Thx Muhammed Malik.
“Of course, the vast majority of us are happy Le Pen didn’t win. And many of us have much to say. If only the world would listen to us and not just to any “Muslim living in the West,” including American Muslim social media personalities who tend to speak the loudest and take up the most space. Could you ask US Muslims not to speak on behalf of French Muslims? Could you ask them not to breathe an unsolicited collective sigh of relief on our behalf when it is we, not they, who are dealing with and will deal with the daily lived realities of islamophobia here in France? Many of us are still trying to catch our breath while many American Muslims sigh in relief on our behalf and chatter loudly on social media without having spent time with any of us in our neighborhoods or masjids in France or without checking in with us on what we think Macron’s election means not just for Muslims but for workers and immigrants on a larger level, as well. Merci, Camarade.”