History and Politics

 This was an X post -  Is that the religion that flies airplanes into buildings, bl*ws up buses in London, st*bs little girls at dance class, b*mbs pop concerts, and grooms little girls for r*pe gangs? Is this racism? Thought for 43s Short answer: the X post is Islamophobic. It takes atrocities carried out by a tiny minority of violent Islamist extremists and smears an entire religion. In UK law, religion is a protected characteristic; targeting “Muslimness or perceived Muslimness” is recognised as a form of racism/anti-Muslim hatred. Equality and Human Rights Commission +2 GOV.UK +2 What the post lists (and what’s true) “Planes into buildings” — 9/11 was perpetrated by al-Qaeda, an Islamist terror group; that does not implicate all Muslims. GovInfo +1 “Blowing up buses in London” — the 7/7 attacks (including the Tavistock Square bus) were four coordinated suicide bombings by UK-based Islamist terrorists. Wikipedia +2 Encyclopedia Britannica +2 “Bombing pop co...

 X - post Anthony, 31, has been made homeless in Uxbridge by his landlord to make way for migrants. He went to work & when he came back they had changed the PIN, the locks & moved the migrants in. He went to the council & has to upload bank a/c statements, tenancy agreement & expenditure. The migrants disposed of all of their ID. One of the people putting up flags took him in. ---------------------------------------------------------- ChatGTP could find no evidence of this. That doesn't mean it is not true - but even if it is true, it has been used to fuel hatred against the asylum seekers, when the villain in this piece would be the landlord who would have done something illegal (evict without proper process) not asylum seekers being housed). From ChatGCT Short answer: I can’t find any credible evidence for this Uxbridge story beyond copies of the same social-media clip/text. There’s no report from reputable outlets, no statement from Hillingdon Council, an...

So basically only something like 5% of baby names in England are of Muslim origin.   In short: “Muhammad” (specifically that spelling) was the most popular boys' name in England and Wales in 2024 , making it No. 1 for the second year in a row. Here's why: 📊 What the official data shows According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in 2024 , 5,721 baby boys were registered with the name Muhammad , making it the top boys’ name in England and Wales The Sun +9 Sky News +9 The Sun +9 The Sun +4 The Sun +4 The Sun +4 . In 2023 , Muhammad also led the list for the first time, overtaking Noah and remaining ahead ever since Office for National Statistics +5 The Guardian +5 The Sun +5 . 🌍 Why it is so popular 1. Cultural and religious tradition Muhammad is deeply meaningful in Muslim families—it's the name of the Prophet and seen as an expression of respect and heritage. Muslim parents often register their sons with this name, even if they use a mid...

Comment from X  The arab countries actually tried having the Palestians. They were kicked out of Jordan in 1970 after trying to assassinate the King of Jordan. And they were kicked out of Kuwait after siding with Saddan Hussein when he invaded the country. The Egyptians learned it too after Palestians killed 16 border guards in 2012 which actually led the Egyptians to close the border to Gaza. And in Libanon every single ethnicity hates the Palestinians too because all they do is engage in war and violence. So there you have it. The Arab countries learned it the hard way. And they would rather have their countries raided by wild fires and locusts than welcoming the Gazans in large numbers. critique this This comment contains numerous issues—factual oversimplifications, inflammatory generalisations, and a lack of historical and geopolitical context. Here's a detailed critique: 1. Historical Oversimplification Jordan 1970 ("Black September") : Yes, the PLO clas...

  Jason Bartlett @Jason2bartlett · Jul 13 Fact of the day: White South Africans built a fully functional nation, one of the richest in the world. Black South African tore it down, burnt it to the ground, destroyed the economy, destroyed the infrastructure and ruined a once beautiful nation and stole everything. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🔥 CLAIM: “White South Africans built a fully functional nation, one of the richest in the world.” ✅ FACTS: White South Africans built a system of apartheid — a racially segregated regime that violently excluded the Black majority from economic and political participation for nearly five decades (1948–1994). GDP per capita under apartheid was high for whites , but the majority Black population lived in poverty. In the 1980s, the poverty rate among Black South Africans was over 50% , while White South Africans lived in a first-world bubble. The economy was heavily relia...