Dilshad D. Ali
@dilshaddali.bsky.social
Columnist at Interfaith America, religion/disability journalist/editor/writer. Advisory board at Religion News Service, BOD Muhsen, ASCV. Fixer of giant slinkys. Always learning autism advocate. Posts are my own.
This speaks VOLUMES.
First white South Africans arrive in U.S. under Trump’s radically redrawn refugee program - NPR
First white South Africans arrive in U.S. under Trump’s radically redrawn refugee program - NPR
May 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This speaks VOLUMES.
First white South Africans arrive in U.S. under Trump’s radically redrawn refugee program - NPR
First white South Africans arrive in U.S. under Trump’s radically redrawn refugee program - NPR
Death by a firing squad, as a fellow mother of a disabled adult son called it. Words cannot describe the outrage. www.npr.org/2025/04/12/g...
Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support
An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, h...
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April 13, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Death by a firing squad, as a fellow mother of a disabled adult son called it. Words cannot describe the outrage. www.npr.org/2025/04/12/g...
Oscar-winning Palestinian director of ‘No Other Land’ assaulted by Israeli settlers in the West Bank - CNN
March 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Oscar-winning Palestinian director of ‘No Other Land’ assaulted by Israeli settlers in the West Bank - CNN
If you look around, you’ll find public schools helping Muslim students feel comfortable fasting in Ramadan in ways that’s not proselytizing or detracting from the school day. In a time when DEI is in administration’s crosshairs, it’s a balm to the soul. @rns.org
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Every Ramadan, more US schools are embracing the needs of fasting Muslim students
(RNS) — Public schools are learning to empower their Muslim students so they can be their authentic selves in a place they spend much of their lives.
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March 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
If you look around, you’ll find public schools helping Muslim students feel comfortable fasting in Ramadan in ways that’s not proselytizing or detracting from the school day. In a time when DEI is in administration’s crosshairs, it’s a balm to the soul. @rns.org
religionnews.com/2025/03/17/e...
religionnews.com/2025/03/17/e...
Crowdsourcing: would love to speak with anyone who has lead hajj travel groups or recently went to hajj, maybe plans to go - about these new hajj rules. Comment below.
February 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Crowdsourcing: would love to speak with anyone who has lead hajj travel groups or recently went to hajj, maybe plans to go - about these new hajj rules. Comment below.
The executive orders are coming fast and sometimes it's hard to discern what are real threats and what are smoke & mirrors. Two orders in particular are worrying Muslim, Arab, Palestinian and several other minority Amerian groups in this country. My latest for RNS.
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religionnews.com/2025/02/03/w...
What could be worse than the Muslim ban? Plenty.
(RNS) — Trump's executive orders are open to interpretation, making it difficult for Muslim communities to discern what is smoke and mirrors and what is meant to deflect from something else.
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February 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The executive orders are coming fast and sometimes it's hard to discern what are real threats and what are smoke & mirrors. Two orders in particular are worrying Muslim, Arab, Palestinian and several other minority Amerian groups in this country. My latest for RNS.
religionnews.com/2025/02/03/w...
religionnews.com/2025/02/03/w...
Ummmmm … you know who is helped by Medicaid? My profoundly autistic son D and his peers. Millions of others. Whether this part of the freeze was temporary or not, WTH? And that’s just one part of it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...
Medicaid Portal That Provides Federal Funding to States Stops Working, Officials Say
The outage at least temporarily jeopardized payments the federal government makes to state programs, and sowed uncertainty for patients, doctors, hospitals and others.
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January 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Ummmmm … you know who is helped by Medicaid? My profoundly autistic son D and his peers. Millions of others. Whether this part of the freeze was temporary or not, WTH? And that’s just one part of it.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/u...
Banning TikTok was Trump’s thing in his first term. Now he’ll get accolades.
I get that this app is very important to those who have done good and have livelihoods because of it. It also has a bad underbelly. I wish sensible gun laws would get such attention/action.
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I get that this app is very important to those who have done good and have livelihoods because of it. It also has a bad underbelly. I wish sensible gun laws would get such attention/action.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
TikTok restoring services in US after Trump pledge
TikTok is resuming services to its 170 million users in US after President-elect Donald Trump said he would give the app a reprieve.
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January 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Banning TikTok was Trump’s thing in his first term. Now he’ll get accolades.
I get that this app is very important to those who have done good and have livelihoods because of it. It also has a bad underbelly. I wish sensible gun laws would get such attention/action.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I get that this app is very important to those who have done good and have livelihoods because of it. It also has a bad underbelly. I wish sensible gun laws would get such attention/action.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What a story.
“The Cal Fire helicopter team had one job: slow down the fire so that their fellow firefighters on the ground could successfully contain the blaze. It is a task that their helicopters are perfectly engineered to perform.”
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“The Cal Fire helicopter team had one job: slow down the fire so that their fellow firefighters on the ground could successfully contain the blaze. It is a task that their helicopters are perfectly engineered to perform.”
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Fighting LA's fires from the sky
- BBC News
How helicopter crews are fighting wildfires in Los Angeles
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January 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
What a story.
“The Cal Fire helicopter team had one job: slow down the fire so that their fellow firefighters on the ground could successfully contain the blaze. It is a task that their helicopters are perfectly engineered to perform.”
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“The Cal Fire helicopter team had one job: slow down the fire so that their fellow firefighters on the ground could successfully contain the blaze. It is a task that their helicopters are perfectly engineered to perform.”
www.bbc.com/news/resourc...
Death toll “may have been missed 25,000 deaths” - no kidding.
via @NYTimes
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via @NYTimes
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Estimated Gaza Toll May Have Missed 25,000 Deaths, Study Says
Analysis found that more than 64,000 Palestinians may have been killed by traumatic injury in the first nine months of the war.
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January 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Death toll “may have been missed 25,000 deaths” - no kidding.
via @NYTimes
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/h...
via @NYTimes
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Having a guy who is 15 months into arming & funding an active genocide brag about his human rights legacy is just about the most Orwellian and contemptible act of political theater I've seen in my life.
January 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Having a guy who is 15 months into arming & funding an active genocide brag about his human rights legacy is just about the most Orwellian and contemptible act of political theater I've seen in my life.
News of AlMaghrib Quran instructor Wisam Sharieff being charged on acts of sexual abuse roiled Muslim communities. Why are survivors often pushed to forgive? Why do communities make excuses? My latest column for Interfaith America.
www.interfaithamerica.org/article/excu...
www.interfaithamerica.org/article/excu...
Why Are Too Many Still Making Excuses for Faith Leaders Engaging in Sexual Abuse? - Interfaith America
Without systemic changes in sexual and spiritual abuse, boundaries, precautions, communication, and vigilance is what we have in our toolbox.
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December 21, 2024 at 9:31 AM
News of AlMaghrib Quran instructor Wisam Sharieff being charged on acts of sexual abuse roiled Muslim communities. Why are survivors often pushed to forgive? Why do communities make excuses? My latest column for Interfaith America.
www.interfaithamerica.org/article/excu...
www.interfaithamerica.org/article/excu...
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There have been many horrible atrocities in history, but if you told me you could livestream the systematic shredding of children EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. for over a year and the world would just let it continue, I would've called you a liar.
Week 62 of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Shame on humanity.
Week 62 of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Shame on humanity.
December 18, 2024 at 6:39 PM
There have been many horrible atrocities in history, but if you told me you could livestream the systematic shredding of children EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. for over a year and the world would just let it continue, I would've called you a liar.
Week 62 of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Shame on humanity.
Week 62 of Israel's genocide in Gaza. Shame on humanity.
A second grader called 911 to report a school shooting yesterday in Madison, Wisconsin. Let’s sit with that.
December 17, 2024 at 6:11 PM
A second grader called 911 to report a school shooting yesterday in Madison, Wisconsin. Let’s sit with that.
How do you prepare your disabled child to move out of your home and let go of whatever faith & family traditions you’ve nurtured in their life? Is it stupid to worry about this when there are so many priorities to consider? My piece for Interfaith America:
www.interfaithamerica.org/article/fait...
www.interfaithamerica.org/article/fait...
Faith, Disability and Leaving Home - Interfaith America
This National Family Caregivers month Dilshad D. Ali hopes for more religious-centered disabled living communities.
www.interfaithamerica.org
December 17, 2024 at 2:47 AM
How do you prepare your disabled child to move out of your home and let go of whatever faith & family traditions you’ve nurtured in their life? Is it stupid to worry about this when there are so many priorities to consider? My piece for Interfaith America:
www.interfaithamerica.org/article/fait...
www.interfaithamerica.org/article/fait...
I applaud scientists for trying to save polar ice caps. But this is like trying to combat symptoms and not addressing root problems - which is out of the hands of these scientists and in the hands of world super powers who have royally mucked this up.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...
A controversial plan to refreeze the Arctic is seeing promising results. But scientists warn of big risks | CNN
Deep in the Canadian Arctic, scientists and entrepreneurs brave sub-zero temperatures, whipping winds and snowstorms to drill holes through the sea ice to pump out the seawater below and freeze it on ...
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December 12, 2024 at 3:40 PM
I applaud scientists for trying to save polar ice caps. But this is like trying to combat symptoms and not addressing root problems - which is out of the hands of these scientists and in the hands of world super powers who have royally mucked this up.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...
www.cnn.com/2024/12/12/c...
My latest for @rns.org breaks down how nonprofits can prepare should HR 9495, called the “nonprofit killer” becomes law. And why this bill is so problematic.
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How should nonprofits prepare for the 'nonprofit killer' bill becoming law?
(RNS) — With Americans serving more than 1.5 million tax-exempt nonprofits in the United States, according to the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, House Bill 9495 should concern all of us.
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November 28, 2024 at 1:41 AM
My latest for @rns.org breaks down how nonprofits can prepare should HR 9495, called the “nonprofit killer” becomes law. And why this bill is so problematic.
religionnews.com/2024/11/27/h...
religionnews.com/2024/11/27/h...
You don’t have to celebrate Christmas to enjoy a good Christmas movie now and again - I’m talking yippee ki yay Die Hard.
Good Monday morning to you all!
Good Monday morning to you all!
November 25, 2024 at 6:21 PM
You don’t have to celebrate Christmas to enjoy a good Christmas movie now and again - I’m talking yippee ki yay Die Hard.
Good Monday morning to you all!
Good Monday morning to you all!
Not me tearing up over the Great British Bake Off semi final episode. It’s been a week.
November 23, 2024 at 2:44 AM
Not me tearing up over the Great British Bake Off semi final episode. It’s been a week.
I’ve watched several journalists and media personalities pivot to substack, and others looking to grow a niche audience. But will this company ever become profitable?
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
Substack’s Great, Big, Messy Political Experiment
The newsletter start-up, which once drew an overture from Elon Musk, is betting on politics content and recruiting stars. But profits remain elusive.
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I’ve watched several journalists and media personalities pivot to substack, and others looking to grow a niche audience. But will this company ever become profitable?
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/18/b...