Bilqees Baker

Bo-Kaap Tour Guide, Bo-Kaap non profit assisting women through local projects

[DOAM @doamuslims]

1944 Soviet Mass Deportation of Ingush and Chechens

It's been 82 years since the mass deportation of Chechens and Ingush from their homelands to Central Asia. Stalin’s Soviet Union ordered the deportation during World War II.

Half of the deportees died either on the journey or due to the harsh conditions in which they were forced to live.

The Khaybakh Massacre

In many villages, dozens were shot for refusing to leave or being physically unable to.

On the orders of Colonel Gvishiani, more than 700 people from the remote mountainous village of Khaybakh, in #Chechnya’s Galanchozh District, were locked in a stable and burnt alive. Most of them were old men, women, and children.

In 1957, four years after Soviet dictator Stalin’s death, the survivors were allowed to return to the North Caucasus.

On 23rd February, residents of #Ingushetia commemorate the victims of the 1944 Soviet deportation of Ingush and Chechens. They gather near the Memorial of Memory and Glory in Nazran to honour the victims of the deportation.

[DOAM @doamuslims]

Hindutva mobs attacked and set fire to two mosques, damaged several Muslim homes, and reportedly burned copies of the Holy Quran inside one mosque in Gaur Ward 5, Rautahat, Nepal.

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NEW: Indian police detain 49 Muslim worshippers during Taraweeh prayers

Indian police in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district detained 49 Muslim worshippers during Taraweeh prayers following violence reportedly linked to a dispute over the use of loudspeakers.

The Muslim community say the detained men were offering Taraweeh prayers at the time and deny involvement in any violence.

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Israeli Knesset member Almog Cohen says the best time to kill Palestinians is during Ramadan!

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It’s been a year since Palestinian detainee Walid Barakat was freed from Assad’s dungeons after 40 years.

After spending 40 years in Assad regime dungeons, Walid Barakat, originally from Nabi Samwil near Jerusalem [Al-Quds], was freed from the notorious Sednaya prison in Damascus and reunited with his family in Jordan.

Imprisoned at 25, Barakat emerged as an elderly man without identification.

He spent 14 years in solitary confinement, and his whereabouts were unknown until 1996, when his name appeared on a list of Palestinian detainees in Syria.

[adam @AdameMedia]

This was Gaza in 1989.

Nothing started on Oct 7.

[DOAM @doamuslims]

“I am personally proud of the ruins in Gaza, and that every baby, even 80 years from now, will tell their grandchildren what the Jews did…”

— May Golan, Minister for Social Equality and the Advancement of the Status of Women

[AJ+ @ajplus]

A new report claims Nestlé is selling baby food with added sugar in Africa, while its equivalent products in Europe contain none.

Nestlé has denied wrongdoing regarding the allegations.

[Hassan Mafi ‏ @thatdayin1992]

Colombia's President Petro: "A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

Most of us never knew that the West creates wars and also sells most of the weapons used to devastate several countries around the world, especially in Africa.

[Ounka @OunkaOnX]

Thousands of Israelis are lining up outside the Portuguese Embassy to apply for Portuguese citizenship

[Earth Hippy 🌎🕊️💚 @hippyygoat]

VINDICATED ❤️VANESSA

Zionism is a brutal racist regime.
Vanessa Redgrave said this before anyone dared speak out 50 years ago.

This became one of the most controversial Oscar moments in history‼️

[Bilqees Baker @07082024]

@VandAWaterfront what's up guys? We are waiting in the car in the parking lot for my son who is returning an item at Toy Kingdom... And being told we can't sit in the car. Apparently we have to go and wait inside inside with him.???? For 10 minutes of parking ??

[Sizwe SikaMusi @SizweLo]

Some South Africans are celebrating the US sanctions bill aimed at the ANC.
They think this is finally accountability for corruption. They believe Washington is riding in to save them from bad governance. But they are mistaken, dangerously so.

This Bill has nothing to do with rooting out corruption. If it did, the US would be sanctioning half of its own allies, from Saudi Arabia to Israel to the oil-rich oligarchs of the Gulf.

This is about discipline. And the message is clear: If your country steps out of line, if it refuses to parrot American foreign policy, if it dares to stand with Palestine or host Russian diplomats or buy Chinese infrastructure, then it will be punished.

Yes, the Bill mentions ANC officials. Contrary to what the people might wish for, the sanctions talk is not about Cyril or Senzo Mchunu; it’s about Naledi Pandor, South Africa’s most outspoken and respected voice on foreign policy, especially on Palestine, Russia, and the Global South.

Let’s be honest, Cyril is cautious and non-confrontational. Naledi Pandor, however, speaks clearly and unapologetically for the multipolar world, and she does it with gravitas and integrity.

From her rebukes of Western hypocrisy to her embrace of BRICS+ partnerships, Pandor has become a symbol of Global South defiance. She called Israel an Apartheid state, supported Russia-China mediation and diplomacy, advocated for Africa’s sovereignty on the global stage and rejected being bullied by the West during the Russia–Africa Summit and the ICC arrest warrant saga.

Her growing popularity, across race, class, and party lines, makes her dangerous to the empire.

But the American Bill doesn’t stop with individuals. It also targets government ministers aligned with “America’s adversaries”, which refers to institutions the US deems hostile and potentially, critical public sectors like health, energy, or defence, if they fall under targeted departments.

What happens when the US Treasury decides that the Health Minister is too close to China? What happens when US pharmaceutical companies refuse to sell SA life-saving medications? What happens when the US Treasury imposes secondary sanctions on any company that does business with our state-owned entities? Bad things happen, that’s what.

This is exactly what Washington has done to Iran (medicine, banking, even food supply chains cut off), Venezuela (sanctions on oil, crippling the economy), Zimbabwe (ZDERA made recovery impossible) and Cuba (60+ years of blockade, with devastating social effects).

In each case, it began with “targeted sanctions” on officials. And in each case, it ended with collective punishment of the people.

US National Security Advisor and chief imperial lizard Henry Kissinger said the US needed to “make the economy scream” in Chile, to destabilise the socialist government of Salvador Allende.

This was part of a deliberate campaign to cripple Chile’s economy, spread fear and generate unrest to justify a coup, which happened in 1973, leading to the fascist pro-business dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

The US uses sanctions not just to pressure governments, but to punish populations, create shortages, devalue currencies, tank economies, spark social unrest and force regime change.

When Americans say these are “targeted” measures, remember: So were the initial sanctions on Zimbabwe, which later became a financial noose around the entire economy. Look at Zim now.

Sanctions start by naming individuals. But the aim is always the same: Make the economy scream and then offer “relief” if the country bends the knee.

South Africa is guilty of disobedience by running military drills with China and Russia, backing Palestine in the ICJ against Israel, refusing to break ties with Iran and BRICS allies and saying no to a unipolar world.

This Bill is the re-colonial logic of Washington: “You’re free to vote. But not to choose your friends.”

So, be careful what you celebrate. If this passed, and a Trump-led US imposed financial warfare on South Africa, it won’t stop with ANC cadres.
It will further cripple government capacity and hurt poor people first because sanctions don’t fall on politicians.

Rest assured that the United States is never going to cross the Atlantic Ocean just to come and inadvertently save you from corruption. “America first” means you last.

You don’t need to defend the ANC, but you must defend your sovereignty. You can and should hold your leaders accountable, but on your own terms, not under threats from a foreign superpower trying to drag you back into a Cold War-style loyalty contest.

South Africa has the right to trade with whomever it wants, support liberation movements like in Palestine, oppose genocide, join BRICS, pursue a multipolar future and resist being bullied by the West.

Oh, and there’s also the small matter of that Apartheid-nostalgic terrorist formation, Afriforum, celebrating this Bill. This tells you all you need to know.

The expected failure of this Bill may offer short-term relief, but it should not breed complacency. The US has fired a warning shot, not just at South Africa, but at any nation that dares to chart an independent course.

What we’re witnessing is just the early stages of a long game of coercion. Sovereignty will not be granted; it must be defended.

[DOAM @doamuslims]

“85% of #Gaza’s population have entered the "fifth stage" of malnutrition — the most critical and dangerous phase, which is often irreversible even if food becomes available in the future.”

- Anas al-Sharif, Al-Jazeera Correspondent in Gaza

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5th July. A date you may not know - but MUST!

🇨🇳 On this day in 2009, Chinese forces opened fire on peaceful Uyghur protesters in Urumqi, occupied East Turkestan. Over 1,000 Uyghur men, women and youth were martyred.

In. ONE. Day! Thousands more disappeared. Families still waiting.

It was a turning point. What followed? Mass surveillance. “Re-education” camps. Sterilisations. Mosque demolitions.

Today, we remember the Urumqi massacre. Watch, absorb and share this crucial video. May Allah liberate occupied East Turkestan!

#UrumqiMassacre #China #UyghurGenocide

[Masjid al Aqsa @firstqiblah]

[THREAD] Lessons in struggle from Sayyiduna Musa (AS)

The incredible story of Sayyiduna Musa (AS) in its totality, represents the eternal struggle and conflict between truth and falsehood; between tyrants and the tyrannised; between oppressors and the oppressed.

[Bella Monsoon @bella_monsoon]

Cape Town - well the Deep South- is currently in flames. Here’s what’s happening.

📆27.04.2025
📽️: X | Ward 71 | City of CT

🚒👩🏽‍🚒To assist local firefighters: Please drop donations at the Newlands Fire Base

#SouthAfricanNews #CapeTownFire #TokaiFire #NewlandsForest