Two Muslim men pulled an elderly couple and their grandson from a burning house in Leeds last Friday.
You probably didnโt hear about it.
Mohsin Qayyum. 22.
Mohammed Yusuf Iqbal. 20.
Both from Bradford.
They drove past the garden. They saw the fire. They ran straight in.
Sheila Robinson, the grandmother who was trapped inside, posted on social media:
"My family and I will be forever grateful to these young men."
Her granddaughter Kayla wrote:
"Drove past the garden, seen it, and ran straight in and made sure everyone was okay without a second thought."
Everyone got out. The house can be replaced. The family is alive.
Every outlet that covered it called them heroes.
They deserved every word.
But not one headline told you they were Muslim men.
We have seen this before.
Two weeks ago, a teacher was stabbed in the neck protecting his pupils from a knife in his Manchester classroom.
Maysum Abdullah. 27. Science teacher.
LBC named him a hero. So did the Independent, the Manchester Evening News, the Mirror, the Sun.
He ran towards the blade.
A hero in every paper. A Muslim man in none of them.
This is the pattern.
When a Muslim name appears in a crime, the faith leads the headline.
When a Muslim name appears in a rescue, it vanishes from the page.
Now look at who that erasure clears the path for.
Bradford, the same district these men come from, is now led by Reform as its largest party.
One of their candidates, Daniel Devaney, topped the poll in his ward after writing on Facebook that Muslims were "pure scum" and that he wanted to "blast [them] off the face of the earth."
He was not deselected. He was not suspended. He was elected.
They are loud about our religion when they want to call it a threat.
They are silent when that same religion sends two young men running into a fire.
The book they want to criticise is the same book that commands us to save a life.
"Whoever saves one life, it is as if he had saved all of mankind."
โ Qur'an 5:32
Qayyum and Iqbal lived that verse on a Friday in Leeds.
Abdullah lived it in a Manchester classroom.
And the headlines recorded the act, but erased the faith that drove it.
When we are the suspect, our religion is the whole story.
When we are the rescuer, it is not worth a line.
Their names are Maysum Abdullah, Mohsin Qayyum, and Mohammed Yusuf Iqbal.
Muslim men.
Say both.
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Young Theo has been in hospital since birth, has sadly undergone over 200 operations in his short life. He is blind and brain damaged due to everything he has had to endure, and on April 1st he celebrated his 5th birthday.
His dad sent this into us and told us to share it with the Celtic family.
Every single year, Celtic players make the effort to go and see him in hospital, but this year was extra specialโฆ this year they brought the league trophy with them. ๐๐
Just imagine that moment. A little boy who has spent his entire life fighting battles most of us could never even begin to understand, surrounded by the smiles, voices and love of the players from the club he and his family adore.
People can say what they want about football, but moments like this remind you that Celtic is so much more than just a football club. Itโs community, compassion, humanity and love.
This club really pulls at your heart strings sometimes.
From everyone at The Parkhead Faithful, we are sending all our love and strength to the brave little champion and his family. YNWA ๐
his career is done. but credit to Bournemouth for acting so quickly in a situation like this. Arsenal protected Thomas Partey for three years. three years.
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