Interesting convo. I have a lot of respect for @Deeyah_Khan’s empathetic perspective re Jihadis and Nazis, and humans in general.
But there were a lot of times when I felt she was being hypocritical or at least being intellectually dishonest.
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The most egregious was her misrepresentation of
@Ayaan. To say that Ayaan is the opposite of Sarsour in that she dishonestly makes Islam the problem in the same way Sarsour refuses to acknowledge any problem in Islam shows that Deeyah needs to familiarize herself w Ayaan’s work 22 replies 11 retweets 64 likesShow this thread -
You seem to be very empathetic to Nazis but can’t extend that to ExMuslims who have suffered atrocities because of Islam. Maybe if you too had been forced to wear the burka, then you too would be “so obsessed”. 3
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The fact that you’re not obsessed when your sisters are being arrested for not wearing a cloth on their head is pretty disheartening, to be honest. Perhaps it wasn’t an issue for you in your Liberal European home, but not all of us had an upbringing like yours. 4
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Finally, youve won 2 Emmys and seem to be doing pretty well getting your voice out. So it’s strange for you to lament that
@MaajidNawaz & Ayaan get the microphone was really strange. Ayaan and Maajid are being demonized and being put on hate lists while you’re being celebrated 52 replies 7 retweets 68 likesShow this thread -
Deeyah, you really need to acknowledge that you have had a privileged upbringing in a Muslim liberal European home and you are by far in the minority. And when you try to sell it as the majority it is both dishonest and attempts to erase all our experiences. Sam was 100% right. 6
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @ConfessionsExMu
Yasmine,
@Deeyah_Khan was hunted down by#IslamicState of#Pakistan &#Afghanistan in#Norway. Do you call this “privilege” to be threatened by all sorts of bad mouthed bloody violent jihadies, because she was a musician?!3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
Yes. She had a loving,supportive liberal family in Europe who protected her and nurtured her and helped her to escape from the extremists. Those of us who were NOT privileged like her, come from those extremist families. They are our mothers and fathers. Get it? Big difference.
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Deeyah was in forced exile and struggled alone and isolated for years, and when she won her first documentary film award, a film about dishonourable assassination of lovers by klans and families of Islam, few made any note of it because of veil of censorship. Yasmin, plz check!
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