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Excited to be speaking tomorrow on "Religion and the Crisis of Belonging" at @BYU's Religious Freedom Annual Review

Amazing lineup of speakers and topics—read more here: religiousfreedom.byu.edu #rfreview
If you're at @BYU's #rfreview tomorrow, I'll be doing a book signing for #IslamicExceptionalism at 11:30am
If tweeps are at BYU's #rfreview, I'll be signing copies of #IslamicExceptionalism at 1130am-12 (amzn.to/2ISeuhN). Come and say hi if you're here!
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Shadi Hamid
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The big new BBC Arabic poll has gotten some misleading coverage. BBC is calling this the rise of the "non-religious" 👇🏾 The problem is the common Arabic translation of "not religious" would be مش متدين or لست متدين which doesn't have quite the same implication as "not religious"
We have no way of knowing how the question was asked in Arabic, since the battery of survey questions has only so far been released in English
Also, to really get clarity, you'd probably need to ask a follow-up question, namely that if they're "not religious," do they either want to be religious or do they think they *should* become religious?
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Shadi Hamid
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When Lester Holt says "we're just getting started" it kinda sounds like a threat...
Also, I know this is a running joke (and I started watching late) but there's actually one guy on the stage who I don't think I've ever seen before
Well, @PeteButtigieg knows how to talk about religion. Kudos. That was a really good riff
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Shadi Hamid
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I was on @ForeignPolicy's 'First Person' with @SarahAWildman

For me, it's hard to think of a story sadder than what happened to #Egypt from 2011 to 2013. I try to tell that story from my own perspective of being there in key moments

Listen to it here 👇🏾megaphone.link/PPY4576503808
I remember what it was like that night on February 11, 2011. I was in Tahrir Square earlier that day when the announcement came that Mubarak was stepping down, when the murmur of the crowd became a roar. As the memory grows more remote, I sometimes wonder: did it *really* happen?
That night, Egyptians were dancing in the streets. They had done it. They were proud. I remember thinking to myself, this is what it must feel like to not just be free, but to *feel* free. I had never seen Egyptians so joyful
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Tomorrow Tesla is making an announcement about autonomy and the future of its driverless technology. So here's a thread about the research we've done so far about the transition to driverless cars.
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Here we go again with attempts to control women's health choices. This time it's Georgia where the legislature is taking up HB 481 which outlaws abortions once a doctor detects a heartbeat in the womb — usually 6 weeks into pregnancy & before most women know they are pregnant.
This is effectively a state-wide abortion ban, and they know it would be unpopular so they are rushing it through. Maybe they won't respond to the idea that this is cruel and discriminatory, but also that #HB481isBadForBusiness.

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Here's another good one from @theamgreatness. I recommend following.

Conrad Black talks about the most transformative presidents in history, and

~ 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 𝗪𝗶𝗻 ~
amgreatness.com/2019/02/28/why…
Here it is in twittter form: 😉

"Each week, as the thundering host of Democratic seekers of their party’s 2020 presidential nomination scramble for attention and try to outflank their rivals to the left, ...
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Rim-Sarah Alouane
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1- France, 2018.A Muslim woman wearing a headscarf rented a stall at her local Christmas Market, organized by the city of St Gratien to sell pastries. But the mayor and a senator came and kicked her out on the grounds that she was violating laïcité by wearing her headscarf.
2- Just a recap: laïcité applies to civil servants. The Christmas Market, even though organized by the city IS NOT a public service and people selling there ARE NOT civil servants. As a consequence, laïcité DOES NOT apply to them. actu.fr/ile-de-france/… (article in French)
3- French politicians: there is a huge problem of integration w/ Muslims they're not assimilating, they're a threat to our traditions.
French Muslims: ok, I will sell pastries at the local Xmas market, contribute to the economy of the city & just enjoy the festivities!🎅🎄
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THREAD: The US @StateDept released its annual #ReligiousFreedom report today. From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, here's where #LGBT issues come up in this year's reports.
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