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Jul 30, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Likely to have a large impact on Muslim families celebrating Eid tomorrow.

Unclear why such short notice provided but important that this message is cascaded as quickly as possible given it goes live within a few hours.

#SafetyFirst
The question of whether mosques are allowed to open for Eid (preparations have been happening for weeks), is being asked quite widely and as of yet, there is no clarity

My understanding (no confirmation) is no impact on guidance for mosques & Eid prayers

But some are asking whether mosques *should* still hold Eid prayers (even with social distancing and all the precautions) even if it's technically allowed, given the lockdown & increase in risk.

Discussions ongoing at this late hour.

Will post if I hear any updates
Confirmed: according to David Regan, Manchester Director of Public Health, places of worship (with all the known restrictions) are not impacted by the lockdown.

Also heard from 2 other sources.

Question of whether they *should* remain open, remains.
It is important that government sources should not say things like this, which contradict the specific guidance about mosques from the government and Public Health.

Please disregard this government source.

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Sep 15
The Jewish Chronicle is clearly an awful news outlet under Jake Wallis-Simons & it's good to see columnists abandon the sinking ship

But let's not forget how its vile attitude to Muslims has been a consistent feature & was very present under Pollard 👇🏾

But it is fair to say Jake Wallis Simons has a particularly awful history during his editorship of the paper.

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The Home Secretary is treading on dangerous ground here.

A peaceful demonstration is being slurred as "an intimidating mob" and a chant heard at the rally is being mischaracterised.

This is not okay. Thread.
This protest was almost entirely peaceful with minimal arrests.

With a protest of this size, there are always a handful of idiots, but from the reporting it seems there were far less than for example at this pro-Israel rally a couple of years ago.

The idea that those exercising their democratic right to protest it show solidarity to Palestinians, are somehow an "intimidating mob" is just not okay.

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After her racist smear was forcibly corrected (ht @cfmmuk), a source close to Braverman admits:

When referring to the 'grooming gangs phenomenon', she only meant high profile cases where Pakistani men were involved & not all group-based child sexual abuse
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…
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Only calling high-profile group-based child sexual abuse done by Pakistani men as "grooming gangs" is an astonishing admission, unjustifiable and incorrect Image
The IPSO ruling makes it clear how it is inaccurate. It is not a "political attack" - merely the correction of a false racist smear.

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Sep 7, 2023
Outrageous the Home Secretary defends Douglas Murray as "mainstream"

She is *actively* promoting a man who said objectively racist & extreme things such as “Conditions for Muslims in Europe must be made harder across the board" & who has defended Tommy Robinson

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Douglas Murray says London has become "foreign" because "in 23 of London's 33 boroughs "white Britons" are now in a minority" i.e. being non-white, means you are foreign and can't be British

Is the government view *really* that this is a mainstream view? @Tories4Equality Image
@Tories4Equality Murray said "less Islam" is a solution to terrorism (whilst talking about Muslims).

Is it *really* a government position that this is a "mainstream" view and not extreme?


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Disgusting

Shawcross, Gove & The Times appear to want to publish names of who they consider to be "extreme" Muslims/Muslim groups as part of their attempt to refocus Prevent on Muslims & not the far right

This is after a far-right terror attack against a migrant centre

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He targeted Muslim charities. He defended torture. He seems to even have wanted Foreign Office officials to mock Islam

Much more - see 👇🏽
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For more👇🏽
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Hundreds of thousands of people have seen this far-right Islamophobic conspiracy theory on GB News go unchallenged

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One has to wonder where @KeithPrinceAM & so many others with such views get their news from...scary
Whilst @KeithPrinceAM has now apologised and a few thousand have seen the apology, the GB News tweet with the conspiracy theory remains up with no clarifying tweet from @GBNEWS.

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Does anyone know if they apologised on-air and just didn't clip it up?
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