Thread by @hxhassan

As part of their efforts to demonize Islamists in the West, Arab regimes find themselves in a weird alliance with anti-Muslim bigots. Intentional or not, this informal alliance has effects beyond targeting extremists. ⁦@Ola_Salem⁩ & I explain: foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/29/ara…

Guess where this conspiracy theory is common, aside from Egypt and the Gulf states.

Sort of proves the point?

Zuhdi Jasser‘s only counter to our piece is to smear us as “Islamists” & “takfiris”, in his podcast + Facebook. Which proves the point. Despite our record, the likes of him drop these labels the moment they see a different view held by Muslim-sounding names. What’a that called?

Here is his podcast raving about the article, from minute 16:16 soundcloud.com/reformthis/ep-…

They object to the use of the word “islamophobia” as baseless, but they don’t see the irony of them throwing labels such as Islamists.

Here is an excellent take by @ajaltamimi on our piece: “On Islamophobia and Islamism” aymennjawad.org/2019/04/on-isl…