He raped a Sikh woman, thinking she was a Muslim.
He yelled "Bloody Muslim bitch" as he attacked her.
Yet the BBC buried the key detail.
This is how Islamophobia is normalised.
Our daughter, Rachel Corrie, was killed in 2003 in Gaza, while trying to protect a Palestinian home facing illegal destruction by the Israeli military. She was 23 years old. The massive, armored Caterpillar D-9 bulldozer that crushed her was operated by two Israeli soldiers and manufactured in the United States. It was the same type of militarized bulldozer that US presidents from George W. Bush through to Donald Trump have delivered to Israel.
Today, as the destruction of Palestinian homes has only become more commonplace, not to mention the horror of Israel’s genocide, Senator Bernie Sanders will force a vote in the Senate to try to end this cycle of death by banning the transfer of D-9 bulldozers to Israel. We hope he will not take this stand alone.
No policy can bring back those taken from us by these actions—children and other loved ones. But the Senate now has an opportunity to honor the memories of our daughter, other Americans, and thousands of Palestinian civilians killed, and to show that their deaths, and all the destruction, will no longer be condoned and funded. We hope those elected to represent us, the American people, understand the message that voting to block these D-9 bulldozers will send. This will not be a symbolic gesture, but a concrete step toward the protection of human life.
https://t.co/KvwjbIsMDX
This is an outstanding article from @DanQayyum, which reinforces much of what I learned about Pakistan during my five years living in the country.
"They are only finally being seen as who they are. A people who have absorbed war, terrorism, economic crisis, and decades of narrative assault, and who have responded not with bitterness but with tea, charity, laughter, music, and an insistence on dignity that no amount of external pressure has been able to break."
Pakistan Zindabad.
The Iranian president defending the Pope from attacks by the US President.
And condemns his blasphemy against Jesus Christ.
What a timeline we live in!
My "Roman Empire is the realization that my life is a lottery win. Somewhere in Sudan, Pålestine, iran, Afghanistan, Iraq or Congo, there is a boy smarter than me. He is more disciplined, more resilient, and holds more potential in his single finger than I do in my entire career.
The only difference? I am siting in a train and he is sting in the rubble of his dreams.
My "bad days" are his wildest dreams.
My "burnout" is a luxury he can't afford because his only job is staying alive.
It's geographical luck and it's a haunting injustice that we all refuse to acknowledge and look away
Accidentally stumbled upon Pakistani twitter. Man, I am in splits. There's humor and then there's Pakistani humor. The JD Vance memes and jokes are gold tier.
Alone, one side is attacking military bases.
2 nuclear superpowers are attacking water plants, high density civilians population centres, oil fields, police stations and hospitals.
It shouldn't be difficult to understand who are the bad guys here.
I used to think that people were rational and you could just show them facts and evidence and they would be open to new ideas.
Then I learned about cognitive dissonance, doublethink, and the herd mentality.
Iran has released a video of the strike on the girls school.
A US tomahawk missile is clearly visible, debunking the US blatant lie. They also struck the same school 40 minutes later to murder those involved in the rescue effort.
THE US DOUBLE TAPPED A SCHOOL!
On this Women’s Day, I honor Iranian women; the fearless warriors standing tall against American and Israeli aggression and showing us what true bravery looks like.
In Iran, an official could never travel to another country to collude with a foreign spy service on how to "coach" our own President into doing bidding of foreigners.
We would ask what the foreign country may have on that official. And promptly charge him/her with High Treason.