Ali A. Rizvi
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Pakistani-Canadian author of The Atheist Muslim (SMP/Macmillan). I don't take Twitter seriously. Email aliamjadrizvi @gmail .com
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Carl Sagan’s prediction about America, from 1995.
From The Demon-Haunted World
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Greta Thunberg’s speech as Swedish death metal is the coolest thing you’ll see today. by
@JohnMollusk
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The shadow on the church next door as seen from my office window.
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Baby who was born deaf hears her mom’s voice for the first time with hearing aids. Gets me every time.
Only science gives us true miracles.
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A physicist has had it with her academic philosopher husband, and everything about her post is amazing.
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This scene from
#CurbYourEnthusiasm
is about how Larry David wears a
#MAGA
hat to avoid decent people (who stay away from him as a result), and get sympathy from rage-obsessed morons like the one in this clip.
By cluelessly tweeting this, Trump just made LD’s point. 😊
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Wokeness is against everything the liberal left historically stood for.
Cancel culture
Ideological self-segregation
Excommunicating instead of engaging
Identity fetishes
Shaming people into conformity
These are *right-wing religious conservative* behaviors.
Take back the left.
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Either you’re pro-Palestinian or pro-Hamas.
You can’t be both.
Some things to note about this current conflict:
(thread)
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Dave Chappelle was brilliant on “poor white people” and the opioid crisis:
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Virgin birth, angels, dead-messiah-resurrection: "Respect my beliefs!"
Climate change: "Where's the evidence?!"
Faith rots the human mind.
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Why is this
@JK_Rowling
tweet so controversial?
The very existence of terms like "cis" or "trans" demonstrates the reality of karyotypic sex.
If it wasn't real, you wouldn't need those terms.
Why can't one be both pro-trans and pro-biology?
#IStandWithMaya
Dress however you please.
Call yourself whatever you like.
Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you.
Live your best life in peace and security.
But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?
#IStandWithMaya
#ThisIsNotADrill
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Turns out woke folks think toxic masculinity is totally cool when it comes to violently defending women’s hair issues from comedians’ jokes
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The left hates Richard Dawkins slamming Islam. The right hated him slamming Christianity.
Both faiths are delusions.
Dawkins is right.
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Now that comedy is back on Twitter, enjoy this killer bit from my new favorite standup
@Shanemgillis
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When white people challenged their religious orthodoxies, it was called “The Enlightenment.”
When brown people challenge theirs, it’s “Islamophobia”?
THAT’s bigotry.
@Max_Fisher
, support your fellow freethinkers in the Muslim world, as
@SamHarrisOrg
does. Check your privilege.
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We need to start using the term “anti-Muslim bigotry” instead of the milder, vague, clinical term “Islamophobia.”
It’s stronger, more accurate, and doesn’t diminish the efforts of reformers and dissidents risking their lives to fight Islamic theocracy in the Muslim world.
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Quoting Katie Hopkins to show you’re not racist is like quoting Harvey Weinstein to show how much you respect women.
As you can see, I did nothing to lead people on, nor was I particularly happy with their chant. Just a very big and patriotic crowd. They love the USA!
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@marclamonthill
She’s either a willfully ignorant or mindlessly stupid racist. We have a term for people who blanketly label an entire people psychopathic.
To think that brown people are incapable of prejudice or racism is itself a form of racism.
@aruna_khilanani
is the Indian Richard Spencer.
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If hate speech were a crime, the Quran and Bible would be the first to go.
Everything from slavery to killing homosexuals to beating wives to killing non-believers to stoning non-virginal brides is in there.
In the US, hate speech is (rightly) protected under the 1st Amendment.
@rickygervais
@aliamjadrizvi
Hate speech is a crime and does not fall under the freedom of speech,if you grasp that then people can talk
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"Circumcision is an ancient, ridiculous ritual."
@JoeRogan
is an intactivist. So am I. And you should be too.
Stop cutting your babies, whether they're boys or girls.
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HAHAHA This is awesome
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Jeff Goldblum was correct and honest to ask this question.
If we criticize anti-woman and anti-LGBTQ attitudes and laws everywhere EXCEPT Islamic societies—where they are rampant—we are holding Muslims to a lower standard. And THAT is bigotry.
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Seeing Jews and Muslims fighting over the shittiest piece of land on Earth makes me realize how privileged I am here in Canada. When you don’t have a hard-on for divinely sanctioned real estate allotment, the world is so much more beautiful.
Burn your holy books & open your…
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Can you be both pro-Israel and pro-Palestine?
Yes. If you support secularism, democracy, and a two-state solution — and you oppose the inexplicable settlement expansion, the despicable terrorism of Hamas, and the Israeli occupation — you can.
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Choosing between the world’s two largest religions really comes down to whether you like women or bacon
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For pro-lifers:
There is a fire at a fertility clinic. In one corner, there is a terrified five-year-old child. In the other, there is a container with 1000 viable embryos. You can only save one.
Which do you save?
(Credit to Patrick Tomlinson)
5-year-old child
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Container of 1000 embryos
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"A student at Charlottesville High School...warned white students to stay at home so they could shoot dead non-white students in an act of 'ethnic cleansing.'"
#Charlottesville
schools remain closed for a second straight day:
#VeryFinePeople
#BothSides
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The word "Islamophobia" exploits the pain of genuine victims of anti-Muslim bigotry:
[Watch the full video: ]
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Toddler wears new glasses and sees 20/20 for the first time.
Only science gives us true miracles.
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This should put to rest every debate about the Oxford Comma, ever.
h/t Richard Pini
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If you believe the COVID vaccine will change your DNA, you could probably benefit from a change in your DNA
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Lapsed Catholics are celebrated.
Secular Jews are almost default.
Ex-Scientologists get TV deals.
But ex-Muslims are banned from
@HiltonHotels
&
@Starbucks
?
Criticizing Islam—as you would Christianity Scientology or Mormonism—isn’t bigotry.
Singling it out for protection is.
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The left is wrong on Islam.
The right is wrong on Muslims.
Why choose b/w challenging Islamic doctrine & defending Muslims' rights?
Do both:
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"I'm sorry, that was a long time ago when I was just a young, immature 59-year-old."
#TrumpTapes
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Either you’re pro-Palestinian or pro-Hamas. You can’t be both.
Free Palestine from Hamas
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Right. When white Europeans challenged their ancestors’ religion, it was the “Age of Enlightenment.”
When young Muslim freethinkers do it, it’s the “ex-Muslim industry” & “hate machine.”
This white savior complex is a toxic form of bigotry.
All Muslims don’t think alike, Mark.
@HPluckrose
Incidents of hate crimes against Muslims in the West are soaring. The ex-Muslim industry, which claims to be anti-oppression, is part of the hate machine responsible for hate attacks.
What is the ex-Muslim industry doing to reduce anti-Muslim attacks?
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Why liberals in Muslim-majority countries feel betrayed by (often well-intentioned) liberals in the West:
#Excerpt
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Watch George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan debate illegal immigration:
[Full exchange: ]
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Dear
@TeamYouTube
,
Why silence secular voices from the Muslim world?
When white freethinkers in Christian Europe rose up against religious theocracy, we called it The Enlightenment.
When secular freethinkers in the Muslim world do the same—they're banned?
Isn't THAT bigotry?
Islamic terrorists call for my murder since years because I criticise Islam. But They could never stop me from speaking out what I think. But now they have a collaborator. YouTube has just deleted my channel where I discuss with Muslims about democracy
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The triggered snowflake brigade is in full tantrum mode again in response to a great Gillette ad asking conscientious, secure men (most of us) to hold the insecure frat boy types (a few of us) accountable: How is this even controversial?
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She grew up in an ultra-conservative Islamic Salafist household.
She was forced into marriage with an Al Qaeda operative.
She then left it all, trading religion for Enlightenment.
If bravery had a name, it would be Yasmine Mohammed.
And this is her new book.
Get it now.
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Somali woman makes video about leaving Islam—her family religion—yet speaking of Muslims with compassion.
@instagram
deletes it.
If she were an ex-Catholic, ex-Mormon, or secular Jew, she'd score a book deal or a TV series.
THIS DOUBLE STANDARD FOR EX-MUSLIM WOMEN IS BIGOTRY.
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Raif Badawi, jailed in SaudiArabia for championing liberal/secular values, would be called "Islamophobic" by many liberals if he lived here.
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Translation for smart people:
Bill Clinton brought unemployment rate of 7.1% down to 4.4%.
Obama brought it down from 9.0% to 4.5%.
Jobless rate after first 3 months: Trump vs. Obama vs. Bush vs. Clinton.
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Dear PM
@JustinTrudeau
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If
#M103
condemned "anti-Muslim bigotry" (instead of "Islamophobia"), I'd back it 100%.
Why semantics matter here:
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And, I assume, some of them are good people.
#TrumpsMexicoTripSayings
Clearly we're not sending our best to Mexico. We're sending liars. We're sending narcissists. We're sending sociopaths.
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The people who were burning Tiki torches last year are burning Nike shoes this year. Either way, you’ve got to buy ‘em to burn ‘em. Can’t be too bad for Tiki or Nike. I’ll be buying Nikes for the first time in years this week. To wear.
#NikeBoycott
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See this hashtag
#HangAyazNizami
& learn what ordinary Pakistanis want done to a secular blogger now in serious peril. This is NOT a fringe.
#HangAyazNizami
is trending on Twitter. He is a atheist blogger arrested couple of days ago in Pakistan.
What a disaster.
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“How can you reject Islam/Christianity/Judaism without studying it?”
The same way you can reject belief in unicorns without studying unicornology.
All religious Muslims/Christians/Jews also reject Hinduism & Scientology without studying them.
Because BS is BS.
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There are over 3 million Muslim Americans. If they all went out, bought semiautomatic firearms, and posted pictures of themselves posing at malls with their legally bought weapons — hashtag
#MuslimAmericansForThe2ndAmendment
— you might get the GOP to rethink its gun policy.
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You are not obligated to pick sides on this issue, however hard you’re pushed.
Just know that Hamas is no friend of Palestine, and Netanyahu is no friend of Israel.
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Future generations will see Allah, Jesus, & Yahweh the way we see Zeus & Thor today.
The religions of today will be the mythologies of tomorrow.
That’s how it’s always been, & will be.
“God IS dead. It just takes a while to get rid of the body.” —Yuval Noah Harari
We will.
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On the contrary, it takes a man who is absolutely secure in his masculinity and motivated by a deep love for his child to do this without worrying about what daddy issues-riddled bimbos will think of him.
The testosterone is being sucked from our men right before our eyes 🤦🏻♀️
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If your first reaction to
#Brussels
is, "Oh no, this is going to make Islam look really bad," you're part of the problem.
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Adorable baby hears her sister’s voice for the first time after getting her first pair of hearing aids. Can’t get enough of this. :)
Only science gives us true miracles.
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I’m a left-liberal who went on
@JoeRogan
’s show.
He’s one of the few who gave a platform to a secular liberal from the Muslim world. There are millions of us, but you don’t hear about it elsewhere.
Liberalism is about diversity—not conformity—of ideas.
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Solidarity with LGBT Muslim women this
#MuslimWomensDay
.
Celebrate opening minds with a view to a more rational future.
#BabySteps
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Truly amazing to see so many LGBTQ freethinkers and allies from Muslim backgrounds come out for
#Pride2019
in London!
These are the voices that must lead the conversation.
#Pride
#PrideInLondon
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White people converting to Islam: the one form of "cultural appropriation" no leftist will ever object to.
#CulturalAppropriationMonth
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“Science flies you to the moon.
Religion flies you into buildings.”
—Victor Stenger
#NeverForget
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➡️ Hamas is more loyal to the Iran’s mullah leadership than it is to its own Palestinian people. It is a despicable group that fires rockets from its own hospitals and schools to get Israel to bomb them so it can exploit dead Palestinian children to get the world’s sympathy.…
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.
@JoeRogan
on immigration — with an important message for those who think it’s okay to separate kids from their parents because “they shouldn’t have come here in the first place”:
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This is true leadership. We can disagree, debate, and argue all we want, but we should never forget our common humanity. Thank you,
@JacindaArdern
.
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Criticizing Islam—just as you would Christianity, Mormonism, or Scientology—doesn't make you a bigot.
Singling it out for protection does.
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Al Franken will leave the Senate tomorrow on the insistence of female Democratic Senators.
Roy Moore will join the Senate next week with the full support of Trump & the RNC.
That's the difference.
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#ExMuslimBecause
No REAL God should need protection from bloggers & no REAL prophet should need protection from cartoons.
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People on both sides will tell you, “There are no two sides to this, there is only one right side.”
This is absolute, utter BS.
There is the side of Hamas’s terrorism and Netanyahu’s war crimes.
And there is the side of the Israeli and Palestinian civilians caught in the…
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If Roy Moore was caught having consensual gay sex, his campaign would be over. We all know that. Child molestation, however, isn’t as much of a dealbreaker for Republicans.
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Pete Buttigieg is physically incapable of saying anything that isn’t articulate, intelligent, and persuasive.
#DemDebate2
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Liberal failure to take on Islamism from position of moral strength/honesty has enabled Trump to do it frm a position of xenophobic bigotry.
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When forming your opinion about the Israel-Palestine issue, ask yourself:
Do I want justice, or do I want peace?
If you seek full justice, you will never achieve peace.
But if you are seeking peace, you can get at least some justice.
[THREAD]
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We normalized lapsed Catholics, secular Jews, and ex-Mormons.
Now it’s time to normalize ex-Muslims.
To think Muslims are somehow immune to reason, secularism, and Enlightenment is a form of bigotry.
Support this groundbreaking campaign by
@ExmuslimsOrg
!
#AwesomeWithoutAllah
BILLBOARDS! FEATURING OPEN EX-MUSLIMS! FIRST CAMPAIGN OF THIS SCALE, ANYWHERE, EVER.
#AwesomeWithoutAllah
Press release:
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“So many Republicans going to jail... Who’s going to be left to lock up Hillary?”
—
@BillMaher
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1. I’ve been wearing brownface for 44 years.
2. Most of today’s “woke” kids also wouldn’t think that wearing an Aladdin costume with makeup is a cancel-able offense if they were in the same position in 2001.
Let’s not get our chapatis all up in a bunch here.
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A little girl who was blind & deaf since birth sees & hears her mother for the first time thanks to a team of incredible surgeons. Gets me every time.
Only science gives us true miracles.
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This gets me every time. A baby with profound hearing loss hears his mother’s voice for the very first time.
Only science gives us true miracles.
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Iran’s sole female Olympic medalist Kimia Alizadeh has defected to an unspecified country in Europe. She is now openly slamming the Islamic regime:
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If you want to fight patriarchy but won't fight religion, you're not fighting patriarchy.
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From Thomas Jefferson's report after meeting with a Tripoli official in 1786 - before US foreign policy even existed:
http://t.co/VxGZww8iRS
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#RejectedTrumpCampaignSlogans
"Jesus was a loser. I prefer messiahs that *don't* get crucified."
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How refreshingly inclusive.
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