Zara Kay @zarakayk Twitter profile

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Zara Kay

@zarakayk

4 years

Love is love ❤️

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If men are allowed to marry 4 wives and have sex slaves. And we're almost at an equal ratio of sexes. Where do these 72 virgins come from? Will they just appear or will women have a hymen reconstruction surgery before they're given to men? 🤔

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"Feminism should be about men and women speaking to each other as equals. You don't replace Male Chauvinism with Female Chauvinism" @CHSommers Spot on!

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@zarakayk

3 years

Touchdown Australia 🇦🇺. Thank you everyone ❤️

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@zarakayk

5 years

How old were you when you first started wearing hijab? If you have taken it off, how old were you when you did take it off? Question for #Hijabis and #ExHijabis I was 8 when I started 18/19 when I removed it completely. Best memory: showing off my red highlights on my hair.

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@zarakayk

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A 15 yrold girl wrote to me today "I want to die because I don't have my freedom. I don't like the hijab, I can't remove it because my father said he would murder me, it's hard being a black Muslim teenager, I am beaten for every possible small mistake" A #FaithlessHijabi

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@zarakayk

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Allah and I broke up. He's a toxic narcissistic asshole. He hates women, enough to want them covered up and claim women are half of a man's worth. He also hates my gay friends and would be upset when I called him out on it, enough to want me dead. 🤦🏽‍♀️

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@zarakayk

5 years

The #AwesomeWithoutAllah campaign is trending, which is pissing a lot of the Muslim Twitter. I woke up to 30 messages in my inbox, people wishing death to me, calling me a bitch, talking about hellfire, or wanting to kill me. This is exactly why we need to keep fighting. 💪🏽

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@zarakayk

4 years

On behalf of Zara: I'm out on bail, thank you all for the support. I'm still quite traumatised from everything. Please don't stop fighting for me. They can try shaking me, but they won't break me. #JusticeForZaraKay

URGENT ACTION UPDATE 2: DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST ZARA KAY | Council of

31 December 2020 #JusticeForZaraKay #JusticeForZara #StandUpForZaraKay Zara Kay, an Australian citizen and founder of Faithless Hijabi, was summoned to the Dar es-Salaam Oysterbay Police Station on...

www.ex-muslim.org.uk

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@zarakayk

3 years

A friendly reminder.. that I am..

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@zarakayk

1 year

Repeat after me: "Muslims are not a race, and burning the Qur'an is not a hate crime because the Qur'an is a book, not a person. Islam is not a person that needs to be protected." Stop imposing blasphemy laws on us. @anderslindberg

DN Debatt. ”Ändra hatbrottslagen för att stoppa koranbränningarna”

Anders L Pettersson och John Stauffer, Civil Rights Defenders: Koranbränning bör ses som symbolisk avhumanisering av muslimer som minoritetsgrupp i

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@zarakayk

5 years

I am #AwesomeWithoutAllah because I will always support the rights of the #LGBT community. I stand in solidarity with those fighting for #Love . #AllahIsGay otherwise we're #AwesomeWithoutAllah

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1 year

Similar to the Somali girl being beaten up horribly by her brother for dancing on TikTok, this girl also faced the same outcome. And the comments in support of the brother are absolutely filthy. Where is the justice?

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5 years

I am #AwesomeWithoutAllah because puppies! No more feeling like I shouldn't touch dogs because they're najis.

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I am camera shy. So excuse me being so jitrery. #SaveRahaf #SaveSaudiWomen #SaveExmuslims

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@zarakayk

5 years

Well done @Dove appropriating a cloth that is used to subjugate women. Millions around the world have been forced into it because dare they try to go free without it. Why does modesty depend entirely on women? Why is modesty beautiful? #FreeFromHijab

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And more #AwesomeWithoutAllah in support of #WhiteWednesdays and #FreeFromHijab No to #Hijab . No to #GenderApartheid

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I stand in solidarity with everyone fighting for the rights of women and girls. Celebrating a global movement of people who stand up for the rights of women everywhere. #IWD #InternationalWomensDay #IWD19 #DefeatMisogynyWithSupport

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2 years

Om du tycker att uppror i Sverige över att bränna Koranen är illa, titta då på avrättningar i muslimska länder för något så trivialt som att välja att lämna Islam.

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. #AwesomeWithoutAllah because I refuse to be treated like a sexual object by covering my hair to adhere to modesty rules imposed by #Islam on women. I refuse to partake in gender apartheid. #Freefromhijab

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1 year

The irony, woman calling for the death of the Iraqi Quran burner by threatening him to be deported to Iraq and hung to death. - She wouldn't even be walking with her bare arms and her hair out under Sharia law. 🙄

Irakiern Zainab Sattar Rustum hotar annan irakier med att bli hängd i Irak - NewsVoice

Händelsen med Zainab Sattar Rustum har väckt många frågor om vad olika migrationer egentligen handlar om och varför irakier angriper irakier i Sverige.

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5 years

You know what I absolutely hate? ExMuslim girls getting bullied by Muslim Twitter, especially by those who don't wear hijab and claim to have a higher moral ground because they're Muslims. We left your faith. Get over it. We will talk about it. Stop calling us a whore.

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@zarakayk

4 years

Okay so going into the police station because someone reported me in for blasphemy. Good luck

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2 years

So much propaganda. The two schools closed down were investigated and it was found that children were being radicalised. Other Islamic schools have been fine provided they follow secular curriculum. 1/2

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The Swedish government is closing down Islamic schools, despite many of them being among the best performing schools in all of Sweden 🇸🇪

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5 years

Love this! #LondonPride #AllahIsGay #LGBTRights

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@zarakayk

5 years

#DearMuslim women, Do you really believe that your hair can drive a man crazy? Most liberal societies know how to deal with freedom and a female body. And when it comes to self-control, why didn't #Islam impose the harder conditions on men, why #women ?

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4 years

I'm losing all hopes and the Australian Consulate isn't doing a thing. I'm being framed for the mere reason that I fight for human rights. But I know @FaithlessHijabi is in good hands, should anything happen to me. Please never forget that Exmuslims around the world need you.

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@zarakayk

5 years

Suppression of freespeech is the last thing we should be advocating for after the #Christchurch attack. We can't stop hate with silence. We need to speak out against all forms of hate and extremism. Silence doesn't solve problems. It creates them.

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@zarakayk

4 years

This happens. This is barbaric. This is Sharia law. They stopped a small second there, to put her hijab back on, before they continued to throw stones at her.

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@zarakayk

3 years

What. Is. This?

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@zarakayk

5 years

Calling Islam the most feminist religion is an insult to every woman who didn't pick the Religion, to every woman who is in jail right now fighting for civil rights but repressed because of the Islamic regime. Every woman who is forced to wear a Hijab.Lastly, every woman in Islam

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@zarakayk

4 years

I'm an ExMuslim because following Islam wasn't my choice, I was born into it and I CHOSE to reject it and leave. Islam is anti woman, anti gay, anti freespeech and anti choice. There is nothing wrong with my experience of learning more about Islam and leaving.

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@zarakayk

11 months

Might as well denounce your citizenship. Anyone else want to follow because you moved to a country that values free speech over offended feelings? Actual human rights vs religious sentiments.

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@MiddleEastEye

1 year

An Iraqi blogger burned her Swedish passport in response to the repeated incidents of Quran burnings in Sweden

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@zarakayk

3 years

Who wrote the Bible? Love this!

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@zarakayk

4 years

In light of the #NoHijabDay . Here's possibly my first Twitter post on the major appearance change. The only thing I wanted to do, when I was wearing a #hijab , was to let my black hair down. To freedom, in solidarity with all those who struggle to remove the hijab.

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4 years

starting a thread of major appearance changes, like, actually MAJOR

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@zarakayk

5 years

Dear Christians and Hindu Nationalists, If you're looking to leech of #ExMuslims for your irrational hate of #Muslims let me save you the trouble, we're not your allies. We can have a distaste for Islam, but we stand against anti muslim bigotry. Thanks, please unfollow me :)

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I know you have been concerned. I'm doing well, my friends & family have kept me going strong. I want this to be over soon, I don't know what my confirmed charges are, they keep stalling. Thank you for your positive messages in this time, for standing up for me. I will persevere

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You're right, I'm not giving up. I was positively overwhelmed with how much support and love you've all shown me. Thanks for reminding me the warrior I forgot I was. I'm going to fight for my freedom. #JusticeForZaraKay Thank you all for signing.

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@zarakayk

1 year

But death to apostates, blasphemers, LGBT+ people, which is actually hate, is okay? These are texts from your holy book, an idea that no one is obliged to respect. Ideas are not people. Ideas don't have rights. People do.

Abdul Jalil M. Khalaf

@ajmkhalaf

1 year

@TobiasBillstrom @SweMFA Sweden's decision to allow Holy Quran burning is a violation of religious, moral, and cultural values, undermining global civil harmony, and promoting hate speech.

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Hindus: you can't talk about Hinduism, you don't know anything about it. Muslims: you can't talk about Islam, you don't know anything about it. Christians: you can't talk about Christianity, you don't know anything about it. See the trend? Different religion, same shit.

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@zarakayk

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Hijab is rape culture. Hijab promoted the idea that women are "free" to be taken if they don't cover up. That young girls are objects to be preyed on if they don't cover up. This is in Iran, but the mindset is propagated all around the world. #FreeFromHijab #NoHijabDay 1st Feb

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Please don't give up on me I only came to see my family who I hadn't seen in a while and the Khoja Shia Ithnasheri community hated that we had so much love and tried framing me for ridiculous things The threatened us in many ways before. I want to go home

URGENT ACTION UPDATE 2: DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST ZARA KAY | Council of

31 December 2020 #JusticeForZaraKay #JusticeForZara #StandUpForZaraKay Zara Kay, an Australian citizen and founder of Faithless Hijabi, was summoned to the Dar es-Salaam Oysterbay Police Station on...

www.ex-muslim.org.uk

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@zarakayk

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Racism in the Islamic world. We were taught white people had no morals, the South Asian Muslims want to be Arab like, Arab Muslims hate South Asian Muslims. Black Muslims were irrelevant. Women wearing jeans = *white values*. Had to be said, relate anyone?

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@zarakayk

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How did I not see this coming? Exactly why the #Hijab is lethal. Again, why are we encouraging wearing a tool that promotes the burden of modesty onto women. Also one that is patriarchal tool of oppression. Islamists using the attack to their advantage.

Headscarves to support Muslims

A #headscarfforharmony movement is taking place on Friday to support for NZ's Muslim families.

www.stuff.co.nz

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@zarakayk

5 years

The #AwesomeWithoutAllah stirred up the pot. #Muslim Twitter has been awful to #ExMuslims , it's not the harassment that bothers me, it's that people genuinely believe apostates should be killed. If you're not stand up for us & with us, you're on the wrong side of history.

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@zarakayk

3 years

. #ExMuslims in #Afghanistan

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@zarakayk

5 years

Islam: kill them wherever you find them, strike their necks when you meet disbelievers, the worst of the creatures are those who disbelieve Allah, fire for eternity - those who are enemies of Allah. Muslims: don't insult my religion, it's peaceful. 🙄

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@zarakayk

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This whole debate about how Aisha was an adult at the age of 9 is bollocks. Muhammad was over 50, what the fuck was he doing having sex with apparently *an adult* who was 9. Having multiple wives, why wasn't he satisfied with what he had? Fucken apologists 🤦🏽‍♀️

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@zarakayk

5 years

Silence does not stop hate. #2019in5words

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@zarakayk

2 years

#NoHijabDay countering #WorldHijabDay because women should be #FreeFromHijab

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@zarakayk

5 years

How sexually deprived are some Muslim men. This is so disgusting! How weak are these men that showing some skin makes them squirm. Abbas was pleasant to talk to, even if we disagreed on regional morality on killing of Apostates and interpretation.

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@zarakayk

1 year

Sexually Assaulted by her brother in Iraq, Tina refused to go back to Iraq after a holiday in Turkey. When visiting Iraq she was killed by her father "to wash away the shame". This awful treatment of women must end. Rest in power Tiba

‘Honour’ killing of YouTube star sparks outrage in Iraq

Politicians and human rights groups demand justice for Tiba al-Ali after father’s confession

www.theguardian.com

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@zarakayk

4 years

#AwesomeWithoutAllah because humanity means more to me than a God who punishes people based on their gender, sexuality, faith or lack of.

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@zarakayk

4 years

Why..why so sexually deprived Muslims.... Why... This is like my 3rd dick pick this month.

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@zarakayk

1 year

LOL. Okay.. you clearly know what pisses Swedes off. Burning the flag, omg we're so upset. 😂😂😂

♟️Uzair♦️عزیر♟️

@TheSyedHaq

1 year

Roses are red, violets are blue. F**k Sweden, and F**k France too. #FranceRiots #SwedenQuran

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@zarakayk

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To all you #Christian fellas, Don't ask me to consider #Christianity only because I've left #Islam . I hate a religions equally. Maybe some more than others. I don't believe in #God unless you can prove it to me. I'm an #Atheist . I don't want to go from one cult to another. Ty

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@zarakayk

4 years

5 years ago 12 people were killed for drawing Muhammad and even now we face blasphemy laws. How weak is your faith that you would kill people for drawing. Drawing Muhammad is an expression of freespeech. We must protect freespeech. #EndBlasphemyLaws #JeSuisCharlie

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@zarakayk

5 years

Would you like me to go into the theology of it? The hijab is mandatory for Muslim women, further aiding to gender apartheid. Do you even know why Muslim women are required to wear it? It conforms to patriarchy and misogyny by sexualizing women. Many of which don't choose it.

Dove

@Dove

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@SuzanneEvans1 The hijab is a personal choice, one that some of the women featured in our campaign made for themselves. Confidence comes with making your own choices on how you want to be seen, and all the women in Project #ShowUs have shown who they truly are through those choices.

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@zarakayk

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The best part about my "Why I left Islam video" is the men commenting on how ugly I am, and the Christians welcoming me to Christianity. Here's some for you: I'm an anti theist, and I'm pretty af. #AwesomeWithoutAllah

Zara Kay - #ExMuslim - Why I left Islam

2:45 - Ali was the Son In Law of Muhammad. That was a total mistake. This was an intense video :)Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/zarakaykFacebook: ...

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@zarakayk

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Peaceful. So so peaceful. 250 messages, in the past 3 days.

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@zarakayk

5 years

To all the Hindus, trying to guide me on the *right path*, crying because I said their God(s) can fuck themselves. Here's this, if islamists don't scare me, what makes you think hindutvas will? Keep calling me names, slut shame, harass & send those rape threats. I'm not stopping

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@zarakayk

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Left: Luke Perry's celebrating hijab installation Right: Sadaf Ahmadi's exhibition censored due to potential threats by Islamists It's astonishing how the west is continuously rewarding misogynistic acts and punishes those who stand up against it. The subtle form of bigotry.

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@zarakayk

5 years

My shoulders and tummy are shaping well. F*** those who called me fat

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@zarakayk

5 years

When people say respect my beliefs or my God. Here's my very short response: NO. Your beliefs or God do not deserve respect if it contains bad ideas. Human beings deserve to be treated with dignity and respect not ideas. Hate me. I don't really care. :)

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@zarakayk

5 years

'Islam is a religion of peace, if you say that it's not. We will kill you."

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@zarakayk

5 years

Your God or Gods. Deserve no immunity from criticism, insult or ridicule. I find idol worshipping as pathetic as I find believing in a sky daddy be it Allah or Jesus. Blasphemy is my right. Inciting violence is not a deserved reaction. You're no better than an islamist for it.

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@zarakayk

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Why are people so afraid to hold Hinduism at the same level of scrutiny as other ideologies? Hindu men in response have been as sexually abusive, as other Muslims and Christians. Yes some have even threatened to rape and kill me. I am an anti theist, and no, I won't stop.

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@zarakayk

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No court date No confirmed official charge sheet While the police keep harassing me, people responsible for my arrest want to hurt me more I relive my trauma everyday when I walk into the station, a reminder of police brutality I'm being held against my will When will I be free?

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@zarakayk

5 years

Wow. Perv alert. Why are some Muslim men so sexually repressed? A woman praying would turn them on. The fuck?

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@zarakayk

3 years

Islam is not and should not be immune from any criticism. An idea that is inherently misogynistic, encourages homophobia, blasphemy laws and apostasy laws. Shouldn't need any protection from scrutiny.. Scrape Islamophobia

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@zarakayk

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People who are outside of Afghanistan, think the Taliban ruling or Sharia law is good, should trade their citizenship and places with Afghanis who want nothing to do with that Your prayers are simply not enough if you're not condemning their religious extremism, you're an enabler

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@zarakayk

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My friend @AlinejadMasih 's family are paying the price of her fight to empowering women against forced #Hijab , against misogyny. #WhiteWednesdays has been a powerful tool used by women in #Iran to fight for their freedom. What are we doing about it?

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@zarakayk

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Facebook banned me for receiving rape & death threats from some #Muslims . Over 4000+ comments 600+ messages all calling me a whore, wanting to rape and kill me, photoshoping my photos on porn images. And no action has been taken against them at all? Contacts at @Facebook ?

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@zarakayk

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Mental. This is absolutely mental! Wtf is wrong with people. How are people silent about this?

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@zarakayk

4 years

Another wave of Islamists on my Instagram :)

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@zarakayk

5 years

Yes I'm an ExMuslim anti-theist, yes I don't agree with Islam on a lot. And no I won't be used for your far right agenda. I will not help you build a narrative to hate all Muslims. I will challenge bad ideas no matter what ideology or Religion they come from.

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@zarakayk

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Thank GOD for twitter we've now got a trending hastag. #AllahIsACunt You won't SILENCE us. If you really want to ban hate speech. Ban the religious books and the recitation of it. They promote misogyny and violence.

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@zarakayk

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My investigating officer *off the record* asked me why I left Islam & wanted me to come back to the *beautiful religion* He questioned other members of my family about my social media posts on Islam, saying "How could I even post them" Before they announced the immigration charge

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@zarakayk

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I was rooting for Morocco to win, but in so many ways when the narrative of football was stolen to somehow be a praise for Islam, I lost the willingness to continue rooting for it. It makes me wonder if people can actually disassociate politics/beliefs with other activities.

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@zarakayk

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All this love on my birthday ❤️ #Islam teaches men to respect women by calling them #bitches 😂

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@zarakayk

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#AsAnExMuslimWoman I receive constant harassment from some #MuslimMen . From calling me an attention seeker to a prostitute. From saying I should be raped and killed to cyber bullying. Is this what #islam is about?

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@zarakayk

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I know that many Muslims have wanted me to fail. But I am really tired. I've been working all week on helping another Muslim woman get out of her abusive marriage in Lebanon, and then I receive some randoms dick pic, and today angry British Pakistani girls just ..(1)

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@zarakayk

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Dear #Australians 🇦🇺, Along with other #ExMuslims I'll be speaking with @ArminNavabi at conferences below. Recognising minorities -the #ExMuslims and their rights, empowering them to take a stand for reason. Melbourne: Sydney:

Losing Your Religion

Losing Your Religion: Ex-Muslims Speak Out A conference on the plight of ex-Muslims, their persecution and their human rights.Losing your religion can be hard, but for some, it can be fatal. For a...

www.eventbrite.com.au

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@ArminNavabi

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I'm speaking at conferences in #Sydney and #Melbourne along with other Ex-Muslims addressing the plight of Ex-Muslims in Islamic countries. Join us: 🇦🇺 Melbourne: 🇦🇺 Sydney:

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Hilarious that Muslims are protesting outside Swedish embassies in Muslim majority countries because of a book burning, but can't see that they actually have constitutions to persecute Muslims who abandon their faith or are LGBT.

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@zarakayk

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It's really funny when #Muslims try scaring #ExMuslims with the idea of hell, mate we left your violent religion and sadistic God, we don't believe in hell, what makes you think your words will move us? 🤦🏽‍♀️ And again, we're #AwesomeWithoutAllah

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@zarakayk

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This whole idea of respecting people's beliefs is ridiculous. Ideas aren't immune to scrutiny or mockery. It's hypocritical that one can talk about other's beliefs, but no one can talk about theirs because *it's insulting* Blasphemy is my right. Offense is not a right.

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@zarakayk

1 year

#WomanLifeFreedom #NoHijabDay2023 #worldhijabday2023

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@zarakayk

4 years

#Hijab wasn't forced on me, it was coerced on me by the fear of hell. I always thought my beauty needed to be covered to be truly appreciated. But it was a lie, what I wore was never the problem. It was the degradation that not only Muslim men but women imposed when I took it off

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@zarakayk

4 years

In light of the #NoHijabDay . Here's possibly my first Twitter post on the major appearance change. The only thing I wanted to do, when I was wearing a #hijab , was to let my black hair down. To freedom, in solidarity with all those who struggle to remove the hijab.

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Zara has been required to report to the police station daily, often being made to wait hours for no reason. Tanzanian police are employing delay tactics. Why? Why no court date? Zara has done nothing wrong. Her Australian passport should be returned she allowed to leave country.

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Zara Kay

@zarakayk

4 years

Blasphemy is my right. If you're for Charlie Hebdo publishing Muhammad cartoons. You can't complain when people do the same for other Religions. It's only a cartoon. Surely your God isn't that weak to need you to protect them. #JeSuisCharlie #KaliGodess

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@zarakayk

5 years

#Quran 4:34 Oh how lucky and honourable are we, to not be beaten on our faces. . So lucky that #Muslim men can beat their wives if she says no to #Sex So blessed. 🙄 Did some woman say she was proud to be a Muslim?

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@zarakayk

5 years

With the rise of #ExMuslims on social media, can we use this thread to introduce all the newbies and celebrate the oldies on here. Where are you from? And what was your seed of doubt? Since leaving, what do you appreciate the most now? What do you miss the most? Go.

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@zarakayk

5 years

If you think women need to cover their hair to protect themselves than the problem is your thinking. Not what they wear. #HijabIsRapeCulture

Ansar Abbasi

@AnsarAAbbasi

5 years

#Hijab_is_Protection

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Zara Kay

@zarakayk

5 years

Apparently there is a specific rule created to limit freespeech. Don't talk about Islam because it's offensive. Every other idea or religion is fine. Talking about Islam, is aiding to hate against Muslims *Sarcasm* No religion has a phobia next to it, but Islam does. Guess why?

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Zara Kay

@zarakayk

5 years

I'm sure u don't feel oppressed because you choose to wear it. Muslim women don't, it is mandatory in Islam to wear it & guess why? Women are responsible to cover themselves from the lustful eyes of men How empowered do you feel now? When millions are fighting in Iran against it?

barefootwriter, MA

@bfwriter

5 years

@IlhanMN I'm just here to tweet in solidarity after seeing all the nasty replies. I'm a crazy agnostic, but here's me after a grad school friend invited me to pray with her. and reader: I did not feel oppressed.

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Zara Kay

@zarakayk

5 years

#WhenIWasAMuslim I was told non Muslims would deviate me from the right path. I was told I couldn't eat food cooked by non monotheists, because I wouldn't be able to pray as it was Najis(Impure). So I kept my distance. I didn't realise I subtly partaking in apartheid.

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Zara Kay

@zarakayk

3 years

They took away my rights, *lost* my passport while in their custody, lied about my arrest and made me lose everything I worked so hard for. My charges were withdrawn as they had NO grounds to arrest me at all. I remain at risk unable to leave Tanzania.

Australian citizen Zara Kay at risk in Tanzania

An Australian citizen and human rights defender, Zara Kay, has suffered unlawful and arbitrary detention, intimidation, harassment and serious threats to her safety in Tanzania, wh

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@zarakayk

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#SpeakersCorner MuslimMan: how has your life improved since leaving Islam? Me: I don't have to believe in an inexistent being, I don't have to hate homosexuals or non believers, I can do & wear what I want Him: so you wearing provocative clothes & men leering you is a good thing?

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Zara Kay

@zarakayk

5 years

I have the utmost respect for @jacindaardern who is a perfect example of a country's leader. But please stop appropriating #hijab . The same thing that you're casually wearing on your head, is forced on to millions of women. #FreeFromHijab #Christchurch

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