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İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
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Happy New Year! We have just launched our @Patreon. Become an early adopter and back people you believe in. Check out our page: patreon.com/kawaakibi
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İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
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I don't know which I'm more - offended or confused. Just how hopelessly ignorant do you have to be to say something like this?
If you want some facts, rather than bullshit, here's a thread.
I grew up Sunni. I don't like to label myself as a Sunni because I prefer to just say Muslim. That said, I don't know of any Sunni who wouldn't be deeply offended at @RandPaul's suggestion that the "other side" at the Battle of Karbala represented Sunnis.
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İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
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Beautiful people, this is my first truly free week in while. I'm hoping to recover and recharge. I'm going to go offline for a few days and will temporarily delete the Twitter app from my phone.
I'll try as much as possible to not know what's going on in the world. I hope nobody kills or disappears any of my friends (and nobody tries to kill me) in the meanwhile.
(I may end up retweeting a few work related tweets, regarding a few positions that are open at @Kawaakibi, but that's about it).
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İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي
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Wow. When @Netflix censors material on behalf of Mohammad bin Salman.
Many of us Arabs were very excited when Netflix launched its MENA division, because we thought this is a way in which we can bypass censorship. I guess there's the end of that.
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Lok Sabha resumes with hearty Happy New Year cheers.

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