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Poland PM’s Response to the Brussels Attack Inappropriate Says Atif Fareed

Beata Szydlo
Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo is seen arriving to attend the second day of an European Union Summit held at the EU Council building in Brussels, on March 18, 2016. / AFP / THIERRY CHARLIER (Photo credit should read THIERRY CHARLIER/AFP/Getty Images)




The three suicide bombing attacks that hit Brussels in the morning of March 22, 2016 served as a grim reminder of the Paris attacks that happened in November of last year. The Brussels attacks left 31 people dead and about 300 others injured. Leaders from all around the globe denounced the senseless attacks. Many called for unity in these trying times while some resorted to more drastic measures.



Poland PM Refuses to Take in Immigrants

Fighting in the Middle East has displaced millions of people. Each year, thousands of migrants and refugees die while trying to get to safer soil. Most of the casualties happen at sea as many immigrants risk their lives by travelling in severely overloaded boats. to help keep immigrants safe, the European Union has forged an agreement in which each European country is given a set number of immigrants it must welcome into its custody. After the terrorist attack in Brussels, however, , the Prime Minister of Poland, announced that Poland is closing its doors to all immigrants.

The First EU Member to Abandon Immigrants

The Polish PM states that the move is not retaliation for the three Poles that were injured in the attacks but a necessary step to keep Poland safe since there is no way of guaranteeing none of the immigrants is a terrorist in disguise. Before the attack, Poland has agreed to take in 7000 immigrants this year. The plan, however, was not agreed upon by the previous Prime Minister, not Szydlo. Szydlo insists that his country’s doors will remain closed to refugees until the Polish government is able to guarantee that all of them are really victims and not criminals.

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The Polish PM’s Decision is Making Matters Worse

Atif Fareed, the president of the American Muslim Community Centers, criticized PM Szydlo’s decision. Fareed said that Europe is currently dealing with the worst migrant crisis since the Second World War and one country refusing migrants will likely lead to complications. In 2015 alone, more than 1.2 million refugees fled the Middle East looking for a better life in Europe. Poland is setting a bad example and if other EU countries follow its lead, a significant portion of the 120,000 refugees EU is supposed to house this year will be left without a home.

poland refuses refugees

Atif Fareed calls for unity. Refugees are also victims of the terrorists’ rampage in the Middle East. We should show terrorists that we are not scared. And we should not sacrifice our humanity by turning away those who need help the most, the refugees.

Atif Fareed Thanks the Internet for Standing Up to Islamophobe After the Brussels Attack

One day after the Brussels terror attack that killed 34 people (the three suicide bombers included) and injured more than 300 people, some people most notably GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, were quick to blame all of the 1.6 billion Muslims throughout the world. Atif Fareed, president of the AMCC, believes such blame is irrational. The four men who carried out the attack do represent neither Islam nor the Muslims.

what islamophobe looks like

People who discriminate against Muslims and associate all Muslims to terror attacks are generally referred to as Islamophobes.

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Recently, one Islamophobe named Matthew P. Doyle (@MatthewDoyle31) made waves in the Twitterverse by twitting that he confronted a Muslim woman yesterday in Croydon and asked her to explain Brussels. He said that the Muslim woman simply answered, “Nothing to do with me.” Doyle described the woman’s answer as a mealy mouthed reply. Atif Fareed denounces this tweet as extremely racist and discriminatory. Why should Muslims explain things that terrorists did? Thankfully, Fareed was not alone. Twitter users quickly came to the defense of the said Muslim woman with the following tweets:

    • @TechnicallyRon, “I confronted a dog today & asked him about that time when I was 4 and a dog bit me. “woof” he said. A mealy mouthed reply.”

    • @mrdavidwhitley, “I confronted someone who was eating yesterday in Croydon. I asked her to explain Brussels. She said “Hmmm-nng-mmgh”. A mealy mouthed reply.”

    • “Confronted a bloke with elbow patches in Croydon. Asked him to explain earthquakes. He said “Nothing to do with me”. A mealy mouthed reply.”

    • @LeeJasper, “I confronted a White woman yesterday in Croydon. Asked her to apologize for slavery. She said ‘Nothing to do with me’ A mealy mouthed reply.”

    • @garwboy, “Confronted a self-service machine in Tesco, Asked it to explain Brussels. It said “Please place items in bagging area”. Mealy mouthed reply.”

    • @robbiereviews, “I confronted a man who was eating a bowl of muesli yesterday in Croydon. He said “mmfflfffmufflrgh”. A mealy mouthed reply.”
    • @twlldun, “I confronted an Irish woman. I asked her to explain “Mrs Brown’s Boys: Da movie”. She said “nothing to do with me”. A mealy mouthed reply.”

    • @trabasack, “Confronted a bloke in a lab coat in Croydon. Asked him to explain cancer. He said “Nothing to do with me”. A mealy mouthed reply.”

    • @chinnyhill10, “I confronted a German about bombing my Grandad’s shed in WW2. “Nothing to do with me”. A mealy mouthed reply.”

    • @MikeRossP, “Confronted a plastic bag in Croydon. Asked him to explain the Pacific trash vortex. He said “Nothing to do with me”. A mealy mouthed reply.”

Atif Fareed believes that the responses to Mr. Doyle’s Islamophobic tweet just show that the most of the world believes that terrorists do not represent Islam.

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