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For those who missed it, it seems that the wisdom of Jewish scholars like Hillel the Elder is offensive to those like "Gingit" who seek to bolster support for the actions of Israel's government against innocent folk in Gaza & the illegally occupied West Bank. May God soften the hearts of Zionists.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Haïku du jour Fishing by the Tuul, An exercise in patience, But also of hope. #haikudujour

Two men stand in the shallow water of the River Tuul Туул гол as the low trees' leaves turn brown.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Haïku du jour Today on my walk, A cormorant flew past me. Believe it or not. #haikudujour

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

May God forgive the sins of those who repent & die in faith, & overlook the sins of the believers who committed them in error, having been misguided & found no one to guide them back to the straight path. May God have mercy on us all & deliver us from error. 5pillarsuk.com/2026/09/27/m...

5pillarsuk.com

Manchester Muslim preacher Munir Farooqi dies in prison

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Munir Farooqi, the Manchester Muslim da’ee whose controversial terrorism conviction became the focus of a long-running campaign by his family and supporters, has died in pr...

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

"This should be a national outrage." Robert is clearly incapable of thinking like a plutocrat, for whom saving money through lower taxes is more important than saving lives.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Haïku du jour The "Fromagerie" I order for the first time. Not a hint of cheese! #haikudujour

Stir-fry vegetables and spaghetti at the Fromagerie, Olympic Street, Ulaanbaatar

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Haïku du jour One last butterfly Grasshoppers, midges all gone Not these blue flowers #haikudujour

Irradescent blue flowers contrast with the browns and withered greens on the mountainside

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Normally, I would just reply to such a post, but SpryOldLorax has disabled replies, so here goes... The meme confuses ordinary people registering a protest vote against a corrupt party with terrorists. It's like saying: "All Americans, Trump voters or not, are guilty of today's Zionist terrorism."

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

For UK civil servants, especially retired ones being messed about over their pensions by Capita, please consider signing this petition. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

megaphone.org.uk

Stop the Civil Service Pension Crisis: Bring Pension Administration Back In-House

Civil servants deserve a pension service they can trust. Sign this petition to demand action now.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

It's almost as though the Tory front bench only cares about the reported forced conversion to Islam of white prisoners. The article certainly makes no attempt to explain the reasons behind the varying numbers of chaplains of different faith labels. (1/4) www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08...

telegraph.co.uk

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Is it fair to say that the central tenet of #ChristianNationalism is "Hate thy neighbour"?

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Haïku du jour A pair of old boots Two discarded matching socks Once made for walking #haikudujour

A pair of old boots
Two discarded matching socks
By the side of a dirt track

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Haïku du jour Watching grasshoppers Memories caught in cupped hands Childhood holidays #haikudujour

A green grasshopper on a clay path by a piece of broken concrete

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I was asked a question on transsexuality & Iran, but was blocked before the question could be answered, so here is the Q&A below.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"The era of euphemism is over. [...] We can all now see with our own eyes that our nations are being overwhelmed by cocky, often hostile men from afar." Is this due to an history of trauma of our scepter'd isles being invaded by Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans? spectator.com/article/the-...

spectator.com

We should call the Ceuta border breach an invasion

Spain was invaded yesterday. There is no other way to put it. Close to 50,000 foreigners, mostly men, swarmed into Spanish territory and laughed and jeered as they went. Every generation before ours w...

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

"We cannot rule out the possibility of copycat attacks," warns Germany's interior minister. Anyone with a memory that is strong enough to go back ten years or so can confidently assert that it is a copycat attack. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...

bbc.co.uk

Berlin Pride van ramming likely an 'Islamist terror attack' carried out by German citizen, official says

A woman dies and 29 injured after vehicle hit crowd before a man stabbed people, says minister, as police hunt suspect.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

The 1st part of this headline ("Axel Rudakubana ‘had visits from Muslim Imam at Belmarsh’ before moving to ‘cushy’ secure hospital") is the truth but not the whole truth. The 2nd part is misleading based on accounts of prisoners who have spent time at Broadmoor. www.gbnews.com/news/axel-ru...

gbnews.com

Axel Rudakubana ‘had visits from Muslim Imam at Belmarsh’ before moving to ‘cushy’ secure hospital

The triple child killer will be allowed to visit a multi-faith 'sanctuary' at Broadmoor

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Haïku du jour For discerning bees, Mature pollinators' scent, Lavender flowers. #haikudujour

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

@thehowardleague.bsky.social is right in principle to say "The answer is not more weapons. It is ensuring that prisons offer stable & productive regimes that get people out of their cells and into purposeful activities." But who's willing to argue for higher taxes? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.uk

Ex prison officer calls for more availability of Tasers in jails

Tasers have been deployed to some jails in England for the first time as part of a trial.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Haïku du jour A sign says "Welcome And "my beautiful garden." The beholder's eye! #haikudujour Holiday rental Yorkshire riviera Low-maintenance, ironic "gardening"

Sign on a wall saying "Welcome to my beautiful garden" above a sad and motley array of plant pots, some containing nought but weeds.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Haïku du jour It is hard to tell. Is the seagulls' dawn chorus World Cup related? #haikudujour 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 vs 🇳🇴 #Whitby

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Haïku du jour Seeing a farmer Making hay while the Sun shines, I remember Trump. #haikudujour

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Dear Marilyn @heyfren.bsky.social This thought that you posted seems to appeal to instincts that we have come to associate with members of Mr Trump's MAGA movement. Isn't funny (peculiar) what an effect Mr Trump has had on the American electorate?

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Patriotic American tourists apparently taking advantage of the UK's greater freedom of speech at an undisclosed location. #antifa #8647

Graffiti under a bridge somewhere in the UK, reading "FUCK NAZIS 8647"

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Haïku du jour Snow on the hill tops. Waking up this morning. Not A midsummer night's dream. #haikudujour

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

As the Egyptian saying goes: ياما يلف، ياما يشوف ("The more you wander, the more you see.") Perfectly intertwined #StarOfDavid & swastika on an East Asian clothing company logo

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Haïku du jour All is relative. Dandelions aren't just weeds. Here they are flowers. #haikudujour

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Dear Gavin @aleedscyclist.bsky.social It'll be all of 50 years since I cycled up Blubberhouses & Glasshouses banks before Yorkshire was split up. Happen they're of no interest to you as, though to the West, they're in North Yorkshire now.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I've just been blocked again by yet another apparent Zionist who wished to tell me that the Holocaust was not a lesson for Jews. Perhaps it is that way of thinking, so contrary to the Torah’s explicit teaching, that prevents Zionist Jews from learning from history. biblehub.com/deuteronomy/...

biblehub.com

Deuteronomy 24:18 - Additional Laws

Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

What Mr Hegseth seems to be ignoring is that the threat that D-Day was the beginning of the end of, it came from within Europe & a distorted & infectious form of European civilisation: not Jews & Judaism, but fascism & Nazism, which were then carried to the Middle East. www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Hegseth attacks Europe over migration with beach 'invasion' D-Day speech

The US defence secretary was speaking in Normandy, 82 years after allied forces launched their operation to liberate Nazi-occupied north-western Europe.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Haïku du jour Will it rain today? But "To be or not to be?" Que sera sera. #haikudujour

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The current actions of the Israeli government & the Zionist settlers do the opposite of honour the sacrifice of those who died to liberate Europe from the Nazis & to free the surviving Jews in the death camps. #LestWeForget both the victims of the Holocaust & the antifa who lost their lives in WW2.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Dear @effectivealtruist.bsky.social You've got me wondering what ineffective altruism might be. Are we entering the realm of "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions"? But surely not, as altruism entails action, not merely thinking of acting? Now I'm confusing myself.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Haïku du jour In the dentist's chair Looking up at the night sky Perfectly relaxed #haikudujour

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Dear @hillaryclinton.bsky.social Maybe you can explain to an outsider like me why, at election time, the Democrats have repeatedly allowed the Republicans to appear less enthusiastic about supporting Zionism than they, then what happens happens? Take Al Gore, for example, or Kamala Harris, & you?

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

عيد مبارك blessed Eid Yes, it's today. I was able to get to the mosque (see picture) well before the start of the prayer at 6AM.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Dear @axebloodyspray.bsky.social & @skywatcher1600.bsky.social, I have reflected on your most recent posts, including going back to examine what I sent you in reply; & I'm not sure what, if anything I would change. Sometimes, like with us, folk just don't hit it off. Thank you both for your time.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

It's useful, as a human being, to reflect on such matters.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Haïku du jour It's time for a walk. I am, indeed, fortunate. Oh, to be alive! #haikudujour

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

@femiyahtzee.bsky.social You might enjoy this novel about an ambivalent itinerant Coptic monk set in Egypt and the Levant at a time coinciding with the time of Hypatia's killing in Alexandria. www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/produc...

worldofbooks.com

Azazeel

Set in the 5th century AD, Azazeel is the exquisitely crafted tale of a Coptic monk's journey from Upper Egypt to Alexandria and then Syria during a time of massive upheaval in the early Church. T...

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

It seems to me that some folk with obvious Zionist sympathy on BlueSky are a bit like snipers. They'll fire off a few shots at a target that they've identified as undermining the basis of their ideological belief, & then they'll scarper, destroying any evidence of failure to make a rhetorical kill.

Screenshot showing 3 of my responses to a Zionist apologist marked "Replied to blocked post".

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

First, @jvp.bsky.social @bendthearc.bsky.social @standwithus.bsky.social thank you for asserting peace. You'll have noticed the cynical use of #antisemitic as a slur to attack #antiZionism. Lovely though it is to see #NetureiKarta as a visible Jewish presence at demos against Israel's crimes, 1/2

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

As the StandWithUs banner states, "Education is the road to peace!" If Eli Cohen was a successful spy for Israel in Syria, it's because he was a Jewish Arab or, if you prefer, an Arab Jew, of whom there have been millions. One of my Arabic lecturers was a Jewish Iraqi. Have Zionists learned peace?

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I rather like this explanation for its simplicity. #GreenEnergy #CleanEnergy #CheapEnergy #FossilFuels

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

"After all, who can blame a country for being able to take advantage of another country for the benefit of its citizens? I give China great credit." Hence, by his own admission, Mr Trump is to blame, since his decisions are not "for the benefit of [America's] citizens" who lack insider knowledge.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Ass gratia asses [sic?] Actually, it makes perhaps the greatest ever loser of the world's respect look a bit like #ElvisPresley. (At least to me it does, but how would I know?) www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

independent.co.uk

Pastor leads leads wild dedication ceremony for Trump’s giant gold statue

The president himself called into the ceremony to thank the religious leader and guests in attendance

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Haïku du jour How foolish I was, With the ice gone, a warm breeze, Thinking things had changed. #haikudujour #TACO

A TACO truck parked downtown as I walk back from Friday prayers reminds me of Donald Trump.

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RV @tawwaab.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

To my care-worn followers, I had hoped that the post quoted below would help shed a different light on an argument of the "It can't be antisemitic because he tried to kill a Muslim too" genre. Sadly, the result was that Barny blocked me. So, that's a lesson for me & my naïve #BlueSky thinking.

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