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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

This speaks VOLUMES. First white South Africans arrive in U.S. under Trump’s radically redrawn refugee program - NPR

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Oscar-winning Palestinian director of ‘No Other Land’ assaulted by Israeli settlers in the West Bank - CNN

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

If you look around, you’ll find public schools helping Muslim students feel comfortable fasting in Ramadan in ways that’s not proselytizing or detracting from the school day. In a time when DEI is in administration’s crosshairs, it’s a balm to the soul. @rns.org religionnews.com/2025/03/17/e...

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Every Ramadan, more US schools are embracing the needs of fasting Muslim students

(RNS) — Public schools are learning to empower their Muslim students so they can be their authentic selves in a place they spend much of their lives.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Crowdsourcing: would love to speak with anyone who has lead hajj travel groups or recently went to hajj, maybe plans to go - about these new hajj rules. Comment below.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

The executive orders are coming fast and sometimes it's hard to discern what are real threats and what are smoke & mirrors. Two orders in particular are worrying Muslim, Arab, Palestinian and several other minority Amerian groups in this country. My latest for RNS. religionnews.com/2025/02/03/w...

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What could be worse than the Muslim ban? Plenty.

(RNS) — Trump's executive orders are open to interpretation, making it difficult for Muslim communities to discern what is smoke and mirrors and what is meant to deflect from something else.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Ummmmm … you know who is helped by Medicaid? My profoundly autistic son D and his peers. Millions of others. Whether this part of the freeze was temporary or not, WTH? And that’s just one part of it. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...

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Medicaid Portal That Provides Federal Funding to States Stops Working, Officials Say

The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty for patients, doctors, hospitals and others.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Banning TikTok was Trump’s thing in his first term. Now he’ll get accolades. I get that this app is very important to those who have done good and have livelihoods because of it. It also has a bad underbelly. I wish sensible gun laws would get such attention/action. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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TikTok restoring services in US after Trump pledge

TikTok is resuming services to its 170 million users in US after President-elect Donald Trump said he would give the app a reprieve.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

What a story. “The Cal Fire helicopter team had one job: slow down the fire so that their fellow firefighters on the ground could successfully contain the blaze. It is a task that their helicopters are perfectly engineered to perform.” www.bbc.com/news/resourc...

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Fighting LA's fires from the sky - BBC News

How helicopter crews are fighting wildfires in Los Angeles

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Having a guy who is 15 months into arming & funding an active genocide brag about his human rights legacy is just about the most Orwellian and contemptible act of political theater I've seen in my life.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

News of AlMaghrib Quran instructor Wisam Sharieff being charged on acts of sexual abuse roiled Muslim communities. Why are survivors often pushed to forgive? Why do communities make excuses? My latest column for Interfaith America. www.interfaithamerica.org/article/excu...

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Why Are Too Many Still Making Excuses for Faith Leaders Engaging in Sexual Abuse? - Interfaith America

Without systemic changes in sexual and spiritual abuse, boundaries, precautions, communication, and vigilance is what we have in our toolbox.

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Omar Baddar @omarbaddar.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

There have been many horrible atrocities in history, but if you told me you could livestream the systematic shredding of children EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. for over a year and the world would just let it continue, I would've called you a liar. Week 62 of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Shame on humanity.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

A second grader called 911 to report a school shooting yesterday in Madison, Wisconsin. Let’s sit with that.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

How do you prepare your disabled child to move out of your home and let go of whatever faith & family traditions you’ve nurtured in their life? Is it stupid to worry about this when there are so many priorities to consider? My piece for Interfaith America: www.interfaithamerica.org/article/fait...

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Faith, Disability and Leaving Home - Interfaith America

This National Family Caregivers month Dilshad D. Ali hopes for more religious-centered disabled living communities.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

I applaud scientists for trying to save polar ice caps. But this is like trying to combat symptoms and not addressing root problems - which is out of the hands of these scientists and in the hands of world super powers who have royally mucked this up. www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...

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A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. But scientists warn of big risks | CNN

Deep in the Canadian Arctic, scientists and entrepreneurs brave sub-zero temperatures, whipping winds and snowstorms to drill holes through the sea ice to pump out the seawater below and freeze it on ...

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

You don’t have to celebrate Christmas to enjoy a good Christmas movie now and again - I’m talking yippee ki yay Die Hard. Good Monday morning to you all!

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Not me tearing up over the Great British Bake Off semi final episode. It’s been a week.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

I’ve watched several journalists and media personalities pivot to substack, and others looking to grow a niche audience. But will this company ever become profitable? www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...

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Substack’s Great, Big, Messy Political Experiment

The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But profits remain elusive.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

It’s not surprising- extrapolate it across the country.

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Dilshad D. Ali @dilshaddali.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The Guardian defines the parameters of the warrants within international law. Those states that are signatories to The Rome Statue must abide by the warrants and arrest them, regardless of whether Israel is a signatory. www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n... www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

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ICC issues arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged Gaza war crimes

Warrants for Israeli PM and former defence minister put them at risk of detention if they go to some other countries

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