Ed Husain
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A new Middle East is being born.
Look how young Iranians are treating an Israeli reporter:
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A Jewish man was stabbed in London today. No outrage. No protests. No mayoral hullabaloo.
Jews are the wrong type of minority.
The racist hierarchy of woke anti-racists.
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From
#Jerusalem
to Damascus to Arabia to Rome, how did
#Paul
the Apostle influence our world? Find out in clip 11 of the
#StoryOfIdeas
من #القدس إلى دمشق إلى جزيرة العرب ثم روما، كيف أثّر #بولس الرسول في عالمنا؟ فلنكتشف ذلك في المقطع 11 من #قصة_الأفكار.
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You cannot watch these celebrations of terror and say ‘it’s only a tiny number of extremists’. Face it.
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On life, passions, soul, God and reason. In Clip 8 of our
#StoryOfIdeas
, we remember the
#Stoics
.
عن الحياة، والمشاعر، والروح، والله، والعقل. نتذكر #الرواقيين في الفيديو الثامن من #قصة_الأفكار.
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Cicero’s influence on us persists through his writings on love, beauty and peace. Learn more about
#Cicero
in clip 7 of our
#StoryOfIdeas
.
يستمر تأثير #شيشرون علينا من خلال كتاباته عن الحب والجمال والسلام، تعرف على المزيد حول فكر شيشرون في الفيديو السابع من #قصة_الافكار.
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وعلينا الاعتراف بأن الاختلاف بين البشر قائم بحكم التنوع الثقافي والعرقي والديني والمذهبي؛ وعليه لا بد من تقبل هذا التنوع والاختلاف واحترامه كسنة من سنن الله في الكون، (وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَجَعَلَ النَّاسَ أُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً وَلاَ يَزَالُونَ مُخْتَلِفِينَ)
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In our Clip-13 of the
#StoryOfIdeas
we visit
#Egypt
, remember the great female philosopher
#Hypatia
, and the dangers of dogma.
في الفيديو الـ 13 من #قصة_الأفكار، نزور #مصر ونتذكر فيلسوفتها العظيمة #هيباتيا ومخاطر الدوغمائية.
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5 facts about the great Arabian progressive prophet,
#Mohamed
, in clip-14 of the
#StoryOfIdeas
shaping our world.
خمس حقائق تشكّل عالمنا حول النبي العربي التقدمي العظيم #محمد ﷺ، نستعرضها في الفيديو الـ 14 من #قصة_الأفكار.
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For how much longer will we crow Great Britain is racist?
The Queen: German lineage.
Her husband: Greek.
Prime Minster: Turkish ancestry.
Chancellor: Indian heritage.
Home Secretary: Indian ancestors.
Foreign Secretary: Jewish roots.
Move on. Grow up. Love your country.
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As innocents grieve in Palestine, they cry ‘All this because of the dogs of Hamas.’
A man covers the mouth of the bereaved. Power of truth:
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He was the greatest human being to walk on earth. In clip 10 of our
#StoryOfIdeas
we present facts on the most consequential man in history.
#MerryChristmas
كان أعظم إنسان يسير على وجه الأرض؛ في المقطع العاشر من #قصة_الأفكار، نقدّم الحقائق حول أهم رجل في التاريخ.
#عيد_ميلاد_مجيد
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Dear American Jewish students,
Don’t let activism at Columbia frighten you. You are not alone. No, not on this Passover or ever. My DMs are open until the end of this semester. We who support and seek to expand the Abraham Accords are beside you. I am on campus at Georgetown…
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Why was
#Rome
different?
#Polybius
gave us new lessons on history, governments and futures.
#StoryOfIdeas
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What is the secret to individual and civilisational progress? In Clip 15 of the
#StoryOfIdeas
we meet the
#Mutazila
school.
ما سر تحقيق التقدم الفردي والحضاري؟ نتعرف في الفيدديو الـ 15 من #قصة_الأفكار على مدرسة #المعتزلة.
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وهذا ما أوضحه ابن رُشْدٍ، فيلسوفُ العرب في أوروبا: فنجدُه يَحتَجُّ بالعقل والنَّقْلِ مدافعًا عن ضرورة الفلسفة لإغناء الإيمان، وضرورة الإيمان لحماية الإنسان من الزّيْغِ والضّلال، لينتهيَ إلى أنَّ الحقَّ غايةُ كِلا الطّريقَيْن، لأنّ الحقَّ لا يُضادُّ الحقَّ.
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Reasons why our world is
#Roman
and early Muslims were pro-Rome, not Persia. Can you guess the biggest idea from ancient times that shapes us today?
#StoryOfIdeas
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If you doubt why Saudi Arabia is a vital ally, consider this:
Saudi Arabia announced Ramadan begins *today*.
85% of 1.8 billion people *followed*.
That’s 55 nation states.
Iran’s Ayatollahs declared Ramadan for *tomorrow*.
No nation followed.
Appeasing Iran is a blunder.
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Why does he say ‘white’ as if it’s a nasty swear word?
This is clear racism against ‘white’ people. All racism is evil. Bring back Enlightenment human equality.
Scotland is 96% ‘white’. So only natural that positions reflect population.
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Why does
#Aristotle
matter today? Especially for the Muslim world? In the
#StoryOfIdeas
I explain:
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‘The shadow belongs to the light as the evil belongs to the good, and vice versa.’ ~ Carl Jung
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For 20 days, I was knocked out by Covid-19. It was Boris Johnson’s daily messages of hope and strength that helped so many of us recover. As he is taken into ICU, we should all pray/meditate/wish the PM a swift, healthy return to leading us through this crisis. God bless Boris.
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Can today’s Muslims disagree with our religious teachers? Why did Muslim philosophers honour the ancient Greeks? In the
#StoryOfIdeas
we remember lessons for progress:
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On this day in 1979, Margaret Thatcher was elected British prime minister.
The first woman in Europe to hold that post.
The longest continuously serving British premier since 1827.
Along with 🇺🇸 President Reagan, she led the free world to victory.
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إذا كان لديك شك في ما يجعل السعودية حليفاً أساسياً، ففكر في التالي:
أعلنت السعودية أن شهر #رمضان يبدأ اليوم
فتبعها 85% من 1.8 مليار مسلم
أي 55 دولة قومية
بينما أعلن ملالي إيران أن رمضان يبدأ غداً
فلم يتبعهم أي دولة!
استرضاء إيران خطأ فادح.
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In these
#Ramadan
nights, the true essence of Islam shines in the Quran — metaphysics, divine will, beauty and peace.
‘On that night, the angels and the Holy Spirit descend with the will of their Lord for all matters.
Peace reigns until the break of dawn.’
Quran 97:4
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Terrorists roam freely in Europe.
PKK gatherings protected by police.
Innocent Dutch-Turkish protestors treated this way last night:
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لماذا يُعدّ #أرسطو مهماً اليوم، لا سيما في العالم الإسلامي؟ أشرح ذلك في #قصة_الأفكار:
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هل يستطيع #المسلمون اليوم الا��تلاف مع معلميهم الدينيين؟ لماذا قدّر الفلاسفة المسلمون الإغريق القدماء؟ نتذكّر في #قصة_الأفكار دروس تحقيق التقدّم:
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Why our modern world is not only inheritor of Athens and Rome, but
#Jerusalem
too. We explain how and why in the
#storyofideas
لماذا لا يُعدّ عالمنا المعاصر وريثاً لأثينا وروما فحسب، بل و #القدس أيضاً.
نشرح في #قصة_الأفكار كيف ذلك ولماذا.
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ما الذي يجعل عالمنا رومياً؟ ولماذا وقف المسلمون الأوائل إلى صف #الروم وليس الفرس؟ هل يمكنك تخمين أكبر أفكار العصور القديمة التي شكّلت عالمنا اليوم؟
#قصة_الأفكار
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ما الذي جعل #روما مختلفة؟ قدّم لنا #بوليبيوس دروساً جديدة حول التاريخ والحُكم والمستقبل.
#قصة_الأفكار
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Why our world is still haunted by the mistake of Emperor
#Constantine
? Find out in less than 2 minutes in our clip-12 from the
#StoryOfIdeas
.
لماذا لا يزال عالمنا مسكونًا بخطأ الإمبراطور #قسطنطين؟ اكتشف السبب في أقل من دقيقتين في الفيديو 12 من #قصة_الأفكار.
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النشطاء الذين استفزتهم الحقيقة حول القوة الناعمة السعودية: انتظروا حتى نهاية شهر رمضان وانظروا مرة أخرى كيف سيتطلع 1,8 مليار مسلم إلى السعودية لإثبات عيد الفطر
ليس إلى إيران
إنه الواقع
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J K Rowling is not feminist enough.
Priti Patel is not Asian enough.
Britain is not good enough.
Stop this heretic hunting.
Let us be free individuals.
Not collective blobs.
Sad to have just received this letter.
I will not be silenced by
@UKLabour
MPs who continue to dismiss the contributions of those who don't conform to their view of how ethnic minorities should behave.
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Visionary appointment of HRH Crown Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa as the new Prime Minister of Bahrain. A leading change-maker and defender of pluralism now leads one of the most reforming governments in the Middle East.
#Bahrain
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‘My heart is a meadow for gazelles,
A cloister for monks,
For the idols, sacred ground,
Ka'ba for the pilgrim,
Tables of the Torah,
Scrolls of the Quran.’
Ibn Arabi’s shrine in Damascus renewed by my friend
@HasanIsmaik
— we need more such investors in history for posterity.
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‘Just as previously the assumption was unquestionable that everything that exists takes its rise from the creative will of a God who is spirit, so the 19th century discovered the equally unquestionable truth that everything arises from material causes.’ ~ Jung
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Continuing with the
#StoryOfIdeas
today we remember
#Plato
and his reflections on politicians, knowledge, spirit and more.
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On the limits of pure reason:
‘A hungry artist prefers bread to a beautiful painting, and a man in love prefers a woman to his public career; yet the painting is of the greatest importance to the one and public office to the other.’ Carl Jung
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No, you’re wrong. Muslims have no right to be angry or kill a single soul.
Those who feel anger at Western freedoms, please leave. Move to Malaysia.
Millions died, including Muslims with France and Britain, for our freedoms. Our inheritance is not up for negotiation.
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In Madrid and the local culture, architecture and displays of nature makes for reflection how this great country’s heritage and history also shaped the New World.
God bless Spain.
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London today. Hezbollah flags. 'Khaibar Yahud' anti-Jew slogans. Hamas supporters. Why is this allowed?
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نتابع مع #قصة_الأفكار، ونتذكر #أفلاطون وتأملاته حول السياسيين والمعرفة والروح وغير ذلك.
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This is why we love Azerbaijan.
They stand with their allies and cousins at times of need. Turkish flags cover cultural attaché in Washington DC:
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Activists who feel triggered by the truth on Saudi soft power, wait until the end of Ramadān and observe again how 1.8 billion Muslims look to Saudi Arabia for confirmation of Eid al-Fitr.
Not Iran.
Fact.
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In 16 years of rule, Hamas did not protect Palestinians by building a single bomb shelter. Not one.
Brave Egyptian journalist:
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Mosque in Turkey:
'Dear Muslims, if there are no sounds of children laughing in the back as you are praying, fear for the next generation'
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Netherland bans Turkey's FM from flying to speak in Rotterdam. Fascist Wilders' ideology winning? Europe: don't forget intolerance of 1930s.
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My teacher, friend and mentor, Sir Roger Scruton, has left this world. I saw him for two hours on 30th December and he was as witty, deep, mystical, contemplative and visionary as ever. May he walk with God. Rest in peace and strength.
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Today in Holland:
•Turkey's FM banned
•Turkish MP arrested, detained
•Journalist beaten by police
•Dogs, police horses against protestors
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Many activists in the West benefit from secular government, but seek to undo it.
Here is a valiant voice in Arabic
@HasanIsmaik
lauding why secularism enables private love of God, promotes equal citizenship and ends political abuse of religions.
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Just as Egypt made peace with Israel after war/73, Palestinians can now produce their own Sadat, Gandhi, Mandela, and seek co-existence.
Israel is here to stay. A people with 3,000 years of claim. Their neighbours the Palestinians deserve peace. Rest of us should help.
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Who will tell these people that Jews were slaves in Africa for 400 years? They gained freedom in Israel.
Who will tell these people that anti-Semitism is racism?
Free Palestine from Hamas.
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Why is it right to use a foreign language in Parliament?
And then Brits are puzzled why riots based on a foreign conflict in India is playing out in Birmingham and Leicester.
Today I made history by pledging allegiance to King Charles in both English, and my mother tongue, Urdu.
A moving and personal way to honour my late mother and heritage, whilst ushering in a new era and celebrating the Commonwealth.
🇬🇧🇵🇰
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Reason vs. emotion. Science vs. religion. Iranian clerics pray and followers lick the shrines of the dead. Saudis take scientific precautions, decontaminating Mecca.
#Coronvirus
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Not in our media headlines, but Tunisians marching in solidarity with Britain's loss in beach terror attack:
http://t.co/VEvxm8FY5D
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It's Friday. Not ISIS, but Saudi Arabia has started beheading 50 people in public squares after prayers. Stop it.
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Thank you 2,000 Muslims who attended mass in France. You are the true face of Islam of the Prophet of mercy:
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Book review by The Times: Among the Mosques: A Journey Across Muslim Britain— is this what Muslims really think? | Times2 | The Times
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A new and basic guide to the big ideas that have made the modern world!
Share your thoughts.
#StoryOfIdeas
-
#Socrates
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It’s not complicated. Know your allies.
Iran and its proxies since 1979 have vowed to destroy the West and our Arab allies.
Israel is our first line of defence. In beating Hamas, Israel weakens our enemy.
Ignore the Leftist-Islamist alliance that claims otherwise.
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Today in Germany. Police protect rally of Marxist PKK terror supporters. Last week Germany banned Turkish politicians from speaking:
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Did you applaud a coup last night? So did Hezbollah, PKK, Syria's dictator Assad & ISIS. Support democracy in Turkey. Global implications.
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To those who are ashamed to love and defend your country, learn again how it’s done — bravery looks like this:
A message of defiance from Ukraine's president Zelensky and his administration.
They say they are on the streets of Kyiv and ready to defend the city.
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Politicians afraid to take a position for fear of creating enemies, a reminder:
‘You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.’ — Winston Churchill
Stand up.
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Why was this allowed in London?
Wearing Saddam T-shirts, this mob yelled about the Battle of Khaibar and promised the ‘Army of Mohamed’ will return to kill Jews.
We arrest Tommy Robinson for less.
Why tolerate Islamist supremacism?
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Today Jews feel safer in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Morocco and other parts of the Middle East.
In the West, a radical Leftist-Islamist activism threatens the security of our Jewish citizens.
Don’t standby and watch this fascism. Be like Churchill. Take a stand. Win.
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دليل جديد وأساسي حول #الأفكار_الكبرى التي شكّلت العالم الحديث!
شاركوني آرائكم
#قصة_الأفكار - #سقراط
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Ther was another stabbing in a Jewish neighborhood in London last night. Second time in weeks.
Not in the morning news/BBC headlines. No mayoral indignation.
Is it because Jews don’t riot and attack the police?
Stop this balkanisation of identity. All lives matter.
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15th century, Islamic architecture of Ottoman bridge in Bosnian city of Mostar lit up in solidarity with London & UK against terrorism.
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Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks has passed away.
He was the Maimonides of our time.
Not only Judaism, but the West has lost a light of knowledge and divine wisdom.
May he walk with God.
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From the British Labour Party to the 'Squad' in Washington DC, identity politics is undoing hard-won progress.
A Red-Green alliance is growing in the West. Ignore at our peril.
My latest:
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You don't speak Turkish, nor understand history, or Islamic diversity. You've never visited Turkey. But now you're the expert. God help us.
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'Thanks, but no trade deal, no deal. We’ll leave it to an international tribunal to sort out any outstanding debts, and I think we both know that the resulting sum will be smaller than what we were offering you.'
@DanielJHannan
cuts through the noise:
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Turkey succeeds in a day where the whole world failed for years. A reason why Turkey-US-West alliance crucial:
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The panic in Washington DC is what Saudi Arabia expected when using China as a bridge to Iran.
Never underestimate the strategic minds of dwellers in Arabian deserts. Nietzsche praised the Arabs and Homeric Greeks for good reason.
Now regain trust of Arab allies for the West.
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We should stop being grumpy. Key NATO ally resists a coup, millions foster democracy. Support Turkey, offer help:
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1. Stop knife crime.
2. Provide shelter for the homeless.
3. Combat drugs and syringes on our streets.
4. Conserve the city’s heritage and history by keeping its inherited statues.
5. End communal separatism by uniting Londoners based on shared loyalty.
Lead. Deliver. Stop talk.
If you voted for me, from the bottom of my heart—thank you. If you didn’t, please know that I’ll never ignore your voice, your concerns or your worries. I’ll always be a Mayor for all Londoners—working to improve the lives of every single person in this city.
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Most of us in Washington DC think about Iran from afar.
My friend
@Doranimated
has breakfast on the borders of Iran and then returns with ideas and observations from which most of us learn.
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Thank you, Turkey. Liberating Dabiq today a global blow to Muslim radicals who misread Hadith & anticipate messianic wars with the West.
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When England was isolated in Europe by the Pope in 1570, Elizabeth built trade & security alliances with the Muslim world. New book:
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Hamas attacks Israel with rocket fire.
USA kills al-Qaeda in Afghanistan.
Britain responds to IRA terrorism.
Saudi Arabia smashes Houthis.
Turkey shells PKK terrorists.
Israel must defend herself against Iran-backed Hamas.
#StandWithIsrael
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World-class historian
@simonmontefiore
questions why many leftist intellectuals supported Stalin, and aristocratic sympathizers and peace activists excused Hitler. And explains why today’s Hamas apologists belong to the same tradition:
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Nearly 100 people dead in
#AnkaraAttack
& 3 days of national mourning begin. In solidarity with
#Turkey
, Al-Fatiha:
http://t.co/mgw42gPRkC
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We're not paying attention. Turkey just expelled ISIS from Dabiq--a town that symbolised ISIS theology of end-times, apocalypse radicalism.
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Is Marxist PKK a terrorist organisation? Yes. Then why are they allowed to gather on our streets? Stop them.
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Free Gaza from Hamas.
Let the people live.
My message to Netanyahu: Don’t leave us here with Hamas. Don’t leave Gaza until every last one of them is terminated. They tell you that can’t happen? Then stay in Gaza forever. It’s better for my people and safer for your people.
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Protestors in Muslim nation Turkey marching in solidarity with
#CahrlieHebdo
- this should dominate media headlines.
http://t.co/mwL1dhxamj
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Medina attacked. Within hours, we Muslims are busy blaming Israel, CIA, Britain. Please stop it. Cancer within Islam. Let's eradicate it.
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Medina was attacked in 1806 by Wahhabis. Shrines destroyed. Today 210 years later, violent Salafis/ISIS again attack mainstream Muslims.
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The attack on Salman Rushdie is an attack on intellectual freedom everywhere. I don’t agree with Rushdie, but he should be safe to express dissent.
From Iran to Pakistan to England to France to Denmark to Holland, free expression is under sustained assault.
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There’s been much debate about my new book, but it’s not published until Thursday so I’d ask us all to hold our horses and use our God-given intellect to read
#AmongTheMosques
and decide ourselves. Avoid groupthink. 1/5
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Civilisations in China, Turkey, Iran, India and Islam are all complicit in slavery and imperialism. None will apologise.
Only in the West is this self-flagellation on the rise. Stop it.
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Bravery looks like this. Outside Russia's Istanbul consulate to protest Putin's Aleppo policy:
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On
#WomensEqualityDay
we recall that the Prophet Mohamed granted women full human status, right to divorce, inherit, lead. Muslims, heed.
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Palestinian President is warning us against Hamas. Listen to him.
But American universities, think-tanks and media organisations will continue to shelter Hamas supporters.
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