Zahra Billoo

Zahra Billoo @ZahraBilloo

RT @SophiaArmen: This is what happens @womensmarch board when you bend to racists. They are the only ones who applaud you. Defend Musli… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @HaleemaTheB: @womensmarch You can’t pick and choose what women you want to include in your movement. It’s all of us or none of us. We m… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JamiahAdams: Sister @ZahraBilloo has been and continues to be entrenched in the struggle - she is a fierce advocate for the American um… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lsarsour: Free Palestine. That’s it. That’s the tweet. 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RashidaTlaib: #FreePalestine always sis! They won't silence us for speaking out against human rights violations. They will lie, smear o… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cairGLA: The district office of Congressman @BradSherman confirmed he is NOT attending the Howdy, Modi event this weekend. Thank you… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @adc: ADC condemns the abhorrent decision of @womensmarch to remove @ZahraBilloo from the board of directors. A lifelong advocate of s… — PolitiTweet.org

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So grateful for my sisters @SophiaArmen and @xoamani at @MuslimGirl: The @WomensMarch Has Officially Co-Signed Islamophobia (Seriously) https://t.co/AaXIjSS5L8 — PolitiTweet.org

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ICYMI, from @Mondoweiss: @womensmarch cuts ties with board member following 'Islamophobic smear campaign' https://t.co/aua8NsQ18Y — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MadinahForDE: "If elected, Wilson-Anton would be the first Muslim-American to serve in the state legislature." Let's make history toge… — PolitiTweet.org

Zahra Billoo @ZahraBilloo

Making time to pray in Allah’s house, these in person interactions, and now returning to countless messages of support for my work and principled positions is a beautiful thing. Alhamdulillah. — PolitiTweet.org

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Our faith, community, and allies gives me hope. I have been off social media all day. Between the meetings for @CAIRSFBA and the incoming stream of calls about everything going on, I disconnected to maintain my wellbeing. — PolitiTweet.org

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I pointed around the corner and said it wasn’t far and I should be ok. He replied, “sister, you are a diamond and we protect our diamonds.” I obliged and he saw me to my car safely. — PolitiTweet.org

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After Maghrib and iftar, I decided to head home. It’s been a week of sorts and I didn’t want to get home too late. It was dark outside. As I left the building, a brother followed me. He approached me cautiously outside, “sister, where is your car?” — PolitiTweet.org

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Still, I know and love the people at the chapters who were blindsided by this decision and have been speaking out in my support. — PolitiTweet.org

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I explained to her that local Women’s March organizations are separate and distinct from Women’s March, Inc. and their new national board. But I could see her hesitation. — PolitiTweet.org

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She said, “I took my daughter to the first march, but now I don’t know if I should go back after what they did to you. This is an attack on all Muslim women and Palestine rights activists.” — PolitiTweet.org

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I told her that it was disappointing but from Allah, and so now we know this new board will sacrifice our community and yet we must continue our principled work. — PolitiTweet.org

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As I walked in, I saw a sister I know and she immediately embraced me. After a few minutes of conversation, she broached the subject, “how are you feeling about the whole @womensmarchct, Inc. fall out?” — PolitiTweet.org

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After a long several days, I thought it would be helpful to spend my evening at the masjid. It just so happened that I was near one of my favorite ones, the @lighthousemasjd. — PolitiTweet.org

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وَلَقَدْ فَتَنَّا الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ صَدَقُوا وَلَيَعْلَمَنَّ الْكَاذِبِينَ And certainly We tried those before them, so Allah will certainly know those who are true and He will certainly know the liars. — PolitiTweet.org

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أَحَسِبَ النَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوا أَن يَقُولُوا آمَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We believe, and not be tried? — PolitiTweet.org

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You will find me speaking out against settler colonialism everywhere, challenging Islamophobia and all forms of racism and bigotry, and building with Muslims and our allies in our quest to be our most authentic and liberated selves. Onward, God willing. -End — PolitiTweet.org

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I will continue my work as a civil rights lawyer and a faith based activist. 24/ — PolitiTweet.org

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My beliefs drive my work and I am not seeking accolades or positions of power. These past few days have been the greatest test of that. My integrity, my truth, and my strength comes from God and a place of deep conviction. 23/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I am happy to have as many conversations as it takes to listen and learn and heal, but I will no longer be able to do that through Women's March, Inc. This action today demonstrates that this new leadership is unable and unwilling to be an ally during challenging times. 22/ — PolitiTweet.org

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It is not my first time being the target of a smear campaign. The Women's March, Inc., more than any place, is where I would have expected us to be able to have courageous conversations and dive deep into relationship building work. 21/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I have led the team that forced Abercrombie to change its discriminatory policies, have been arrested advocating for DACA, partnered w/Jewish organizations including @jewishaction and @jvplive to protect our communities, and was one of the first lawyers to sue the President. 20/ — PolitiTweet.org

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I came to Women's March, Inc. to work. My body of work has included leading @CAIRSFBA a chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization for over a decade, growing it now more than six fold. 19/ — PolitiTweet.org

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These efforts were rejected. And in rejecting these efforts, the new Women’s March, Inc. board demonstrated that it lacks the courage to demonstrate allyship in the face of fire. 18/ — PolitiTweet.org