HSElias

“Keep your face towards the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you”

[HSElias @HSElias]

Islam is not about blind faith. In fact there are many times we are asked to think and ponder in the Quran. And we can have healthy dialogues and discussions on many topics. Example: https://t.co/ynGB3gdHKW

[Tatty H. @tattyhassan]

Malas nak gaduh dengan orang takdak critical thinking skills. Some people have higher sense of curiosity & likes to question things purely for discussion sake. Tak pernah borak dengan orang-orang gini kot.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Singapore is seeing a surge in deepfakes impersonating celebrities and leaders, fuelling AI fraud. An AI-generated video of PM Lawrence Wong helped defraud a victim of nearly $4m.

Al Jazeera’s Patrick Fok reports from Singapore.

[Clash Report @clashreport]

The U.S. has sanctioned ICC President Tomoko Akane.

The sanctions freeze any U.S. assets she holds and largely cut her off from the U.S. financial system.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

Palestinians want to celebrate moments of joy, like getting married.

But Israel will use any means to stop them.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

CCTV video from a cafe owned by Palestinians in Iceland shows what appears to be Israeli tourists ripping a framed map of Palestine off the wall after they harassed the staff for having a map that read: 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' on the wall.

[JerryRigEverything @ZacksJerryRig]

How long will the @NHTSAgov let these death traps stay on the road?

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

They raped a man.
They gang-raped him.
They raped him so brutally that he had to be hospitalized.
Doctors documented the injuries.
The video of the assault was leaked.

Now the rapists are free.

This is not just unlawful and immoral. It is sick!

#ThisIsIsrael

[liam cunningham @liamcunningham1]

This is Zionism. A psychopathic society.

[Dr. Yasir Qadhi @YasirQadhi]

Governor Abbott,

Government should never discriminate against any religion—but neither should it mistake reasonable accommodation for religious favoritism.

A small ablution facility, paid for by private individuals, is no more an “establishment of religion” than nursing rooms are an establishment of parenthood, kosher meal options an establishment of Judaism, vegetarian options an establishment of vegetarianism, or accessible restroom facilities an establishment of disability. They are practical accommodations that allow ordinary citizens to use public facilities safely and with dignity.

And in this case, any traveler, of any faith, could use the facility to wash their feet—something, I suspect, quite a few weary travelers would appreciate.

Muslims are not asking airports to endorse Islam. They are asking for the same principle that has long guided our nation: people of different faiths should be able to practice their sincerely held beliefs while participating fully in public life.

As Texans, we all benefit when our public institutions are welcoming to everyone. Protecting the religious liberty of one community strengthens the religious liberty of every community.

There is no “Shariah takeover” of Texas. It is deeply disappointing to see you amplify this false trope about your Muslim constituents in order to appeal to anti-Muslim sentiment. The closest thing we have to a Muslim takeover of the Lone Star State is the proliferation of shawarma and falafel shops—along with a few truly outstanding halal Texas BBQ joints. Any time you would like to actually talk to your Muslim constituents, I would be happy to meet you over some meat at any one of them.

What makes this episode especially ironic is the glaring double standard. In 2017, you signed legislation restricting Texas governmental entities from contracting with companies that boycott Israel. In other words, Texas has been willing to condition access to government contracts on a company's commercial conduct toward one particular foreign country. Yet a privately funded facility designed to accommodate the religious practices of some Texas citizens is suddenly portrayed as impermissible religious favoritism.

Why the radically different standards? Why is accommodating the religious needs of Muslim Texans treated with suspicion, while the State of Israel has been afforded extraordinary statutory protection?

Governor Abbott, this latest manufactured controversy—and the continued willingness to use Muslims as a political foil—may well serve short-term political purposes. But elections are not the final measure of public leadership. Eventually, all of us will return to our Lord and be judged by Him. And history has an uncanny ability to revisit the moral failures that politics once rewarded.

Do you really wish to be remembered as the George Wallace of our time?

I am a proud Texan, Governor Abbott. I was born here. I studied here. I graduated from here. I married here. I work here, I live here, and I pay my taxes here. Texas is my home.

I respect the office you hold. But your repeated willingness to malign and marginalize your Muslim constituents has, sadly, caused me to lose my respect for the man who holds it.

[DOAM @doamuslims]

A BBC reporter documented the escalating Israeli settler violence in Qusra, where four Palestinian homes have been under siege for four days, leaving seven Palestinians trapped inside.

The Israeli settlers have cut off water and electricity, damaged property and set up a tent outside the homes, while repeatedly returning after Israeli forces briefly intervened.

The reporter described the siege as a new tactic used to pressure Palestinians into abandoning their homes, amid a broader surge in settler violence across the occupied West Bank.

[YourFavoriteGuy @guychristensen_]

For the crime of criticizing Israel, another strong voice has been silenced by Google’s YouTube.

[liam cunningham @liamcunningham1]

If you find yourself asking why isn’t the world doing something to stop the genocide in Gaza and you have not spoken up, they are taking your silence as approval. Whether you’ve 2 or 2 million followers speak up FFS!
Silence is complicity.

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

The United States is blocking 7,000 containers of medicine, food, and resources for water and energy from reaching Cuba. The US threatens to freeze assets of entities providing support to Cuba.

This violates Article 33 of Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits collective punishment—this’s a blatant violation of international law and a crime against humanity.

The US embargo cruelly cut off all fuel and humanitarian aid, power is out, leaving hospitals without electricity. Dialysis patients, babies in NICU, and others will die. Food is rotting. Water pumps stopped working. Systems are breaking down, strangled by the US embargo.

[Shaun King @shaunking]

Wow. The CIA is telling the Washington Post that Israel made up the threat from Iran for Trump and the plane he was on in Turkey.

The CIA literally told Trump they had “low confidence” in the threat but they panicked anyway.

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

SHOCKING! Armed civilians surround a family's home for days, cut water/power, block food/medical aid while soldiers pray with them.
If Palestinians did this to Israelis, they'd already be bombed to smithereens.
But it is Qusra: perpetrators are Israelis. So impunity is inherited.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Artists in Gaza painted a mural honouring former Burger King employee Arianna Hamilton, who was reportedly fired after saying “Free Palestine” to an Israeli American customer at a drive-through window in Breinigsville, Pennsylvania.

[Isa @isssa0x]

A dead MIT professor accidentally destroyed the $20 billion executive coaching industry with one hour of lecture, and ten million people have already watched him do it.

He filmed it once in January 2018 and died eighteen months later.

Executive coaches charge fifteen thousand dollars a session to teach a third of what he covered in that one hour for free.

His name was Patrick Winston. He ran the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory from 1972 to 1997 and wrote the AI textbook every computer science major in the world read for thirty years.

Every January for four decades, he gave a lecture called "How to Speak."

His entire framework fits on a napkin.

Do not read. Be in the image. Keep images simple. Eliminate clutter. Start with an empathetic connection. End with a punch line the audience can repeat over dinner. Never open with a joke. Never end with "thank you."

That last rule alone has probably cost the executive coaching industry a hundred million dollars.

"Your success in life will be determined largely by your ability to speak, your ability to write, and the quality of your ideas. In that order."

That is the actual opening line of the lecture. Winston believed it strongly enough to spend fifty years teaching computer scientists how to talk.

Founders spend $80,000 on an MBA and then hire a communications coach to teach them the same material Winston filmed once for free. Engineers write brilliant code and lose promotions to teammates who watched this lecture on the train.

The lecture is free on MIT OpenCourseWare. The textbook is free on his page.

Winston died in 2019. Almost none of the ten million viewers have actually implemented the four rules on the napkin.

The napkin is free. The willingness to actually use it in your next meeting is the entire edge.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

If it looks like an Amazon delivery and drives like an Amazon delivery, then it's an Amazon delivery, right? Not according to Amazon.

Big companies like Amazon have built a vast network of subcontractors who deliver their packages while shielding them from accountability.

It leaves our workers unprotected and our streets less safe. It's time for a change.

I'm proud to support the Delivery Protection Act to crack down on exploitative subcontracting and build an economy that works for everyone.

[UEFA @UEFA]

"Don't ever stop dreaming." ✨

🇸🇴🏆From Somalia to the UEFA Super Cup, Omar Artan continues to break new ground.

As the first non-European referee appointed to take charge of the Super Cup, Omar proved that ambition, belief and hard work can take you anywhere.

“I was lucky, but I have worked hard to be here and I’m really proud.”

Full interview: https://t.co/TyDC7ncA0o

#SuperCup

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: Over 20 US warships are deployed in the Middle East to support military ops, including enforcement of the US blockade on Iran.

US Central Command says it has redirected 55 commercial ships, disabled two and boarded two as of Sunday.

🔴 More on https://t.co/5H0QqpggO4

[Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt @FranceskAlbs]

Orientalism (racism) doesn't just distort how we see "them", it disables social antibodies.

My next report to the UN examines how legacy media have contributed to erode the capacity to recognise authoritarian descent. Germany is a case study.