There’s been a lot of shitflinging on my TL concerning this tweet. Honestly, I’m not sure. Can the “not touching the opposite sex” thing can be just a quaint local tradition or is this necessarily associated with misogyny and patriarchy?
I don’t think I’ve ever known a Muslim like that but in my experience orthodox jews like that are more likely to be misogynistic than not…
But at the same time, here’s the lady that replied to him:
I think I’m reserving judgement on this one until I know more about him specifically. If he can acknowledge that HTS is horrible and they are the friends of the imperialists and Zionists, then I’m willing to cut him some slack because the criticism is coming from a place of islamophobia.
If he gives unwitting Zionist vibes, then she’s just a shameless Zionist lmao
I saw this lady’s horrible tweet too, but I think it’s fair to say most of the discussion happened outside of its context, before people unearthed it.
That’s fair, but I think it’s always important to keep in mind that when people make broad criticisms of the culture in a majority Muslim country they’re usually not doing so with any amount of nuance or perspective. And it also definitely vindicates the “white woman moment” comment.
It is also just not culturally accepted to touch the opposite sex. She’s a piece of shit