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ibnkafka.bsky.social @ibnkafka.bsky.social · Mar 1

An absolute gem of an article on how Saudi ex-Muslim turned extreme-right wing Islamophobe Taleb Abdulmohsen came to drive into a X-mas market in Magdeburg. Very enlightening on the deeply divided ex-Muslim scene, the new Atheists and the surgebin atheism in KSA. Also reminds me of a friend...

Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Feb 28

🧵How A Saudi Atheist Became A Killer

2 months before German elections, a car drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg killing 6 people.

When the attacker’s identity was reviled, many struggled to reconcile his atheism with his terrorism.

In this piece, I tell his story.
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New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Feb 26

NEW: Taleb Abdulmohsen’s attack on a German Christmas market last December concluded the story of a paranoid personality with a record of inserting himself in just causes — only to adopt unjust means in their pursuit. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Mar 1

Thank you for reading! 🙏🏻 I am glad you found it interesting

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Feb 28

And of course, I saved the best for last — my forever favorite editor of them all, @alamer.bsky.social. 🥰

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Feb 28

And thank you to New Lines’ sister publication, @AlpheratzMag on X, and their equally awesome team of editors!

Here is the earlier version of my piece in Arabic:

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Feb 28

I also want to thank both @hhassan.bsky.social and @olasalem.bsky.social. As I hope they’re well aware, I’ve been a long-time fan of New Lines since it first launched. I’m excited to now be counted as one among its many unique authors. I hope this piece is just the first of many more!

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Feb 28

I’d like to thank all the amazing editors, especially @lsmwilson.bsky.social, @faisalalyafai.bsky.social, @samerbadawi.bsky.social, @josbetts.bsky.social, and @chriselkholy.bsky.social. I couldn’t have asked for a better first-time experience with @newlinesmag.bsky.social!

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Feb 28

When I first warned about him, the attacker vowed to report me to German police, and later to the FBI.

To write a long profile on him 7 yrs later, and after he’d committed such a violent act, was surreal — to say the least.

I thank @newlinesmag.bsky.social for unique space to do so.

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Feb 28

This piece features new info and unexplored sides to the story via old & recent deleted posts, private msgs, and attacker’s manifesto in his public but small Telegram group.

It also draws on my experience. After first encounter in April 2017, I warned about his ethics for yrs.

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Feb 28

🧵How A Saudi Atheist Became A Killer

2 months before German elections, a car drove into a Christmas market in Magdeburg killing 6 people.

When the attacker’s identity was reviled, many struggled to reconcile his atheism with his terrorism.

In this piece, I tell his story.
bsky.app/profile/newl...

New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Feb 26

NEW: Taleb Abdulmohsen’s attack on a German Christmas market last December concluded the story of a paranoid personality with a record of inserting himself in just causes — only to adopt unjust means in their pursuit. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

How a Saudi Atheist Became a Killer

Taleb Abdulmohsen's warped sense of justice led him from secularism and feminism to an attack on a Christmas market

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Sultan Alamer @alamer.bsky.social · Feb 27

This fascinating essay by @doaiji.bsky.social reads like a detective story, full of plot twists, as it explores the life of a Saudi ex-Muslim refugee in Germany who carried out a horrendous attack on a Christmas market two months before the elections.

New Lines Magazine @newlinesmag.bsky.social · Feb 26

NEW: Taleb Abdulmohsen’s attack on a German Christmas market last December concluded the story of a paranoid personality with a record of inserting himself in just causes — only to adopt unjust means in their pursuit. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th...

How a Saudi Atheist Became a Killer

Taleb Abdulmohsen's warped sense of justice led him from secularism and feminism to an attack on a Christmas market

newlinesmag.com

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Dec 21

Following his posted message on August 6, 2024, Taleb then posted on November 9, 2024 linking to a list of what seems to be his “demands.”

Taleb then added, “I advise that you all to take a copy of this tweet.”

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Dec 21

Prior to that final message, Taleb Abdulmohsen posted what appears to be the latest update in his alleged court case with the Germany-based Atheist Refugee Relief org.

On August 6, 2024, Taleb posted in Arabic (my translation):

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Dec 21

Taleb Abdulmohsen has several social media accounts. I found three particularly interesting messages in one of them, which might constitute his “manifesto.”

The final message was posted on December 14, 2024, where Taleb wrote in Arabic (my translation):

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Dec 21

The legal dispute is allegedly about Taleb’s public accusations against Atheist Refugee Relief. He claims that the org took advantage of some Saudi women. He claimed that the Arab exMuslim affiliate of the org sued him in Court.

[screenshots of an alleged supporter of Taleb claims]

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Dec 21

Taleb has had many disputes with varied people. According to him, one of these disputes reached German court system. It involved Taleb’s dispute with another Arab ExMuslim affiliate of Atheist Refugee Relief, an org founded in Cologne, Germany in 2017.

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Dec 21

From the Dina Ali case, I wasn’t comfortable with Taleb’s “style,” shall we say. I noted ego, paranoia, aggressiveness, unclear and at times suspicious access to information, questionable ethics in terms of activist methods, and emotional instability.

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Dec 21

I first encountered Taleb in 2017 while looking into the case of Saudi asylum-seeker, Dina Ali Lasaloom. En route to Australia, she was stopped in transit in Manila, Philippines, & forcibly returned home on April 11, 2017.

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Dec 21

Over the years, Taleb has been active, to say the least, in several interesting circles. These include Saudi ex-Muslims, dissidents, and asylum-seekers, especially in Europe.

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Dec 21

🧵🪡 THREAD on Taleb Abdulmohsen, the man accused of attacking Christmas market in Magdeburg, Germany.

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Nov 26

As you should 💁🏻‍♀️

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Nov 26

That was always going to happen, it’s inevitable. Bluesky needs to start strategizing for it now, if it hasn’t already. Cc @jay.bsky.team

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · Nov 26

lol China's state media is sad about Bluesky because it's not an easy propaganda distribution channel like X (and Facebook)

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Nora Doaiji نورة الدعيجي @doaiji.bsky.social · Nov 26

Great article, love the phrase “broligarchy.”

Ans I second the advice to watch “The Lives of Others,” a film about life and surveillance in east Berlin.

Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · Nov 26

This is a test run. Just a test. @sdkstl.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Headline: How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world by Carole Cadwalladr

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · Nov 25

There’s something uniquely stupid about all the fawning “will Elon Musk do to the U.S. government what he did to Twitter?” coverage, just as the dessicated husk of Twitter topples over.

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Curd Knüpfer @curdknupfer.bsky.social · Nov 25

Floating signifies like "woke" work for the right because they are a way to game journalism's objectivity norms:
If you stipulate a made up grievance, there is no other side to counter your point. And you are just allowed to state things like "my grift will fix cancel culture."

60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · Nov 23

As contempt for cancel culture and self-censorship on college campuses continues to drive a political divide across the country, Jon Wertheim reports on a new start-up university, the University of Austin. Sunday on 60 Minutes ⏱️

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