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When Muslims make merry at Christmas

By Khaled Diab For Western Muslims, Christmas is just outside their doorsteps. For some, Christmas even skips merrily in from

Khaled Diab

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When and where was the first solar power plant built? The answer may surprise you. The first solar power plant was built over a century ago, in 1913. It was built in Maadi, then just outside Cairo, by American inventor Frank Shuman. It was used to pump irrigation water. pic.twitter.com/el2iMYS5Qo

10:55 · October 3, 2022

Khaled Diab

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To take back control over their bodies from the clerics, young students at Ferdowsi University in Mashhad, Iran, take off their hijabs and chant "freedom". May their efforts lead to liberty for all. #MahsaAmini #IranProtests2022 via @drninaansary pic.twitter.com/NKWIAXQHBG

07:23 · October 3, 2022

Khaled Diab

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The anti-hijab protests in Iran are not solely about whether or not a woman can show her hair but about her fundamental right to exercise control over her body and to make her own choices. It's about taking back control from the patriarchy. twitter.com/Sima_Sabet/sta…

16:22 · October 1, 2022

Khaled Diab

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In this fascinating pre-fatwa BBC documentary about the Satanic Verses, Salman Rushdie speaks of his lapsed faith and the nagging questions that plagued him about religion. youtu.be/G37nz-kp4UU?t=…

07:39 · October 1, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

In this essay, I travel back in time to show how and why Salman Rushdie is one of the most widely and wildly misunderstood of contemporary writers - and how the Satanic Verses controversy was largely political, not religious. #Islam chronikler.com/2022/09/30/the…

06:53 · October 1, 2022

Khaled Diab

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Threatening to sue a journalist over a tweet is a form of political lawfare designed to intimidate and silence critics. Italians wishing to preserve freedom of expression against should stand with Rula Jebreal against this intimidation. twitter.com/rulajebreal/st…

18:14 · September 30, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Oil majors are spending a $750 million a year to give their images a green facelift, according to an analysis by @InfluenceMap While 60% of their public communications make green claims, only 12% of their investments go to low-carbon technologies. energymonitor.ai/finance/corp…

15:22 · September 30, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

@CarolineLucas @TheGreenParty @OpiniumResearch Good for you. Redistributive justice helps narrow inequalities and combat growing poverty. Next, progressive taxation on capital and corporate profits.

08:16 · September 30, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Russia's announced plan to annex 15% of Ukraine's territory today should dispel any lingering doubts about the Kremlin's imperialist designs. This is little more than a land grab.

07:11 · September 30, 2022

Khaled Diab

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This botched police operation is transforming Verdyck into a martyr in the eyes of right-wing extremists. This is a side effect of the securitisation of the state which occurred in the wake of 9/11. It didn't work against Islamists, it won't work against the far right.

18:48 · September 29, 2022

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