Why the West is fixated on Muslim women’s wardrobes
Tweet Muslim women living in the West are attacked in the streets, supermarkets, buses, and football games, just for wearing the hijab. In France, Muslim students are denied education for wearing hijabs, last week a 15-year-old Muslim student was banned from school for wearing a long black skirt, “seen as openly religious for the secular France”, reported UK newspaper The Guardian. A Muslim woman was shown in a picture wearing a flag wrapped over her head, it was deemed as blasphemy. The reactions on Social media were fraught with anger and violence. The Twitter Account @BannedIslam posted the picture of the young Muslim woman with this question: What would you…