Anwar Akhtar (@aakhtar)

I am presenting this on Radio 4 today and doc will also be on line.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… - Radio 4 Belonging in Spain. Anwar, who for decades has been travelling to Barcelona and watched the city’s makeup shift, asks what these changes means for Spain's mult culturalism.

www.bbc.co.uk BBC Radio 4 - Currently, Belonging in Spain Why is Spain's government offering legal status to illegal immigrants and what comes next?

Anwar Akhtar @aakhtar Nov 1

Say what you like about the French and the protests, but there's no denying they have a brilliant national anthem.

zinacantán الحرية لفلسطين 🍉 @Zina_Cantan Oct 31

Στους δρόμους του Παρισιού τραγουδάνε εκείνο το τραγούδι που τραγουδούσαν και οι αβράκωτοι στις 10 Αυγούστου 1792 κάνοντας έφοδο στο παλάτι του Κεραμεικού

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Anwar Akhtar @aakhtar Nov 1

Poisonous excrement from Taliban supporting Roshan, almost wishing for violence in UK. He should be grateful for
community organisations, youth workers, activists that work hard in our communities to help cohesion, guide youth away from hate preachers like him and Tommy Robinson.

Roshan M Salih Verified account @RmSalih Nov 1

The protests/riots sweeping across Europe over the cost-of-living crisis will eventually reach Britain. The same conditions exist here, arguably even worse.

We're being ripped off every day, whether at the petrol pump, in the supermarket or through our household bills. Millions live in inadequate housing, while young people can't find decent jobs or any realistic prospect of a better life.

Britain is one big scam.

And so much of this was avoidable. Our political leaders made decisions that have contributed to this economic mess: Brexit, sanctions and confrontation with Russia, prolonged blanket COVID lockdowns, and military escalation against Iran. The resulting economic disruption and energy shocks have been devastating.

Yet instead of confronting these decisions and Britain's deeper economic failures, politicians would rather distract us with endless arguments about immigration and Muslims, neither of which explains the fundamental causes of this crisis.

Meanwhile, the people making these decisions are insulated from the financial pressures ordinary families face. They make decisions for financial elites and foreign countries, not the British public.

Matter of time before Britain experiences the kind of serious social unrest we're witnessing elsewhere in Europe.
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Anwar Akhtar @aakhtar Oct 31

This is pure evil that wouldn't be out of place at a 1930s Nazi Nuremberg rally. It's Pakistan's shame that an evil man like this is so close to the centre of power. This abuse of minorities has become so mainstreamed by evil sectarian religious parties. People should speak out.

Siddique Jan Verified account @SdqJaan Oct 29

پچھلے مہینے میری سب سے چھوٹی بیٹی کا نکاح تھا ، میں نے کہا مولانا صاحب، دولہے سے کہیں کہ کہو کہ ختم نبوت پر ایمان رکھتا ہوں،زور سے کہنا کہ میں مرزا قادیانی کو کافر اور اس کے فالورز کو کافر سمجھتا ہوں، میں نے کہا خطبہ صرف یہی ہے ، کیپٹن صفدر

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Anwar Akhtar @aakhtar Oct 29

I despair of the military dictators running Pakistan. Constantly abusing and imprisoning the best and most talented citizens of Pakistan, the very people that could build a modern prosperous nation.
Meanwhile crooks loot the country, abuse its people and destroy the environment.

Amnesty International Verified account @amnesty Oct 29

Human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha deserve justice. Today they were sentenced to ten years in prison on counts of “terrorism.” Their crime? Defending activists, lawyers and marginalized communities that were subjected to enforced disappearances and unjust charges.

They underwent an unfair trial for this fearless human rights work. Authorities must immediately release Imaan and Hadi and drop all charges against them.

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