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Did the Prophet Muḥammad follow an Arabian religion or religiosity before Islam, that is, before what Muslim accounts label the "Call to Prophecy"? A short thread based on notes for
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THREAD: For Qanons and other truth finders: How to respond when someone tells you that “You sound really crazy right now” Or “That’s a conspiracy theory”: #qanon #thegreatawakening Them: “You
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Judgement at NurembergNovember 20 is the 70th anniversary of Nuremberg which began on Nov 20 1945. This set of 20 tweets discuss the impact of Nuremberg on the post-war world.
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The campaign for a national healthcare system was opposed by the Canadian business community for decades. Before the system was implemented in 1966, they cranked out all kinds of propaganda,
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(Thread) Ever wonder what a Bowl Patrol fanboy looks like? While hunting "Vic Mackey" with @anonymouscommie we found many interesting leads along the way, each of which had to be
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Yesterday, @AmbLindnerIndia, Germany’s Ambassador to India, visited HQ of RSS - a paramilitary directly inspired by European fascist movements (Hitler’s & Mussolini’s) both ideologically & institutionally. He is posing w/pic
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Hooray! Giles Coren has decided to become an anti-racism warrior. Thanks for your piece in response to John Cleese's obviously racist, xenophobic, far right tweet. What would minority groups do
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Following the widely unreported news that Boris Johnson is facing growing condemnation for an “appalling” Tory alliance with neo-Nazi & anti-Muslim parties across Europe, it reminded me how little traction
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Twitter often compels us not to post about certain things out of a fear of legitimizing or dignifying them by giving them attention/oxygen. This is why I have largely ignored
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Greene still trying to do clean-up from all the things she's said/amplified in the past."These were words from the past and they do not represent me. They do not represent
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If you've ever wondered how the Epic of Gilgamesh was translated from its original cuneiform, I have decided to write a thread showing you exactly how. Together, we can translate
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OK, so, I'm biased, but I can't remember the last time I had so much fun watching a show than I did binging @Netflix's "The Queens' Gambit". It is criminally
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THREADHow Christ should be depicted in light of racial controversies.-What is Christ's skin colour?-Why does he have white skin in some depictions?-Can we depict him as a variety of races?Here
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1/ “When a nation's money is no longer a source of security, and when inflation has become the concern of an entire people, it is natural to turn to…other societies
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At least one part of the EU has finally realised it's impossible to work with the abusive regime in Hungary... You can't cooperate with a member state where rule of
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For #ScholarStrike I made a short video about universities' involvement in slavery: https://youtu.be/VDmy9JcnRbc  I hope it will be useful as we think about racial inequality and ongoing violence. This video
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