So I definitely won’t be watching it then...I don’t need more aggravation in my life
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @ConfessionsExMu and
He says a lot of fallacious things and contradicts himself
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Replying to @obaidomer @IonaItalia and
Ok, despite my advice to myself I watched it. There were a few unsettling comments but yes, most personally unsettling were his comments re women in niqab. I’m glad he said some are forced or just want to have a unique identity and some are extremists-that’s true. /1
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @obaidomer and
Saying niqab is are the filthiest etc was most definitely not ok. First of all, insert any demographic there, and that’s just a terrible thing to say. If someone said ‘Men who wear turbans are the filthiest’ he wouldn’t like it. I wore a niqab. I didn’t like it. 2
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @obaidomer and
And lastly, of course, those women are dealing w enough shit in their lives already without him telling potentially telling hundreds of thousands of ppl that they’re filthy. It’s not only hurtful, it’s dangerous as some ppl will take that as reason to disparage them further 3
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @obaidomer and
One more: The inside out abaya was a movement in Saudi for women to resist the mandatory abaya...conflating it w sex workers in Iraq wasn’t helpful. It’s such a localized thing. He didn’t need to broadcast it. Instead broadcast about the women that wear it inside out in defiance
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Replying to @Imamofpeace @obaidomer and
I know you said some, and I know you said Baghdad, that was in my tweet. My point being-I’d rather have seen you support these women in their emancipation vs disparaging them for being sex workers, filthy etc. Ppl view niqabis as hostile already- when most are miserable victims.
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @Imamofpeace and
When I see a niqabi in my neighborhood, yes, I cringe. It’s a natural reaction to seeing a faceless figure. But, for me, the next response is sadness followed by anger. I’m sad and angry that her soul is rotting under there and that she feels compelled to wear it.
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A lot of other ppl already view her w disgust. When you add fuel to their fire by asserting that they are the filthiest youre unfairly maligning women that are already so, so, down. The audience hearing you is in the West. The niqabis here are more likely victims not sex workers
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @Imamofpeace and
My interview w Dave was my very first. I tripped over my words, didn’t finish sentences, and was so nervous I’d forget why I was saying mid-sentence...so I get that there’s an element of misspeaking. But you said you’ve done over 400 interviews, so I don’t think this was in error
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Replying to @YasMohammedxx @Imamofpeace and
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think you really do look down on niqabis. That’s something you can have a chat w yourself about. Clearly, like any demographic, some are not good ppl. But, in general, those women are more likely victims of their ideology, family, society etc.
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