Nathan Lean

cultural historian of religion | here: Islam, jazz, and American life | challenging Islamophobia | @georgetown alum | views mine.

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

BREAKING: Palestinian infant dies after being shot by Israeli forces in Hebron: Health Ministry

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/gbIsh7xW3j

[Nathan Lean @nathanlean]

@RepLuna

[Nathan Lean @nathanlean]

Here’s why:

1. “many Muslims.” Who, exactly?
2. “demand.” Show the evidence.
3. “We.” Is “the West” only yours?
4. “Going back.” See #3.
5. “Their countries.” See #3.
6. “Enforce.” Who? Cite examples.
7. “Burqas.” Buzzword.
8. “Sharia.” What is it? Also: see #7.

[George S. @georgehawkmont]

Why is it 'Islamophobia' to point out that many Muslims demand we change how we live in the West instead of going back to their countries where they can enforce burkas and sharia freely?

[Mahmoud Khalil | محمود خليل @mahmoudkhalel]

I began writing this book in detention and finished it fighting a deportation order. I wrote it because testimony is one of the few things that can make injustice visible before it becomes inevitable. My hope is that anyone who reads it understands: Palestine is not the exception, it is the warning. The rights we are losing were never only ours to lose. Thank you @HenryHolt

[Nathan Lean @nathanlean]

@NancyMace You are such a stupid human being.

[Nathan Lean @nathanlean]

@__Injaneb96 You’re afflicted with room temperature IQ. The man is a Muslim and it’s Eid. He’s praying with his religious community, which has nothing to do with religion’s influence on the state.

[Sonny Rollins @sonnyrollins]

It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2 https://t.co/6AGmFrB7x4

[Nathan Lean @nathanlean]

@totalimmunity @ChrisMurphyCT Are you suggesting that Trump did not post this GIF online? Be serious, fool.

[Nathan Lean @nathanlean]

@JohnCleese THAT’S NOT HOW THIS WORKS YOU DUMB BRICK. THE “MAJORITY” ARE NOT SPOKESPEOPLE AND DON’T OWE YOU ANYTHING. (THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THE MAJORITY IS THE WHOLE POINT!) THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

Frum is both out of his depth and lying about Muslims as usual. Lander beautifully recited Surah Ikhlas, one of the most famous chapters of the Quran which affirms the oneness of God. It says nothing about Christianity and is an affirmation of monotheism:
https://t.co/fjn6kAdWpy

[Nathan Lean @nathanlean]

@realMaalouf Absolutely untrue. No source. No other outlet reporting it. A made-up quote by a quack on the Internet, and with the single purpose of stirring up hate.

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

‘I don’t hate Muslims I do hate Islam’ from the shooter’s alleged manifesto is a version of a line I have heard from the New Atheists, from the Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins types, for years.

[Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs]

I've been off twitter for the last few days so I'm a little late to saying this, but I'll say it anyway: Islamophobia enjoys a level of elite institutional support in a way that antisemitism simply does not. The San Diego attack should be evaluated and understood in that context.

[Nathan Lean @nathanlean]

Lindsey Graham in 2013: “Allahu Akbar” is a “war chant.”

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

Heartbroken to hear about the senseless shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California. My heart goes out to all the victims and their families.

As Americans, we must stand firmly together rejecting the senseless killing of people of faith. We truly live in dangerous and sick times.

[Nathan Lean @nathanlean]

@BrotherRasheed You spend every waking hour of your days demeaning Muslims and castigating their Islam. When violence like this happens, you don’t get to jump on this site and spit piety, as if the currency you trade in didn’t make this kind of thing possible.

[Nathan Lean @nathanlean]

@LauraLoomer @SenMullin You’re a deeply sick piece of shit.

[Wajahat Ali @WajahatAli]

@VoteRandyFine, @RepOgles, @CoachForGov, @AmyMek, @LauraLoomer, @chiproytx, we hope you're proud of yourselves for inciting so much cruelty, hate, and fear against Muslims.

You take such joy in your work.

Randy Fine, you said mainstream Muslims should be "destroyed."

Well, 5 people died today in San Diego.

Any response?

[Hend Amry @LibyaLiberty]

If they wanted to demonstrate, wouldn’t they have prayed at the front entrance and not around the corner and down the block? Truly Islamophobia fries brain cells.

Muslims pray facing Mecca, so this must be East. Someone can literally find this school on Google Maps and check if they’re facing Mecca. That’s it. It’s just a building.

[Matt Duss @mattduss]

To be clear: they’re not protesting against the sexual torture of Palestinians by Israeli authorities. They’re protesting against the NYT for reporting it.