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Muslim Activist Blasts Reactions to Attacks in Israel
(Israel Hayom) Dana Ben-Shimon - Anila Ali, a Muslim-American of Pakistani heritage who works to promote the rights of women in conflict zones, heads the American Muslim & Multifaith Women's Empowerment Council (AMMWEC). She told Israel Hayom: "I won't accept women's rights activists standing on the sidelines when it happens to Israel....Because the victims are Jewish women, you're selective? You can't choose victims and decide that you only support the rights of women who aren't Israelis." She is angry at Hamas and terrorist organizations that "stole Islam from us, took our religion and use it to create terror and to divide us. They caused Islamophobia. It was the same on 9/11. Hamas, the Taliban, ISIS - they're all the same, how they made our lives miserable." On one of her trips to Israel, she visited Ramallah and Jenin and heard how young men spoke about jihad and intifada for the sake of Islam. To Palestinian mothers, she says, "If you say that you're oppressed, what are you doing to get out of it? Think about how you'll educate your children. Give your children balls to play with and not bombs. Allah granted precious life to live, you need to stop sanctifying death....Killing can't serve as a model for children anymore....We need to educate them to accept their neighbors, and we've failed if we don't succeed in doing so."