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The ghettoisation of Danish politics

By Khaled Diab The Danish government plans to force minorities out of what it classes as “ghettos”, but its Denmark’s

One year on: The curing power of solar energy in Gaza

Gaza’s devastated infrastructure and fuel shortages cause avoidable deaths. A crowd-funded initiative will save lives with solar power in hospitals.

Fiction: Us old guys

“We never regret. Us old guys never regret.” They both chuckled and gave a nod of goodbye.

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

Islamism has presented terribly to the Muslim world, from the ayatollahs in Iran, to the mullahs in Afghanistan, to the jihadis of the Islamic state, who launched a vicious and deadly cultural war against their fellow citizens, even other conservative believers. twitter.com/useful010/stat…

06:53 · October 5, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

When people write to me as 'Caleb' or 'Kaleb', I feel like a Biblical character or possibly a Mormon. This phenomenon used to annoy me. Now it just puzzles me. Are they not paying attention or do they think I can't spell my own name?

15:35 · October 4, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

That billionaires like Elon Musk and his cronies are "driven more by vibes and grievances than due diligence" is only a revelation to those who bought into the myth that billionaires are geniuses. We urgently need to build a world without billionaires. chronikler.com/reflections/ec… twitter.com/TheAtlantic/st…

07:08 · October 4, 2022

Khaled Diab

@DiabolicalIdea

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

@DiabolicalIdea

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

@DiabolicalIdea

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

@DiabolicalIdea

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

@DiabolicalIdea

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

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