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Tag Archives: Islamophobia
@Jack, Defiance Killer: @Twitter’s focused attack on the left
The social media Purge I was intrigued by a tweet that went out the other day. Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz), after tweeting that John McCain was a warmonger, had her account unceremoniously suspended. Twitter users raised enough of a ruckus that … Continue reading
On orphans, adoption, and Islam.
Many thanks to Asma Uddin and @AltMuslimah for allowing me the space to reply to the previous article I cited a few days ago. An excerpt: To conclude, in 1948 the United Nations defined an aspect of genocide to include … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Algeria, Antoura, Frantz Fanon, genocide, Islam, Islamophobia, Lebanon, orphans, Turkey
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@AltMuslimah : A reply.
In the article Placing Muslim Orphans Into Real Homes, a member of the board of an adoptive agency makes the astonishing claim that Muslims should adopt children, ideally, of course, through the author’s agency. I believe this is referred to … Continue reading
Islamophobia and adoption: Who are the civilized?
This paper started as a conference presentation at the Adoption Initiative Conference in 2012 with the theme “‘Best Interests of the Child?’: Race, Religion, and Rescue in Adoption”. The basis for it was sparked by an article that appeared in … Continue reading
