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This congressman says Muslims ‘don’t belong’ in the US. How does he keep winning a district with so many? | David Daley
Andy Ogles’ election victories in Tennessee are a product of an electoral system broken by gerrymandering
Andy Ogles represents more Muslims than any other Tennessee congressman. Yet he has no interest in representing them. He doesn’t even want them in the country.
“Muslims don’t belong in American society,” the third-term Republican wrote on Twitter/X last week. He’s proudly doubled down on his incendiary statement, which joins a long list of Islamophobic beliefs. During last year’s New York City mayoral campaign, Ogles called Zohran Mamdani “a communist who has publicly embraced a terroristic ideology”. The US naturalization system, he said, required “any alignments with communism or terrorist activities to be disclosed. I’m doubtful he disclosed them. If this is confirmed, put him on the first flight back to Uganda.”
Continue reading...A genocide here, an amputation there
Gaza is home to the largest number of child amputees worldwide as a result of Israel’s genocidal war.
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Islamic community calls out ‘anti-Muslim hate’ after suspicious fire at site of new Victorian mosque
Former Kilmore church being converted into mosque set alight Tuesday amid spate of Islamophobic incidents
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Islamic communities have called out a rise in “anti-Muslim hate” after a church that was being converted into a mosque was allegedly set alight in what Victoria police are treating as a “suspicious” fire.
In a statement, Victoria police said the abandoned church in Kilmore, north of Melbourne, was set alight at about 1.50pm on Tuesday, causing “significant damage” to the building. No one was inside at the time and the fire was believed to have been started in the rear of the building.
Continue reading...There’s nothing sinister about Muslims praying | Letters
Readers respond to negative comments by Conservative and Reform UK politicians following a Ramadan event in Trafalgar Square
As a young British Muslim, I was troubled to see public prayer described as an “act of domination” by the shadow justice secretary, Nick Timothy (Report, 19 March). To characterise a few minutes of prayer in this way is simply unjust. Britain stands for fairness and equal treatment. If other faiths can gather in public spaces, Muslims should be afforded the same right. To single out one community undermines that principle.
Events such as open iftars are not about imposing beliefs, but about bringing people together. We are often encouraged to integrate, yet when Muslims do so visibly and peacefully, they are criticised. Such language and behaviour are deepening division and making Young British Muslims feel unwelcome in their own country.
Sarmad Anwar
Bradford, West Yorkshire