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Mehdi Hasan
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Ridiculous, demented, offensive, anti-Semitic...
A few years ago, I wrote a piece about the problem of Muslim anti-Semitism & was attacked for it. I regret the headline/tone of it but not the underlying argument. Videos like this are a reminder that we have a problem with conspiracies in our communities
newstatesman.com/politics/uk/20…
There’s no point getting exercised by (undeniable) Islamophobia in Christian and Jewish communities while ignoring or denying the lazy anti-Semitism and conspiracism that exists inside parts of our own Muslim communities.
Especially when confronted with the murderous menace of white nationalism, Muslims and Jews need to stick together.
To be clear: this is not a local Christchurch mosque leader, I’m told.
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Mehdi Hasan
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Since Christchurch, I've been talking/writing a lot about bigoted & hate speech & demonization, & the responsibility of journalists to get their rhetoric right. Words matter.

I feel it's crucial at times like this to be self-critical, too. So a tough thread for me:
*THREAD*
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Like a lot of journos (humans?) I've said things years ago that I now deeply regret. Chief among them for me is, more than a decade ago, in my 20s, when I wasn't a public figure, I gave a bunch of speeches to students on Islam/extremism. And I said dumb offensive ranty stuff.
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Speaking without notes, & trying to be bombastic, I made stupid sweeping remarks about non-Muslims, especially atheists. I cringe now when I rehear/reread those remarks. I made stupid offensive analogies to animals. Argh. I'm embarrassed to have to write about all this again.
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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
So when bad faith GOP politicians & bad faith conservative media outlets and journos attack the left, Muslims, Palestinians, etc, for alleged anti-Semitism, what's the best way of showing how cynical and hypocritical their attacks are?

Well here's a thread/primer on bad faith
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When Donald Trump attacks you for anti-Semitism, always remember "very fine people" (neo-Nazis!) and this:
2/
When Congressional Republicans attack you for anti-Semitism, remind them that 23 of their own voted against condemning anti-Semitism in the House yesterday and also this:
3/
 theintercept.com/2019/02/15/ilh…
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Mehdi Hasan
@mehdirhasan
Shocking article by ex-Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel who links former refugee and progressive freshman (fellow) Democrat Ilhan Omar with "calamities from the Spanish Inquisition to the Russian pogroms to the Holocaust."
THREAD:
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If Emanuel is concerned about ppl accusing him of dual loyalty, maybe he should start with his Israeli dad, who said in 2008, about his American son going to work for Obama in the White House: "Obviously he’ll influence the President to be pro-Israel."
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If Emanuel is concerned about racism and bigotry, maybe, again, he should have a word with his dad, who said in 2008: "What is he, an Arab? He’s not going to be mopping floors at the White House." His dad also served in the racist Irgun terror group.
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