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26 Dec, 21 tweets, 9 min read
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the anti-apartheid veteran called South Africa's moral conscience, famously said: "If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor" & applied this to today

May he rest in peace and power

independent.co.uk/news/world/afr…
Many will celebrate his understanding of oppression & his status as South Africa's moral conscience but ignore his views on today's oppression & apartheid

ICYMI: he called on the US Presbyterian Church to boycott Israel & condemn it as an apartheid state
haaretz.com/tutu-israel-is…
His first article in the Guardian in 2002, was on this topic

theguardian.com/world/2002/apr…
This was his last article in the Guardian

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Yet no mention in the Guardian's obituary as highlighted by @Okwonga

It was good this was mentioned in the BBC's obituary even if only in passing

bbc.com/news/world-afr…
*Even the Times* mentioned it - albeit only in passing and missing out the strength of his passion on the topic

thetimes.co.uk/article/desmon…
The Mail's only mention in its obituary can only be described as cherry picking / misleading, wholly unfairly mischaracterising Archbishop Tutu's views

But it is the Mail 🤷🏽‍♂️

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
And very simple mention in The Telegraph

telegraph.co.uk/world-news/202…
And not mentioned in the Independent or Sun

independent.co.uk/news/world/afr…

thesun.co.uk/news/17145276/…
Also not mentioned in the short obituaries of Sky News or ITV news

itv.com/news/2021-12-2…

news.sky.com/story/desmond-…
Haaretz published this today:

"Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu wrote an exclusive article for Haaretz in 2014, in which he called for a global boycott of Israel.."

haaretz.com/israel-news/de…
ICYMI from 2014:

Desmond Tutu: Israel guilty of apartheid in treatment of Palestinians

jpost.com/Diplomacy-and-…
A few relevant tweets from @TheDesmondTutu
In 1988, Archbishop Tutu Labels Reagan, Thatcher Racist for Protecting South Africa

He singled out the three leaders because their countries blocked U.N. resolutions against South Africa’s apartheid system.
apnews.com/article/dde74f…
Interesting to see how @AP completely ignored his advocacy for Palestine and all the above, despite a long piece.

It's really interesting to understand why / how certain points don't make it..

apnews.com/article/desmon…
Reuters slightly better...

reuters.com/world/africa/s…
NYT

Nothing on the LBC profile

lbc.co.uk/news/desmond-t…
Other perspectives
What Tutu said to David Frost about Israel

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10 Dec
It is appropriate that on Stephen Pollard's last day as Editor of the Jewish Chronicle, it publishes this disgusting headline.

As people examine his tenure, I wonder if they actually are aware of the positions the Jewish Chronicle published during his tenure as Editor?

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After 51 Muslims were killed in a terror attack in a mosque in Christchurch, The Jewish Chronicle *chose* to publish this disgusting piece by Melanie Phillips playing down Islamophobia.

thejc.com/comment/column…
The reality is that the Jewish Chronicle regularly publishes disgusting pieces from Melanie Phillips

ICYMI See poster showing her alongside Katie Hopkins & Robert Spencer at the David Horowitz Freedom Center (defender of Tommy Robinson);
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8 Dec
From this Friday, face coverings will be required at mosques (and all places of worship).

This aligns to the latest @MuslimCouncil advice, which also recommends capacity management & ventilation.

gov.uk/government/new… ImageImage
Source for MCB poster: mcb.org.uk/resources/coro…
An NHS Covid Pass on the NHS App will also be mandatory if more than 500 people in an unseated indoor event (subject to parliamentary approval)

This seems to therefore include large Friday jum'a congregations Image
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2 Dec
My latest, based on @cfmmuk's report on Islamophobia in UK media, showcasing libel, inaccuracies & distortions in excruciating detail

60% of articles & half of TV clips were found negative

We’re asking for fairness, not favours. It’s not too much to ask
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Some might say the case studies are only the bad apples

Yet the report dispels this myth by showing how widespread the issue is, based on detailed analysis of more than 48,000 print articles & 5,500 TV clips that mentioned Muslims or Islam

cfmm.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
But some of the worst cases are really bad

False accusations of extremism, being a "fixer" for paedophile taxi drivers & linking to terrorism - have a real impact on people's lives

Waj Iqbal, for example, lost his job and couldn't see his kids for 2 years (he won libel damages)
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25 May
Denial of the scale of Islamophobia in the Conservative Party is no longer acceptable

Will @BrandonLewis, Chair of @Conservatives, now apologise after he said: "I would dispute that [Islamophobia in the party] is an issue that exists in the first place"?
Will former Deputy Chairman @JamesCleverly apologise, after he had said he didn't agree with @SayeedaWarsi assessment of "almost weekly occurrences of Islamophobic incidents".

Will Minister @KemiBadenoch (former Vice-Chair) apologise for claiming that calls to tackle Islamophobia had a "political motive"?

news.sky.com/story/tory-vic…
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25 May
The Investigation into Islamophobia in the Conservative Party has been published today.

Our response (@MuslimCouncil) highlights how it acknowledges the scale of Islamophobia, but fails to address its root causes.

Report here: singhinvestigation.co.uk/wp-content/upl…

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There are some very important recommendations laid out in the Investigation, which the Party must take on board.
In many ways these recommendations reflect some of the concerns laid out by the @MuslimCouncil in our previous submission to the EHRC & to the Singh Review itself (see Appendix 3)
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23 May
The pro-Israel rally had 1% (?) of the attendance of yesterday, yet had:

1. Tommy Robinson attending (plus fans)
2. Tzipi Hovotely on stage speaking
3. One participant screaming: "there will never be Palestine. It's our country. My f***ing country"

Let's see how it's covered
The way that yesterday's pro-Palestine protests were reported on by sections of the media (especially the right wing), shows the double standards at play.
This man was cheered on by so many of the crowd.

And even Tommy Robinson - watch how he is hugged by one of the crowd..

This was a protest of only c.1500 people...

Yet this was what we saw.
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