Roderic Vassie

The warmth of the night // My blood pulses audibly // I'm in the Present

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@AzTheBaz Salam, Az!
Unwarranted derogatory & offensive comments aside, given that all parties agree "it's not mandatory in Islam for 7- or 8-year-old girls to wear hijab," what possible motive lies behind the original parental demand for KS1 & Lower KS2 girls to cover heads at school?

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@haxim52 @EdinburghUni @EdinburghUP There is an opportunity for those living in the UK to petition HM "Government to apologise for UK role in Israel-Palestine conflict."
https://t.co/BFGr1SIsp0

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

A consequence of the Balfour Declaration the UK has played a part in decades of violence from which the people of the former British Mandate of Palestine still suffer.
https://t.co/BFGr1SIsp0
#BalfourDeclaration #Palestine #Israel #Gaza

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@IanStronge I wonder if you'd like to support this petition for HM Government to "Provide compensation for private dental costs due to shortage of NHS dentists."
https://t.co/73wMNIMgZf
#dentistfees #dentalcareUK

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@ReydSally I wonder if you'd like to support this petition for HM Government to "Provide compensation for private dental costs due to shortage of NHS dentists."
https://t.co/73wMNIMOON
#dentistfees

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@Girlwithvoiceuk I wonder if you'd like to support this petition for HM Government to "Provide compensation for private dental costs due to shortage of NHS dentists."
https://t.co/73wMNIMgZf
#dentistfees

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@JaneyyC Dear @janeyyc
I wonder if you'd like to support this petition for HM Government to "Provide compensation for private dental costs due to shortage of NHS dentists."
https://t.co/73wMNIMgZf
#dentistfees

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

#NHS #NHSCrisis #NHSdentistry
Dear all,
I wonder if you'd like to support this petition for HM Government to "Provide compensation for private dental costs due to shortage of NHS dentists."
https://t.co/73wMNIMgZf

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

Dear @NHS_Dentistry

I wonder if you'd like to support this petition for HM Government to "Provide compensation for private dental costs due to shortage of NHS dentists."
https://t.co/73wMNIMgZf

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

Dear @nhsdentistbris
I wonder if you'd like to support this petition for HM Government to "Provide compensation for private dental costs due to shortage of NHS dentists."
https://t.co/73wMNIMgZf

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

Dear @NHSDentists
I wonder if you'd like to support this petition for HM Government to "Provide compensation for private dental costs due to shortage of NHS dentists."
https://t.co/73wMNIMgZf

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@MariamKSHakim Salam!
Is it not a fact that God gives us the leaders we deserve?
"By Him in Whose hand is my soul, either you enjoin what is known [to be good] & forbid what is disapproved of, or God will not delay in punishing you..."
https://t.co/znjTKgQsRl
@nazirafzal
https://t.co/qWxRxePVdF

[Mariam @MariamKSHakim]

You haven't failed anyone Nazir, it's the people in charge who have failed to take the 'engaging communities' bit seriously when appointing the final candidate.

The uproar from relevant stakeholders clearly shows us this. https://t.co/BFEKeH0tEb

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@n_naheeda @MaheenSibtain The Mary mother of Jesus (peace be upon them both) picture would perhaps benefit from a parenthetical "(artist's impression)".

https://t.co/EWVuUjHjwR

[🌷Naheeda 🌺 @n_naheeda]

Respect ✊🏼 to all women of all different faiths and backgrounds #WorldHijabDay #WomensRights

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@whnlaws @PiersatPenn And there we were, feeling all guilty that maybe - just maybe - Western imperialism, including Zionism, had played a part in spawning the birth of #Daesh.
But no!
Non est mea culpa, mea maxima culpa, sed culpa Mongolorum. Laus Dei!
https://t.co/FTC1ltb5Rf

[William @whnlaws]

@PiersatPenn Absolutely pivotal historical event. Did terminal damage to progressive liberal Islamic thought and led ultimately to Salafism, Wahhabism and therefore ISIS.

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@PiersatPenn @Hammad07Khan Hand-to-hand fighting, the old-fashioned way, before the #ShockAndAwe of aerial bombardment, with #BootsOnTheGround.
https://t.co/JrIT3AJN6g

[Emily Steiner @PiersatPenn]

Mongol armies destroying Bagdad in 1258

BNF MS Division orientale, Supplément persan 1113, fol. 180v-181#medievaltwitter (15thc)

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@RomainCaillet @IkhwanWhoswho N'était-ce pas un prince musulman andalou allié du roi chrétien qui, en retournant d'une victoire contre l'armée d'un autre prince musulman, a déclaré, لا غالب إلا الله ("Il n'y a pas de vainquer sauf Dieu")?
https://t.co/xrbobFWsqb

[Romain Caillet @RomainCaillet]

A propos de l'intervention turque à #Afrin, Hamid al-Ali, shaykh koweïtien proche des Frères Musulmans, a tweeté : "pour la 1e fois depuis la chute du Califat ottoman, des soldats turcs ont scandé le takbir (Allah akbar) avant de mener une bataille". https://t.co/42Ll8Z4QIk

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@Stevo85_123 @ShehabAgencyEn If you look carefully at the wall behind in the clip, you should make out the initials @aipac (i.e. American Israel Public Affairs Committee), which may help shed light on the audience's jubilant reaction at the thought of further undermining any hope in the #OsloAccords.

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@Gangology As Sa'di wrote in his #Gulistan, translated by W.MThackston (Ibex Publisher), one day when he visited he mosque, complaining of his lack of shoes, whom should he see but a man without feet?

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@MariamKSHakim Is #SaraKhan pro-extremism?
Would she not recognise an extremist if one knocked her over in the street?
Who do people largely feel would do a better job?
Would our communities accept her better if she had a "head like a raisin"?
Should the job even exist?
https://t.co/3tbW2vWAPC

[Mariam @MariamKSHakim]

Bottom line w/ this controversial appointment is that people largely feel Khan is not impartial or independent.

The work of the Commission must engage, not enrage & isolate, communities who are allies in the fight against #extremism. Trust is vital.

https://t.co/PjYxRdOGiY

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@Marsh_Spain @MuslimCouncil I'm sorry.
I was hoping for a direct rather than a politician's answer.
https://t.co/QEW1cKFEWu

[Stuart Marshall @Marsh_Spain]

@mutaSawwif @MuslimCouncil The number of people unhappy with her appointment is a joy to behold. I hope she does a wonderful job.

[Roderic Vassie @mutaSawwif]

@annygaul @KarlreMarks @SumitaPahwa Take, for example, this organic maftūl that survives in another of the MENA region's arguably most emblematic divides:
A) Still labouring under a colonialist tyranny that hails from Europe
vs
B) Basking in the heat of an indigenous tyrannical revival.