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Issue # 139
June 2017; Ramadan 1438
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Americans hailed as heroes
Zia Ahmad
The three Americans, white males who intervened to stop an Islamophobic attack on two teenagers by a white supremacist terrorist in Portland, USA have been widely hailed as heroes. On Ramadan eve last Friday 26 May, African-American, Destinee Mangnum, 16 and her Hijabi Muslim friend, while travelling on MAX light rail, Portland, Oregon were targeted by Jeremy Joseph Christian, 35 who shouted Islamophobic slurs at them like “get out of my country”, “go kill yourselves”, “go back to Saudi Arabia”, “Muslims should die”. Frightened the girls moved to the back of the train and waited to get out at the next stop. A stranger intervened telling Christian that he “can’t disrespect young ladies like that” and an argument ensued with two more people joining to calm down Christian. Then the terrorist pulled out a knife and stabbed to death two men Ricky John Best, 53 and Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, 23 and injured Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21
who was taken to hospital in a serious condition but is expected to survive. Mr Best of Happy Valley and a father of four died at the scene. The military veteran worked as a technician for the city of Portland. Mr Namkai-Meche of Portland died at the hospital. He had graduated from Portland’s Reed College with a degree in economics last year and had just begun his career working at an environmental consulting agency.
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Mr Namkai-Meche’s mother wrote on her Facebook, “He was a hero and will remain a hero on the other side of the veil. Shining bright star I love you forever.” The surviving hero, Mr Fletcher had won a 2013 poetry competition with a poem condemning Islamophobia. The killer, Jeremy Joseph Christian is alleged to be a Trump supporter and a known local white supremacist. Continued on page 4
Ricky Best & Taliesin Namkai-Meche died while countering Islamophobia.
Fake Sheikh Tawhidi exposed, banned by Facebook
Abu Anees The self-styled “Imam” Mohammad Tawhidi has been exposed on ABC Media Watch Episode 15 aired on Monday 22 May 2017. However, he continues to enjoy the status of being the darling of the conservative media who widely air his Islamophobic rants. Media Watch concluded, “Now we’re not saying Tawhidi has no right to his opinions. But the media really should not be giving him a megaphone. Nor should they be presenting him as a voice of reason and the Imam of Peace, when it’s clear that some of his views are divisive, offensive, abusive and just plain crazy.”
Ironically at the beginning of the fasting month of Ramadan, his Facebook account has now been closed and in frustration he recently vented his anger at Facebook on Twitter: “Imam Tawhidi @Imamofpeace May 27: My Facebook page http://www.fb.com/ imamtawhidi has been taken down without any notice. I am being silenced for criticising radical extremists.” “Imam Tawhidi @Imamofpeace May 27: I am being silenced by @facebook. They’ve issued a Fatwa against my posts and waged Jihad against my account. I shall not be silenced. Mohammad Tawhidi of Iraqi origin was born in Iran and raised in Western Australia. He currently resides in South Australia. He
has made outlandish claims of his genealogy, his association with Islamic scholars and studies at various seminaries. During the last few years he has styled himself as a Muslim religious scholar and leader calling himself Imam for Peace while increasingly attacking Muslims and Islam fomenting religious and sectarian divisions in Australia. He has built a significant following from Islamophobes, white supremacists, Zionists as well as developed a high media profile due to his absurd but headline catching stances on issues affecting Islam and Muslims, both in Australia and overseas. Tawhidi’s radical claims include that Muslims are secretly working to establish an Australian caliphate; Australian
mosques are run by radical Imams producing terrorists; government should listen to Pauline Hanson and ban Muslim immigration; Muslim schools and mosques should be closed; Islamic religious books should be banned and that halal Easter eggs are an “insult” to Christianity. Continued on page 25
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