If paragliders represent Hamas surly these racist slogans are akin to the values of proscribed groups such as National Action, a white supremist neo-Nazi group encouraging race wars. They posted tweets in 2016 in connection with the murder of Jo Cox just as these terrorists are openly talking about “taking out” antiracist campaigners today.
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Hi I’m Mina, a librarian, a reader, an indoor plant enthusiast and now a blogger.
The Olympics and The Politics of Genocide
Although I’m no fan of the original Olympics, with its thirst for blood and misogyny, they were essentially a celebration of extraordinary feats of athletic endeavour. The Olympics were also a religious festival where animals were slaughtered to honour Zeus, King of the Greek gods. The games came to an abrupt end with the advent of Christianity in Europe when in 393 AD, the Christian emperor Theodosius I forbade the celebration of pagan cults, which included the Games. When the games were revived in 1896, in the height of European colonialism, only 14 nations took part, all European with the exception of America.
The Road To Mecca by Muhammad Asad
Asad shares his adventures in a nonlinear narrative. The book starts in the desert of Arabia, with him and his companion Zayd, at the end of their mission, and heading back to Mecca. It is composed of 12 chapters and Asad’s writing is without exception stunning. From his descriptions of the landscape of the desert to Bedouin tribes and people to his explanations and understandings of politics and the human condition, he writes with beauty. There is an effortlessness in the flow of the narrative that makes the time the reader spends with this book similar to the description of time in the desert, you lose yourself entirely within it.
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