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2024-02-17 18:40:01 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1EC3D08890C723A0EB1874184342FDD34EB28E99455446A1D1BFC0909288B5A5
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Original Note:
Ian Austin was suspended after complaints that he wrote an Islamophobic tweet. In fact, his tweet was directed at UNRWA, whose buildings have been used by Hamas (who actually are Islamist murderers and rapists) for more than a decade. https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/unrwa-condemns-placement-rockets-second-time-one-its-schools https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/serious-allegations-against-unrwa-staff-gaza-strip Islamist ≠ Islamic or Muslim.
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