Nasrin ✝️ن✝️

Working on being a decent human being, trying to become who God intended me to be. More intelligent than average, have done more stupid mistakes than most. ✝

[Nasrin ✝️ن✝️ @MNasrins]

Jag tvingades ha muslimsk slöja från min nioårsdag. I Sverige på 1990-talet. Jag började smyga av mig den omgående & tog av den för sista gången efter att ha flytt hemifrån som 13-åring. Jag hoppas så innerligt att mina olyckssystrar som blev kvar i Iran ska slippa slöjan också.

[Alireza Nader علیرضا نادر @AlirezaNader]

This is the real #Iran. Compulsory hejab is not part of our culture.
#IranProtests #Mahsa_Amini #مهسا_امینی

[Dr. Nicole LePera @Theholisticpsyc]

I wish less people glorified accomplishing things before 30. More exploring. More starting over at 40. More finding your true passion at 50. More moving across the country at 60. People get complacent because they think life has a time limit.

It doesn't.

Celebrate lifelong evolution.

[Luai Ahmed @JustLuai]

I write this with a heavy heart…

In the last two weeks, my brother and my best friend, the closest and dearest men to me, disowned me. My brother told me ”If you go to Israel, you are no longer my brother.” My best friend told me that I am ”supporting ISIS” because I said, ”Israel has the right to defend itself.”

So, I did it. I went to Israel, and I will do it again.

And I said it: ”Israel has the right to defend itself,” and I will say it again.

It is excruciating to lose two brothers in one week, but I had already wasted two decades of my life in Yemen hiding my identity, concealing my opinions, silencing myself, and battering my authentic self only to please everyone around me.

For twenty years, I lived in a blood-stained cage, fearing that if I ever expressed myself, and came out for who I was, I would be hanged by my society before going to Hell.

The Hell of living in Yemen for twenty years was much more painful than losing two brothers.

It is truly agonizing to be disowned by the two men whom I love the most, the men I went to for advice and guidance, especially after having been disowned by my own country and community, my society and my people.

But I will never ever cage my voice, ever again. No matter what the price is.

There is nothing that I cherish more than my freedom of speech. It’s why I worship Sweden (even though it’s a politically deranged country). My pen and my voice is where I draw the line.

The heartwarming news is that although I lost my brother and best friend, countless friends and family members have come forth and shown me real and deep support. Half of them don’t agree with me, but still tell me that I am brave, that they love me and worry for my safety.

This war has made me realize something that I hadn’t realized before. In the Arab world and the Middle East, there are two religions – not one. The first one is Islam, and the second one is Palestine.

Both are sacred. Both drive people into irrationality. Both religions contaminated with an unequivocal distaste for listening to the other side.

I might have lost two brothers in the past two weeks, but I have strengthened my integrity and humanity. I no longer dehumanize Jewish people. I feel more human than I ever did. Going to Israel has been the single most cathartic and revelatory experience in my life, only second to packing my life into a suitcase and moving to Sweden.

If my brother and my best friend are reading this right now, all I have to say to them is:

I’ve got nothing but love for you. No matter how our opinions differ, my door is always open, and you’ll always be my brothers.

You two, if anyone, know how much I suffered in silence.

I am sorry for you being hurt by my voice. But take that pain, double it by a thousand, and you might come close to the pain I felt living in my Yemeni cage for 20 years.

I am not sorry for speaking my truth and defending the values and convictions that I hold dear to my heart. But I am sorry for the mess our culture has made.

You keep talking about how my father was a man of principle, how he died fighting for his values. Well, I carry his genes. But as my father was a pan-Arab nationalist who believed in the Palestinian cause, excuse me for being different, excuse me for being an Arab-Swedish secular reformist who believes in the human cause, instead of "the Palestinian cause."

I am tired of degrading myself trying to explain that I genuinely sympathize with innocent people dying in Gaza. I am tired of stooping myself to defend myself against braindead accusations such as ”you’re justifying a genocide.”

The striking reality is that I care for the innocent people of Gaza (not the Hamas-mobs), and Israel, while my culture cares for the innocent people of Gaza but wishes for the destruction of the innocent people of Israel. That's another red line I draw.

I will not carry the dogma of the Middle East to Europe. I will not carry the antisemitism of the Middle East into Europe. I will fight it, even if it costs me my brothers, even if it costs me my life.

[Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid]

At 00:16, Hamas terrorist catches one of the girls, and executes her by shooting at point blank.

Her friend freezes in fear and crouches to the ground, begging for mercy. The terrorist stands over the girl as she begs, before executing her at 00:41.
https://t.co/5D1I73Q8lo

[Ruth @redusa21]

We need to be clear: The quality of a civilization can be measured by the respect it has for its weakest members. There is no other criterion.
- Dr. Jerome Lejeune

[Nasrin ✝️ن✝️ @MNasrins]

Jaha, allihop. Är det någon som vill ha en inbjudan till Bluesky här? Jag har en invite-kod. Säg till om du vill ha. 🌠

[Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan]

And so I have come to realise that Russell and my atheist friends failed to see the wood for the trees. The wood is the civilisation built on the Judeo-Christian tradition; it is the story of the West, warts and all.

I welcome your feedback. https://t.co/m4ddFxb9rG

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

We have abortion on demand because our society demands sexual pleasure without love, commitment, responsibility, fidelity, self-giving, and seeking the good of one another.

“The baby dies for my orgasm.”

That’s where we are at.

[Nasrin ✝️ن✝️ @MNasrins]

@pythagorastas Absolut! Skickar så snart jag har en att dela ut.

[Nasrin ✝️ن✝️ @MNasrins]

Bluesky är ljuvligt! Varit där i några dagar nu. Inget gapande, skränande och vevande. Lugnt, civiliserat och skönt. Hoppas att fler svenska kristna hittar dit. 🌁

[Nasrin ✝️ن✝️ @MNasrins]

@UlrikaCampbell Tack för tips! Ska kolla upp! 📖

[Nasrin ✝️ن✝️ @MNasrins]

@UlrikaCampbell Eller hur! Lånade ut boken till dåvarande bästisen och såg aldrig röken efter den efter det. Sedermera flyttade hon till London. Har saknat både henne och boken sedan dess.

[Chang Frick @ChangFrick]

Men va fan, de får väl stå för att de skrev under den där jävla listan. Om det sen kostar en i form av kritik, inställda uppdrag/samarbeten osv så får det väl vara så.

Eller anpassar de åsikterna efter vad de tror är ”rätt” att tycka? Isåfall ska de cancelleras rakt åt helvete!

(Även om jag förstås principiellt är emot cancellering, men just folk som inte står för något - trots de skrivit under ett offentligt upprop - där kan jag göra ett undantag).

[Therese Verdun 🦢👑 @thereseverdun]

Åker israeler ofta runt med döda, avklädda palestinska kvinnor på lastbilsflak så att omgivningen får loska dem i huvudet?

Jag bara undrar.

[Lila Rose @LilaGraceRose]

I see this among many Gen Zers and Millennials on both Left and Right. Including many Christian and conservative ones.

We are so privileged and sheltered in the West it’s hard for us to understand. We haven’t faced anything close to the existential threat the Israelis or Jews have. We don’t understand the history of the Middle East. We don’t understand modern warfare or the rules of just war, have never faced anything near the security risks, and our reflexive response is to morally equivocate or simply call for “peace,” not understanding or caring enough how peace can be achieved. Anti-semitism, which is very real and pervasive, is also deeply embedded among some Christians/Catholics/conservatives (as well as Leftists), who hold the Jewish people to standards they don’t hold anyone else and blame the Jewish people incessantly and blindly for any harm done to them, and for all aspects of the conflict.

There is goodwill too. It is absolutely horrific to learn about the civilian casualties in Gaza, especially of many defenseless children. It is evil to harm children and most people still have that conscience. It is never acceptable to intentionally target civilians and it is always evil to intentionally harm a child. If Israel intentionally harms civilians, it is a war crime and it is right to decry it. Yet the reflexive response of demanding a ceasefire, not understanding the ceasefire was in effect Oct 6th, or that Hamas refuses to surrender or give up the hostages, or that Hamas uses human shields despite Israel repeatedly warning civilians to evacuate war zones, is ultimately comfortable virtue signaling from thousands of miles away - not a serious consideration of the war.

For such a controversial issue, it’s easier and more comfortable for many Westerners to say “both sides,” and move on. But that is not justice and it will not lead to peace.

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.” -Elie Wiesel

[Imam of Peace @Imamofpeace]

Speaking of ambulances, here are #Hamas terrorists firing a rocket propelled grenade at an ambulance on October 7, 2023.

[Laila Mickelwait @LailaMickelwait]

After years of imprisonment for killing the man who assaulted and sexually tortured her and uploaded her abuse to P*rnhub, Nikki Addimando will finally be free and will go home to her children in 2024.

Nikki’s initial sentence was 19 years to life in prison. After a hard fight by her legal team, her sentence was reduced to 7.5 years + 5 years parole.

[Ilan Sadé @sadeilan]

Eldupphör, begär många.

Det rådde ett ganska långt eldupphör fram till 7/10. Nu har faktiskt israeliska regeringen gått med på eldupphör igen, om alla bortrövade - levande och döda - genast får komma hem.

Var så goda, sätt press på mördarna och rövarna att återlämna gisslan.

[Aron Flam @AronFlam]

Att föra krig är inte krigsbrott. I krig dör civila. Det är tragiskt men ej brottsligt. Det som avgör är om de civila var målet eller ej. Så är icke fallet här. Hamas gömmer sig på sjukhus, i skolor, i ambulanser. Att gömma sig bland civila är krigsbrott. Sålunda är det Hamas som begår krigsbrott. Hamas siktar in sig på civila med varenda raket, varenda missil och varenda attack. Det är krigsbrott.

[Expressen @Expressen]

Oron efter kändislistan – ingen vill prata om det omstridda Gaza-uppropet: ”Många kändisar som skrev på är nu rädda för konsekvenserna”.
https://t.co/CEI6TesQvE