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Apr 9, 2021 9 tweets 3 min read
Why we sued Facebook and what we want.

A thread! Facebook’s “failure to enforce its own moderation policies has caused a wave of anti-Muslim abuse.”
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Oct 21, 2020 8 tweets 3 min read
BREAKING: New report exposes Facebook as “the World’s Engine for Anti-Muslim Violence” — driven by the anti-Muslim views of high-level staff, its support of authoritarian regimes, and its use by hate groups around the world. bit.ly/FacebookIsComp… In 2015, Mark Zuckerberg promised to make Facebook a “safe environment” for Muslims. Instead, hate on Facebook has jeopardized the lives of millions of Muslims using the platform. #Complicit
Oct 5, 2020 7 tweets 2 min read
Soon, #SCOTUS will consider a major religious freedom case that will decide whether Muslims, and all people, are able to hold our government accountable for religious discrimination.

THREAD on: Tanzin v. Tanvir The FBI placed Muslim men on the No-Fly List because they refused to spy on other Muslims.

#SCOTUS is hearing arguments in Tanzin v. Tanvir on whether they can seek justice.

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Jul 22, 2020 22 tweets 14 min read
"In January 2017, President Trump issued the first Muslim Ban, a xenophobic policy that has inflicted irreparable harm on Muslims here at home and around the world, a policy that says to Muslims that they are not to be trusted. This is ... deeply untrue."
~ @RepJayapal

2/ .@RepJerryNadler notes that because of the #MuslimBan, "our country's reputation as a beacon of hope has been forever tarnished" and says the #NOBANAct "will repeal these shameful bans and stop executive overreach"

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Feb 27, 2020 11 tweets 4 min read
Trump doesn't want people of color to become Americans. 🇺🇸 Connect the dots:
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🗣️ Trump: "shithole countries"
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💼 WH senior advisor Stephen Miller's explicit white nationalism
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🚫 Muslim / African Ban
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😢 Kids in cages
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💰 Wealth test for immigrants
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[Thread] 🗣️Trump: 'Why do we want these people from all these shithole countries here? We should have more people from places like Norway."

vox.com/2018/1/11/1688…