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1. Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 22:49:15 JST Aral Balkan

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   • Proletarian Rage

   @prolrage I just really wish they wouldn’t call it “Islamophobia.” There are very real reasons to be vary of ideologies as toxic as Islam, Christianity, etc., without being bigoted/racist against people who might have been born into them.

   “Muslimophobia” I can understand. Islamophobia, no. (And no, the difference isn’t just academic.)

   https://ar.al/notes/islam-is-privilege/

   • Proletarian Rage (prolrage@todon.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 22:49:16 JST Proletarian Rage

     in reply to

     What’s behind #Germany’s raging #Islamophobia?
     https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/9/18/whats-behind-germanys-raging-islamophobia
     "The historical parallel here is hard to miss: far-right forces are rising, as a racist hysteria targeting one racialised group of people spreads through the German state and society. History may not repeat itself fully. Mass extermination may be replaced by mass expulsion as the far-right concept of “remigration” is quickly gaining ground; it has long left the far-right fringe to become increasingly more mainstream."
     #racism #racialprofiling #RacialCapitalism #farright #fascism

   • Proletarian Rage (prolrage@todon.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Jan-2025 22:49:17 JST Proletarian Rage

     "Qantara portal, which publishes content in English, German and Arabic, operated successfully for more than 20 years, seemingly with no editorial guidance from the German government. This changed, however, when it began publishing content critical of German debates on anti-Semitism in the context of the #Gaza #genocide. Earlier this year, it was announced that Qantara would be restructured, and its management would be transferred from Deutsche Welle to the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen – IFA),  which is affiliated to and funded by the Federal Foreign Office.
     ...German Foreign Minister Annalena #Baerbock suggesting in an interview that concerns about content published by Qantara, particularly content on anti-Semitism, were a factor in the decision.
     ...With this one article, published under the editorial control of a Foreign Office-affiliated institute, the #German government burned its “bridge” to the Islamic world."
     #germany #germancomplicity #racism #antimuslimischerrassismus #StateRacism #antisemitismus #warmongers #warcrimes
     https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/8/29/how-germany-burned-its-bridge-to-the-islamic-world