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What are we now? The Constitution is a dead letter. Congressional war powers are erased and Congress acquiesces to the fever dreams of warmongers. Our cities are sporadically occupied. And for what?
Can democratic pluralism align with Islamic jurisprudence? This article examines how Yusuf al-Qaradawi's legalistic approach and Rachid al-Ghannouchi's pluralist vision offer contrasting paths within contemporary Islamist thought.
Texas A&M Ends Womenβs Studies and Overhauls Classes Over Race and Gender www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u... #academicsky
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So what I'm hearing is that, in the last five days, two Black Members of Congress have been assaulted in apparent support of the regime's deportation diktat (Rep Frost, punched at Sundance & told he'd be deported; Rep Omar at an ICE townhall) & the regime has arrested four Black journalists.
Huh.
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
has just been added to @kanopy.com , a free streaming service you can access through your public library in the US.
The film tells the story of Palestinian photojournalist and artist Fatma Hassouna, who was killed in a targeted assassination by Israel.
Iranian armed forces on high alert, warns Tehran - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iranian-armed-forces-high-alert-warns-tehran
0 days without being an international embarrassment.
Letβs be clear: all of you war mongers cheerleading for the invasion of Iran (including the liberal both-sides-ers / two-things-can-be-true-ers AND white βfeministsβ ofc) because the Islamophobia synapses fire in your brains before any other neurones are responsible for the murders that follow.
Israeli strikes kill scores of Palestinians in Gaza - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-strikes-kill-scores-palestinians-gaza
How the 'Islamist' label is used to delegitimise UK Muslims - https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/how-islamist-label-used-delegitimise-uk-muslims
Screenshot of a post on X by Ash (@theashrb) reading: βSo the same goes for White Americans then no?β The post quotes Clash Report (@clashrepβ¦) saying βTrump on Greenland: The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesnβt mean they own the land.β Below is a video still showing Donald Trump seated at a table with a microphone, with a U.S. flag behind him and White House-style doors in the background. A banner at the bottom reads: βTEXT βPOTUSβ TO 45470 FOR UPDATES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE,β and a small speaker icon appears on the video thumbnail.
Donβt tell him about the Mayflower.
Good morning to everyone especially everyone who knows that legitimating ethnonationalist claims to antiquity = genocidal complicity!
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If we allow the state to strip people of their citizenship, we will end up in a very dark place.
βWhat would it take for these freaks to voice objection to the actual fact of state terror happening right in front of their faces, rather than raising limp procedural qualms over Trump not having filed the proper paperwork to inflict it with sufficient bipartisanship?β
Photo of Heba Muraisi and Kamran Ahmed
Heba Muraisi is on day 69 of her hunger strike.
Kamran Ahmed is on day 62 of his hunger strike.
They are at risk of dying at any moment. This is a political choice by Keir Starmerβs Labour government.
Immediate bail for remand prisoners NOW.
"The maximum time a prisoner can spend on remand is 182 days (six months). Yet Muraisi and Ahmed were arrested in November 2024, and are not due to be tried until June at the earliest, which means they will be remanded for 20 months."
Shameful.
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Honestly I donβt give a fuck about feelings at this point. We have to think and act.
'Close to death': What 60 days on hunger strike is doing to Palestine Action prisoners - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-action-linked-activists-60-days-hunger-strike-damage
What Iβm learning this week is that the Westoxicated actually really love a revolution as long as itβs not against a colonial occupation π€·πΌββοΈ
This. At least tell us some lies about WMDs for goodness sake!!
On Brexit Island holding a sign saying you oppose genocide is terrorism, extrajudicial killing and kidnapping means we need to wait for your press conference to know whether you should have done it or not π€·πΌββοΈ
We canβt believe this season of Radio ReOrient (from @reorient.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social) is almost over! Before we go we have one last interview with Rosie Tapsfield on how to imagine a better world for refugees and migrant people. Listen in wherever you get your podcasts!ποΈπ
Very nice of @pluto-journals.bsky.social to draw attention to my new @reorient.bsky.social article in their newsletter today! π₯°
You can read it here: www.scienceopen.com/hosted-docum...
Speaking today at the @pscupdates.bsky.social march in Leeds about how it happens that Palestinian children are framed as βterroristsβ. (Hint: the answer is the Eurocentrism of history.)π
You can read what I wrote last year for @reorient.bsky.social here: criticalmuslimstudies.co.uk/towards-a-hi...
And on the day that the βterroristsβ HTS magically stop being βterroristsβ in the UK, hereβs a piece I wrote for @reorient.bsky.social about how a certain (Westernese) way of telling the story of history makes arbitrary designations seem plausible.π€
Read: criticalmuslimstudies.co.uk/towards-a-hi...
Itβs Friday so itβs time for another new episode of Radio ReOrient from @reorient.bsky.social and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social ποΈ
This one is the second part of our conversation with Professor Sherman Jackson. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: newbooksnetwork.com/132-sherman-... π
Itβs Friday again so time for a new episode of Radio ReOrient from @reorient.bsky.social and the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social ! ποΈ In this one we talked to Zumretay Arkin of the World Uyghur Congress. π
You can listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): newbooksnetwork.com/category/up-... π