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I will not register. Do not register.
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Aziz Poonawalla
In 2002, the Bush Administration created a Muslim Registration Database, called NSEERS. It was finally dismantled in 2011 by President Obama and had a perfect score of 0 terrorists caught out of 100,000 registered. The architect of NSEERS, Kris Koback, was just named to Donald Trump’s Presidential transition team, alongside Islamophobia Industry scion Frank Gaffney…
Tisha B’av: Jews fasting in Ramadan
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Aziz Poonawalla
I’d like to wish my Jewish friends Tzom kal (easy fast) on the occasion of Tisha B’av, which is a day Jews are obligated to fast in observance of the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. Here’s more detail from Wikipedia: Tisha B’Av (lit. “the ninth of Av”), is an annual fast…
Muslims in Bradford, UK rally to save synagogue
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Aziz Poonawalla
This is one of those great stories that often gets overlooked by the mainstream press and deliberately ignored by the Islamophobes: With only just over thirty members and an extravagant Grade II listed Moorish building, the tiny Jewish community of Bradford have for many years been in despair about their finances – until the local…
the new Exodus: Christians flee the occupation of the Holy Land
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Aziz Poonawalla
The narrative among Islamophobes and other partisans is that Islamic intolerance and Palestinian terrorism has forced Christians out of the Holy Land, but the reality is quite different, as reported by CBS’ 60 Minutes: The report is only 15 minutes long and is absolutely worth watching (or reading the show script). In a nutshell, the…
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