Muslim Hollywood actor Riz Ahmed: “It’s really scary to be a Muslim right now. Super scary.”
“I’m basically here to ask for your help, because it’s really scary to be a Muslim right now. Super scary. I’ve often wondered, is this going to be the year when they round us up, if this is going to be the year they put Trump’s registry into action.”
Trump’s Muslim registry was always a media fiction with no basis in reality. Meanwhile, “Islamophobic” hate crimes all too often turn out to be faked. The reality is that Muslims generally have it better in the West than they do in many Muslim countries, but that fact is seldom stated, as it interferes with the victimhood narrative. If Riz Ahmed, a rich Hollywood actor, really thinks it’s “super scary” to be a Muslim in the West, he should try being a Christian or a Hindu in Pakistan or Nigeria, or a Jew in any Muslim country.
“Riz Ahmed on Islamophobia: ‘Its super scary to be Muslim in America,'” The News International, June 30, 2019 (thanks to Henry):
British-Pakistani actor Riz Ahmed, one of the few Muslim faces in Hollywood, has used his pedestal to bring to light to the discrimination and hostility the marginalized group faces on an international scale.The 36-year-old ‘Venom’ actor during Creative Artists Agency Amplify leadership summit spoke about the surge of Islamophobia and the Muslim representation in Hollywood.“(Hasan Minhaj) can win a Peabody, I can win an Emmy, Ibtihaj Muhammad can go to the Olympics, but some of these obstacles are systemic and we can’t really face them alone, we need your help,” he said.“I’m basically here to ask for your help, because it’s really scary to be a Muslim right now. Super scary. I’ve often wondered, is this going to be the year when they round us up, if this is going to be the year they put Trump’s registry into action. If this is going to be the year they ship us all off,” he added….
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