Unpopular opinion but if even after 20 years you think the week after 9/11 was a week of unity, you haven't been paying attention to the BIPOC & Muslims in your life who feared for our safety & suffered a massive spike in hate crimes for something we had nothing to do with.
The myth of "unity" means ignoring The Patriot Act, NYPD warrantless spying on Muslims, dozens of states who tried to pass "anti-Shariah" bills, Gitmo, torture, drone strikes, & the Muslim Ban—all which denied the justice our Constitution promises.

These are all connected.

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The "unity" was if you unquestionably supported what George W called "a crusade." Otherwise, you were unpatriotic. "You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists," W famously said—whitewashing objections to killing of hundreds of thousands of Afghan & Iraqi civilians.

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The unity we need is built on justice, as our Constitution requires. On ensuring we do not scapegoat innocent people, but always uphold due process for all people—especially when it's hard.

If we can't uphold justice when it's hard, it was never justice we upheld.

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I'm grateful for all y'all's love. Just remember, love isn't a word, it's meaningful action for justice.

Revisionist history of "unity" undermines the lived experiences of BIPOC & Muslims. Let's instead reflect on our past errors, & ensure a future nation built on justice.

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Sharia Law is trending b/c people think the Texas abortion ban is what Sharia teaches. No, Texas GOP extremism is 100% home grown extremism. Don't blame Sharia.

Let me disabuse y'all of this offensive & harmful ignorance, w/knowledge on what Sharia actually is.

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Sharia is the law of the Qur’an and literally means “A path to life giving water.”

In fact, the word Yarrah (i.e. the root of the Hebrew word Torah) means precisely the same thing. Therefore, Shariah is actually ingrained in Abrahamic tradition.

There's 5 parts to know...

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adab (behavior, morals & manners)
ibadah (ritual worship)
i’tiqadat (beliefs)
mu’amalat (transactions & contracts)
‘uqubat (punishments)

Shariah forbids that it be imposed on any unwilling person. Meaning, Sharia mandates separation of religion & state.

You read that right

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This is such a dangerous misrepresentation of history. It creates anti-Muslim hate & antisemitic hate—not to mention the complete erasure of Palestinian Christians.

So much to unpack but let me address this lie of "thousands of years of Arabs raping/murdering Jews."

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622: Muhammad(sa) signs Constitution of Medina w/Jews of Medina. A secular constitution it declares:
•Article 17: No Jew shall be wronged for being a Jew
•Article 18: The enemies of the Jews who follow [Muslims] will NOT be helped

Prophet Muhammad(sa) condemned antisemitism
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623: Qur'an Ch 22:40-41 is revealed, permitting Muslims to fight in self defense to protect Universal Religious Freedom, specifically commanding Muslims to protect "Synagogues, Temples, Churches, & Mosques" from attack.

Prophet Muhammad(sa) actively defended Jews from attack

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3 years ago an extremist threatened to murder me for my faith as a Muslim. The FBI subpoenaed me to testify against him in Federal Court & the jury convicted him

But now—he’s appealing. So I've lawyered up w/ @MuslimAdvocates to sue him.

A thread story of hope over hate.

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Let me back up. My family faces immense persecution in Pakistan b/c of our faith as Ahmadi Muslims.

In 1997 police nearly tortured one of my cousins to death for his faith. In 1995 another cousin was lynched, murdered w/a noose around his neck & dragged through the streets.

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So, a death threat from an extremist to literally lynch me for my faith as a Muslim was horrifying deja vu

I reported the threat to Twitter who agreed it violated their TOS. They suspended him. Then a day later his account was unsuspended—after which he sent me MORE threats

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