If she really wanted to show solidarity she should change her profile pic to one of her wearing a burkha.
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If the the Iranian general deserved a drone strike for what he did, I wonder what US presidents down the years deserve for what theyâve done to Iran.
Shooting down that airliner is surely worth a drone strike or 2. Let me consult VAR.
Also, big Tony better watch out, if the punsihment for attacking Iraqi buildings is a missile to the face.
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Life isnât about what you deserve, but he was always considered a military target during rising tensions, even when Obama was in office. Like I say itâs painfully obvious itâs a diversion tactic.
I had to look that one up, itâs a tragic event of a civilian airliner being caught in the crossfire, but the airliner really shouldnât have been given clearance to fly through a firefight and the Americans probably shouldnât have been as trigger happy as they can be as I read several instances of British troops coming under American fire during Iraq. Hereâs a US Navy officers recollection of it:
I wasnât talking about a hypothetical action, but something which actually happened.
Both sides could probably spin this as a win.
In some ways, a positive⌠But:
Revealed: UK concealed failure to alert EU over 75,000 criminal convictions
âCongratulationsâ. Qatar has revoked the rule that foreign workers need to have permission to leave the country. It sickens me how Saudi-Arabia, Qatar and UAE are threated.
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I agree with you, but still this is good news. A step forward.
Sometimes we have to praise people for doing the bare minimum, as unfortunately that seems to be very hard these days.
There are two bills which are being worked on by the current government - NRC (National Register of Citizens) & CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act)
Context - The current government in power (BJP) & President (Modi) are considered as a pro Hindu party especially considering Modi was once accused of inciting violence against Muslims.
So anything BJP tries to enact, it automatically goes under the lens of âanti-secularismâ, âracismâ, âanti-muslimâ scrutiny by other parties(for convenience) & liberals.
Not saying BJP has not done things to justify such scrutiny. Plenty of extremist act under their banner.
What are these bills?
NRC is like your social security number. There is nothing wrong with it. It just got lumped with the CAA. If not for that associated, no one would have any problem with it.
Only problem normal folks have with it is that it has administrative issues. Every citizen in India already holds 2 cards and now we have this. Itâs annoying. Just be done with it already.
CAA is the divisive entity.
The bill is proposed stating that immigrants who âhad to seek refuge in India because of persecution on the ground of religionâ will be provided fast track citizenship and thus become legit citizens of India.
Any refugee/immigrant who satisfies that condition and entered India before December 31st, 2014; gets to exercise the bill regulation.
Cavaet - It was released that this regulation will only be applicable for minorities from certain countries, which notably left out Vietnam & China which essentially are the only nearby countries where Muslims are not a majority.
So It is rightly or wrongly perceived as an agenda to not accept Muslims, which goes against the secular views of India. If you have to stick to secularism, you shouldnât isolate one religion from a regulation. [which is ironic considering all the reservation benefits Muslims enjoy in the country]
Media Portrayal
Indians are pissed at the Anti Muslim regulation and are protesting against it.
Ground Reality
- Liberals, Opposition Party, Jobless, Boyfriends with Muslim girlfriends & viceversa - âThis is anti secular, We donât know all the details but we hate itâ
- Residents in state of Assam & states nearby Bangladesh - âWe fought a long battle in 70s to safeguard our jobs from all the influx of people running from Bangladesh & your new bill is nullify our efforts. Fuck youâ
- Conservative - âLess Muslims, Less chance of terrorism. I am fine with that. I will mind my own business or join a protest in favour of the regulationâ
- Common Folks - âI got a job, I have my own shit to handleâ
We could have avoided all this by not proposing this bill at all. Just take every refugee status on case by case basis rather than dividing a nation like that.
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How are Muslims viewed in India?
I find it funny how freedom of religion / secularism has become such a thing whilst christianty and islam has become so big in a time when freedom of religion / secularism was a non-issue⌠A lot of people are christian or muslim because their ancestors had no choice in that matter lol.
Donât know enough about hinduism or buddism to say the same about them.
In Two words - With Indifference
Context
In Earlier centuries, North India was invaded by Muslim invaders and was later ruled by Mughals for centuries. Rest of India was busy fending off Muslim aggression until Britisher found out about tea.
Partition
During Independence, The idea of unified Bharat/India was sabotaged by Muslims because they wanted their own separate nation/nations, as if there arenât enough Muslim governed countries out there - typical Muslims to be honest. Britishers as a last anal probe divided the nation into two parts which eventually became three - India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, with Pakistan & Bangladesh taking really really fertile lands.
Needless to say Hindus were pissed to see their wealth further reduced by Britishers & Muslims.
During transition of Muslims -> Pakistan and Hindus & Sikhs -> India.
Indifference because of partition flared between both communities, which resulted in one act of Muslims in Lahore killing plenty of Hindus on board the Bombay Express leaving Lahore. Many onroute to India were murdered and I am sure it was true the other way around as well.
Que the riots
Kashmir
In brief, The fickle ruler of Kashmir sided with Pakistan under certain assurance and once he felt that the assurance was not gonna be fulfilled, he fled back to India, who promptly armed the region.
Ever since then the area is in dispute. The region has a strong Muslim & Pundit community, both of which can have same conundrum as Israeli & Palestinians.
Gujurat Riot
A Masjid in Gujurat was built in a government land and was rightly supposed to be brought down for a Mandir because of significant Hindu religious significance.
Needless to say it was handled very well and que the riots.
Terrorism
Before Europe & America were the hip choices for Terrorism, India was under constant threat.
Ground Reality
We are a secular nation with 29 different states, each state with different culture & languages (It is said India has close to 1000 languages/dialects). Imagine Europe as a single country. Germans are Christians but I am sure Austrians would be indifferent towards them.
Thatâs a very human thing we do.
Similarly, we Indians hate & love each other.
We mingle with each other, love each othersâ food, celebrate each otherâs festivals, fuck bitches with a sex yell in a different language.
We also like humans want to find flaws in each other and bitch about each others.
Muslims are not immune to that and because of the history, even less immune. Give us a reason to hate you Muslims, give us.
âOsama bin laden found in Pakistan? Told ya Muslims are cunts.â
Justify our hate Muslims
âMumbai Gun attackâ
Life as a Muslim in India
There are almost as many Muslims in India as in Pakistan or even more.
If they donât isolate themselves away from rest of Indian society by only interacting with Muslims, become open minded & realize that all Hindus are not out there to get them, they can enjoy all the benefits that Indian society forwards.
If you work hard, earn your grades, you will not be discriminated professionally.
But much like sexism, we can never tell if an individual didnât hire a Muslim based on credentials or religion, that is something that will phase out as we grow more progressive & professional.
We are almost there but in the meantime at least in education sector, there is a Muslim quota of reservation under Minorities section.
Will Hindus accept Muslims?
We do. We donât have enough time & energy to indulge in hate anymore. We have bills to pay.
We work with Muslims, play with them, expect sweets from them during ID, tease them with food during their fasting.
Since 90s, we have had no riots as we increasingly realise that common Muslims and extremist Muslims are different and we canât go about rioting each time a Muslim goes Allahu Akbar.
60% of our celebrities are Muslims. If Pakistan didnât fuck up the peaceful days, Pakistani artists would have still milked the entertainment industry.
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Mainly just hilarious
In other news, China seems to be unleashing another SARS on the world.
Maybe spend a bit more time on infection control and a bit less time brutalising people wanting even a tiny bit of freedom.
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Interesting post, thanks for the insight!
The irony is if the regulation disallowed jews, these same Muslims wouldnât be harping on about Secularism, discrimination and religious freedom.
Hypocritical bunch.
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London based OAâers -
Are any of you familiar with a charity/magazine called Inside Success?
They provide opportunities and support young inner-city kids in upskilling and getting them into employment etc. as well as fighting knife crime.
I just donated to them as I got talking to one of their bucket shakers on the street as I feel like itâs a worthy cause but I canât help but feel like I might have been slightly hoodwinked?
Inside Success were recently fined ÂŁ2,500 for selling their magazine without a trading license in Barking so I donât know if theyâre just a bunch of charlatans and now need to keep an eye on my bank card.
They do good work, a nice cause.
Having looked at their website, they donât appear to be a charity. Couldnât see a registered charity number. I didnât see any explicit mention of being a social enterprise either, or anything like that. Their about us page seems to focus on their objectives, what they do and why they do it, but not what kind of organisation they actually are. Maybe I need to delve deeper to find out explicitly where all the money goes and what the nature of their organisation is, but I would expect that to be more explicit in their about us page. Iâd personally feel more inclined to financially support a registered charity. Did they tell you that theyâre a charity?
Regarding the fine for selling without the proper paperwork, I wouldnât necessarily see that as a reason to doubt them though, itâs a pretty minor issue Iâd say, some kids flogging the magazine without the correct paperwork. Particularly compared to what these kids might be doing running wild round Barking if not doing something quite positive like selling a magazine haha
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