#islamaphobia

[moonyluv-s]

“b-b-but From the River to the Sea is hate speech 😭😭🥺🥺” give me a break.

[cryptotheism]

i was so unaware of how much occult conspiracy shit alex jones believes oh my god. i listened to recent levels of knowledge fight and he keeps talking about globalists sacrificing people to saturn???? why

The Saturn Cult is one of those ideas that just kinda congealed out of the early 2000s conspiracy froth of antisemitism, islamaphobia, and renewed interest in alien pseudohistory.

There are a few versions:

The Sci Fi UFO version essentially posits that a particular storm on Saturn, which itself looks a bit like a black cube, is actually a sort of forward base for the Evil Reptilian Empire. This black cube symbology is expressed here on earth as the Kabba (the black square structure that forms the center of global Islam) and Tefillin (specifically the small black boxes worn during some Jewish religious ceremonies.) Thus implying that both Jewish and Muslim people are somehow descendants of /controlled by / loyal to / synonymous with this ancient malicious race of reptillian aliens.

The fantasy occult version posits that throughout all of history, there has been a sort of primordial occult anti-church, who worship a nonspecific ancient god usually associated with the planet Saturn and some vague nonsense about lost Mesopotamian civilizations. This Cult of The Black Cube is supposedly the force behind satanism, the parts about Judaism that Christians don't like, Islam, etc. Basically anything and everything thats bad in the world can be traced back to this ancient secret Cult of the Black Cube.

It's a spin on old blood libel that's been adapted for the modern age. Many modern conspiracy theorists engage in complicated forms of anti/philosemitism that come with modern American evangelical Christianity. There's a lot of "we don't hate Jewish people, because as Christians we are basically Jewish anyway." Or "Jewish people are just Christians we haven't gotten to yet." Many Christian Nationalists like Alex see themselves as participating in Jewish identity in some fashion. Even if they see Judaism as a shibboleth, they often see Christians as "the real Jewish people."

So, modern conspiracy narratives have to make room for this. All the Jewish people you like are the good, pure, human ones that are basically Christians anyway, and all the Jewish people you don't like are controlled by the Cult of the Black Cube. It's the Protocols of the Elders of Zion with some extra room to include the Muslims.

It's also important to remember that Alex thinks magic is literally real in the supernatural sense. He unironically sees himself as a prophet, who is currently at war with actual, literal, demons. And he thinks human blood can be processed and consumed in such a way as to trigger mild superpowers.

[the-eldritch-it-gay]

It’s been 0 days since someone was Islamophobic on one of my posts. Reported it but I doubt staff will do shit.

[gwydionmisha]

Republlican Christo-fascism has reached it’s logical conclusion.  Tjis is where the Republican mainstream is now.  This is an existential to all of us who aren’t Christo-fascists.

We hang together or we hang separately.

[thestarsandnightskies]

fyi i do NOT give a fuck about the white person's definition of terrorism. so when you got them calling muslims, palestinians and h*um*us terrorists i do not give a fuck and will not try convincing them otherwise.you all should do the same. these are the people that defined the black panther party and movement as an "extremist", "beastly", "barbaric" organization, eventually equating it to terrorism and these are the people who have yet to declare the KKK one.

So ya i do not, did not and will not define my words from the common white man's dictionary so forgive me (sarcasm, do not forgive me) for not speaking their language, i refuse to speak in their tongue because why is it that they can not speak in mine

[cistematicchaos]

I'm so sick of seeing mainly white women spreading racist/islamaphobic propaganda (for "feminism") about Palestinian men going wild, raping "Israeli" women left and right. Have you forgotten every instance of manufactured propaganda you've ever seen? Have you just suddenly forgotten racism and islamaphobia exists and decided to parrot one of the most obvious lines in the book with no thought behind it?

Are you an activist or a reactionary? Are you anti-racist or a racist? Your whiteness is literally so pervasive you are killing people. Fucking shut up!

[pomegranatecookiez]

uh. hope all my muslim followers are having a good ramadan!!

[timetravellingkitty]

It is truly amazing to see Indian Islamaphobes using the persecution of Hindus in Pakistan and Bangladesh to fuel their Hindutva propaganda. I'm sorry but if you really cared you'd be bringing them up elsewhere, not just when you wanna use them as a scapegoat to call for the genocide of Indian Muslims, to justify why India MUST be a pure Hindu nation. You'll never see them bring up Sri Lanka, where the Rajapaksa family is trying to maintain a Sinhala-Buddhist hegemony and persecuting a minority that is mostly Hindu, because it doesn't fit their Islamaphobic agenda

It's also really baffling when they argue that "Oh Muslims have so many countries why can't we have ONE Hindu nation why must WE be secular" do you realise that Muslim theocracies are not good either. Do you not see the harm inflicted onto people there in the name of Islam. Not a single religion out there deserves their own state. Islam isn't exempt from this

[vague-humanoid]

[mylight-png]

This is going to be a little different from my usual posts, but here I go anyways.

It is rare, especially now, for online content to make me really and truly happy. But today I saw something that both made me really happy and also made me think.

I was scrolling through TikTok and came across multiple videos of the same kind. A woman wearing a hijab was finding other Muslim women and was helping them try on a hijab for the first time. These videos brought me so much joy. The hijabi woman's gestures were so kind and loving, she seemed almost like an older sister to the other women. The care with which she helped them put on the hijab was so sweet. And then there was the reaction of the women to wearing a hijab for the first time. There were before and after shots, and every single time, the "after" photos of them in the hijab were so happy. It was so pure to see women finding joy in dressing in a way that brought them comfortable.

But even more interestingly, it was a joy I recognized. The sisterly and caring gestures of the more experienced hijabi were familiar too.

The joy I saw in the "after" photos was reminiscent of my emotions when I first intentionally dressed tznuis (Jewish modesty). It was recent, and I felt so comfortable and safe in the clothes I was wearing, and I recognized that comfort in the faces of the women in the videos.

The sweet and caring gestures of the experienced hijabi reminded me a bit of my interactions with rebbetzins and other older religious women in various communities. They're always so sweet and kind (in my experience of course), and I noticed that they frequently try to connect through touch. You know, putting a hand on my shoulder or elbow. Hugs, of course. Using those gestures to make people feel heard and listened to.

And that made me think. We are so much more similar than the media gives us credit for. In fact, it reminded me of an interaction I had with a classmate just last week.

In one of my classes, we were talking about cultural traditions, and we were supposed to pair up and discuss family traditions we have. I mentioned that I love celebrating New Year's because my family doesn't celebrate Christmas, but due to them coming to the US from ex-USSR countries, they brought over similar yet secular and unique traditions for New Year's.

The girl I ended up pairing up with mentioned that she also didn't celebrate Christmas, because she was Muslim, and then she started talking about what her family does for Ramadan.

We ended up having a really nice discussion, connecting over having to fast for holidays, being surrounded by a majority Christian world, and other things we had in common.

And at the very beginning of the year, a Jewish friend of mine and I were complaining to each other about how lame it was that there were only two cheese pizzas at the event, and the rest were all pepperoni (and therefore not kosher), which led into a discussion of accommodating dietary restrictions. We unintentionally ended up sitting next to a few Muslim girls who heard our conversation and joined in, and we had the fun experience of bonding over the pork-obsessed world we all live in.

So yeah. We're actually not as different as the media and politicians make us look.

This is why, as much as I try to advocate about antisemitism, I still try to call out Islamaphobia in my day-to-day life.

There really isn't an excuse for hating an entire group. No excuse for awful and slanderous generalizations, which I've seen made about both us and Muslims. Just as antisemitism shouldn't have any place in these discussions, neither does Islamaphobia.

In fact, I think it would be amazing if we could set aside our differences and unite on this issue.

I know we may feel adversely towards each other in regards to the Israel-Hamas war and our views on it. And I'm not going to force anyone to agree/disagree on all the same things about it. Both sides are hurt. Both sides are accusing each other of genocide, and neither one (majority, I know extremist views exist on both sides, that's not who I am talking about here) actually hates all of the other side to the point of wanting to kill each other.

Yes, we disagree. Yes, our disagreement right now is serious and valid. But there is something we can, I hope, agree upon, and that's the fact that neither side of what's happening should employ Islamaphobic/Antisemitic rhetoric.

So here's a summary of what I'm trying to say:

We aren't as different as we are portrayed to be. We aren't "natural enemies" or whatever people think. We are all human, and we should all be united in the fact that generalized hate has no place on either side.

Both Antisemitism and Islamaphobia are rising right now. We may not see eye to eye on everything, but we are all human, and we should all do our part in dealing with that rise in hate. Not contribute to it.

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Even though I am trying to speak against hate and division right now, I am certain that I'm probably going to receive at least a few hateful or negative responses to this. But you know what?

I don't really care anymore. Those hateful people are not anyone I could ever change or convince. So I'm going to try and remind myself to pick my battles and not waste energy on pointless arguments. Hateful responses to this post will be blocked and deleted.

However, Muslims of Tumblr, if I did say anything culturally problematic or inaccurate (for example, if the term "hijabi" or "experienced" in regards to being a hijabi is somehow a problem) (or like if comparing wearing a hijab at all to tznuis clothing is an issue) please let me know so I can fix it! I tried to not be culturally insensitive but I don't really know all that much so please do let me know!

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[kosmic-apothecary]

Take a moment to think about how you be acting and what you’d be saying if a movement of Evangelical Christians were committing this genocide.

Now compare that to the window of what is acceptable to say about Israel doing it.

Now ask yourself “is antisemitism really the urgent problem we’ve been trained to believe it is, or was that just a technique to silence criticism of the world’s 4th largest military?”

[stealth-liberal]

You know what pisses me off? Extremists on both sides of the Israel/Palestine conflict seem to think that no one can see through them.

What do I mean?

It's really fucking obvious when MAGA shitbags try to use Jews in general and Israelis in particular as human shields to protect them from the consequences of their Islamaphobia.

Sure, guys, you REALLY support us when you stand behind crowds chanting "Jews will not replace us!". Or MTG nattering on about how Jews have giant space lasers and are causing all the wildfires on the west coast. Or you froth at the mouth about "George Soros", "elites", "lizard people" (lizard people are Jews guys) or that we got magical powers from Satan because we "killed Christ".

Then you turn around and pretend that you care about our safety or our lives? You pretend that you'll save us from the Big Bad Boogey Man (read: Muslims) that you support us living full and vibrant lives? Cut the shit, I may have been born in the morning, but it wasn't yesterday morning.

It's all so you can kick Muslims. It's all so you can get your violent psychosexual thrills by fucking with Muslims. You still hate Jews just as much as you did before. You aren't as subtle as you think you are.

On the other hand, it's also REALLY obvious when far left shitbags use Muslims in general and Palestinians, in particular, as human shields to protect them from the consequences of their Jew Hatred.

Sure guys, you REALLY support Palestinians when you have rallies around the world screaming about "GAS THE JEWS!", "Hitler was right!" and talk about how Jewish women aren't really women, instead they're "filthy vermin" who can't be raped. They quote directly from Mein Kampf and Protocols of the Elders of Zion and somehow think that does anything for Palestinians.

Yep, it sure does help Palestinians to terrify and attack and even kill Jews so that we think the only place that we will ever be safe is in Israel. It sure does help Palestinians to project your hatreds onto a conflict that has nothing to do with you. Cut the shit. I may have been born in the morning, but it wasn't yesterday morning.

It's all so you can kick Jews. It's all so you can get your psychosexual thrills by fucking with Jews. You don't really or honestly give 1/10th of 1 shit about Palestinians. And you aren't as subtle as you think you are.

I see you both, and you're both exactly the same. You're both garbage human beings. I will not deny your humanity. You're still human... you're just also giant bags of shitty garbage.

[abla-soso]

Palestinians call themselves that, you ignorant, racist, Islamaphobic piece of shit!!!

White liberals, stop centring yourselves and stop prioritizing your comfort. This is NOT about you!

[bespangeled]

Donald Trump Again?!

Here is what Trump promises his base.

He will ban abortion nationwide. He will legally delegitimize trans Americans. He will indict his political enemies. He will round up, intern, and deport undocumented immigrants. He will send the military to the border. He will invade Mexico. He will round up the homeless and send the National Guard into cities to fight crime. He will bring back the death penalty in a big way. He will roll back all of Biden’s climate progress and reinvest in fossil fuels. He will overhaul the education system in the MAGA image. He will torch the First Amendment by going after non-MAGA media.

If you boycott the vote you are responsible for the hell you bring on all of us. Let me repeat this - if you boycott the vote you are responsible for the hell you bring on all of us. Don't protest the hell in Gaza by giving us 4 more years of Trump. Resist fascism.

[cistematicchaos]

People have GOT to stop bothering religious queer/LGBTQIA+ people with anti-theist/antisemitic/islamaphobic bullshit.

If you see someone wearing or holding something obviously religious, fucking leave them alone. Holding up a sign with the star of David or wearing a wearing a hijab does not make them homophobic! Being religious does not make you homophobic! Many religious people are quite literally LGBTQIA+/queer and you make them feel unwelcome and unsafe not just at pride events, but in general.

Be respectful and stop making bigoted assumptions about other people because they're religious.