blood libel - The Chronikler

Bad blood or blood libel: When is criticism of Israel anti-Semitic?

While critics of Israel can be anti-Semitic, many who criticise Israel harbour a deep respect of and love for Jews. Similarly, supporting the Jewish state is not necessarily a manifestation of philo-Semitism and can stem from anti-Semitic motives.

Israel, the puppet master with no strings

Why is Israel, despite being a minor player, is seen by so many Egyptians and others in the region as the master puppeteer behind the crisis in Egypt?

Muhammad al-Durrah and the other ‘blood libel’

By suggesting that Muhammad al-Durrah’s death was staged, Israel’s government may not be the victim of a ‘blood libel’ but the originator of one.

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

We may be posing the wrong question when we ask whether Google's LaMDA is sentient. The more relevant question could be: does or can current or future AIs suffer? #ArtificialIntelligence #AI chronikler.com/2022/06/25/do-…

16:30 · June 26, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

"We're here, we're queer, we won't disappear." After a suspected Islamist extremist killed two and injured 21 at a gay club in Oslo, the city's LGBTQ+ community defiantly marched in pride, countering ugly hate with beautiful love. #oslopride bbc.com/news/world-eur… pic.twitter.com/x8uacKEQq3

07:12 · June 26, 2022

Riada Ašimović Akyol

@riadaaa

For one related perspective, here is an essay “On Being a ‘Muslim’ Atheist” by @DiabolicalIdea in @newlinesmag: newlinesmag.com/first-person/… twitter.com/shadihamid/sta…

08:53 · June 25, 2022 ·

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Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

You shouldn't deport foreign convicts. If a crime was committed under UK jurisdiction, then the UK is responsible for their punishment/reform. twitter.com/WJHWhitbread/s…

18:26 · June 24, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

This is appalling. More than 1.5 centuries after Britain stopped deporting British convicts to Australia, it is now deporting foreign convicts to Albania. And the overwhelmingly xenophobic and racist comments under the Home Office tweet are very worrying. twitter.com/ukhomeoffice/s…

16:23 · June 24, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Less than 50 years after American women gained the constitutional right to abortions, the Supreme Court has handed control over women's bodies to religious nuts. This will imperil women and children alike. #roeoverturned #abortionrights #RoeVsWade npr.org/2022/06/24/110…

15:32 · June 24, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Fracking hell! Rather than draw a lesson from Germany's fossil fuel addiction to argue for speeding up the shift to renewables, the CEO of energy giant E.ON is exploiting the crisis to push for nature-destroying, planet-cooking fracking. #ClimateAction reuters.com/business/energ…

07:28 · June 24, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Even if you dislike Julian Assange, you must oppose @pritipatel's decision to extradite him to the United States. This is not about #Assange. It is about protecting media freedom and holding our leaders to account. theguardian.com/media/2022/ju…

16:41 · June 23, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

@iphi1 @joeyayoub Nope, you're 12cm off.

15:03 · June 23, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

@Deeyah_Khan This earthquake is like a metaphor for the plight of the Afghan people: constantly shaken by seismic forces beyond their control and left to their own devices to deal with the subsequent tragedy.

13:41 · June 23, 2022

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