Just been sat, cornered in on this train forced to listen to this lovely chap tell me he wants to kill all Muslims.
His two mates say he’s just having a laugh.
When he got asked to leave the train, he called me racist.
“So are you gonna kill me?”
“Not at the moment. I might do later when you’re walking home.”
So sinister how casually and calmly he said this. This wasn’t even the worst of it.
Aug 30 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Spoke to a senior journalist with the BBC today who told me that it is internal policy that the word 'Palestine' is not allowed to be used in stories / interviews and if it is they will cut it out.
They said 'Palestinians' is ok, but Palestine is not.
Madness.
I wonder where Palestinians are meant to be from.
Aug 30 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
In July, I put through a Freedom of Information Request to 140+ universities asking for year-on-year data on reports of racism, islamophobia, antisemitism.
Most of them have now arrived back in my inbox, and the results are fascinating. 🧵
We know of course that reported incidents are only the tip of the iceberg, with most racism going unreported - Muslims and people of colour in particular are less likely to report hate crime, but there has been a noticeable rise of islamophobia and antisemitism in the last 10 months.
Jul 8 • 16 tweets • 3 min read
I hear I am being accused of trying to 'take down' and 'sabotage FOSIS'.
We have spent the last 9 months challenging and lobbying our Universities, SUs and MPs, to do more on Palestine. FOSIS are not exempt & they are not listening nor taking on feedback from anyone privately.
I will be clear, FOSIS do great work when it comes to the spiritual aspect of Muslim students. I am not challenging that that. That aspect of conference was wholesome and beneficial. I connected with so many lovely sisters.
