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Will you play it safe? My TED talk about taking a stand against bigotry.
Dalia Mogahed
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Dalia Mogahed
@DMogahed
- “Ilhan’s real crime for those attacking her is that she’s an unapologetic Black Muslim woman who acts and speaks like she’s equal.” #IstandwithIlhan My segment this morning on MSNBC @amjoyshow
- Except medicine, mathematics, philosophy, chemistry, physics, economics, biology, astronomy, architecture, and coffee. And algebra (sorry)
- This is not Yemen. It is not Jordan. It is not Lebanon. It is SPAIN. The Messenger of God ﷺ said if you seek to please Him, He will make the people support you. Palestinians have shown the world what it looks like to answer to only one master in the face of the worst brutality,
00:00 - IS are not "extreme". They are *deviant*. If recipe calls for 2 tsp of sugar, Extreme -->4 c of sugar. Deviant -->4 c of cyanide.
- Muslim women "not allowed to speak?" I gave a @TEDTalks and got a standing ovation. #CanYouHearUsNow ted.com/talks/dalia_mo…
- “The same soil that grows Islamophobia, grows anti-Semitism, grows anti-Black racism...Islamophobia is a threat to every American who cares about freedom.” My segment on @MSNBC this morning. #NewZealandMosqueTerroristAttacks
00:00 - Never let the forces of exclusion hate harder than we love. Defend @lsarsour against bigoted smear. #IMarchWithLinda
- Want to thank our law enforcement for preventing domestic terror plot against Kansas Muslim community. #KansasPlot
- Happy families, righteous children, and healthy bodies are all rizk from Allah. Be very careful looking down on someone who was denied a blessing you were granted.
- Won’t be asking any of my Christian friends if they condemn him or why they haven’t done so “loudly enough” because I’ll afford them *assumed* human decency.The alleged San Diego synagogue shooter was a churchgoer who articulated Christian theology, prompting tough questions for evangelical pastors. Read @JulieZauzmer washingtonpost.com/religion/2019/…
- To say hijab is slavery is to say all of a woman's power is in her body-- if covered, she is powerless, a slave. Empowering, right?
- When @IlhanMN called for restorative justice in these cases, she was demanding fairness, not favors. Muslim perceived defendants get 4✖️the prison time for foiled ideologically motivated crimes as white supremicsts accused of same. ispu.org/equaltreatment fox9.com/news/215425784…
- I pray Muslims catch up to Islam in their treatment of women. #InternationalWomensDay
