- Yusra Butt
When Trump became President, he fulfilled his promise of limiting immigration and travel to and from Muslim dominant countries. In other words, the Muslim ban. Fast forward to 2020, and the House of Representatives will be voting on the prevention of xenophobic bans on July 22nd. The "No Ban Act" will repeal the prior Muslim ban and prevent future discriminatory policies. Congress failed the American people in 2016 but on July 22nd, America can take a step in the right direction.
The two bills that will be presented to the floor are as follow: 1. H.R.810 - "To block the implementation of certain presidential actions that restrict individuals from certain countries from entering the United States." Source: congress.gov
2. H.R.2214 - "NO BAN Act" Source: congress.gov
Both bills are sponsored by Representative Chu and have support from other representatives. The goal of H.R.2214 is to have stricter implementations of repercussions if any President attempts to discriminate immigration of a country. Iranian-Americans among other minorities were personally affected by the 2016 ban and hope that YOU will support these two bills by contacting your state representatives.
Listed below is a link to sending a message to your state representatives to pass these two bills on July 22nd. Please sign!
https://www.niacouncil.org/campaign/repeal-the-muslim-ban-3/
- Yusra Butt
A Reddit thread has caught the attention of social media as a user suggests the possibility of Wayfair selling missing children. On their website, they had utility storage units ranging well over $12,000 which is why suspicions arose. Likewise, the names of these cabinets were the same as young women who were reported missing. Similarly, many items have a number next to the name given to the product, which many believe to be the age of the girl being trafficked.
The prices on the website, which are no longer available on Wayfair, have a specific range and viewers decided to plug in the price range as a longitude and latitude to correspond with specific locations across the globe. Some of the Wayfair products that are overpriced had descriptions noting "(No passport required!)" which only leads to more evidence piling up against a child trafficking ring. Although the description may not necessarily convict Wayfair, it is extremely suspicious that two cactus decoration pieces are worth a near $100,000. Their website has recently been deleting items as more attention is being drawn, with controversial evidence it is hard to draw any definite conclusion. The website has a history of high markup prices but when a regular pillow made in China costs over $90, it brings to question WHY the prices are so high. The products are primarily made in China and so the quality and listed price do not match up to what their competitors sell. Hence why the case building against Wayfair is starting to gain support.
Many compared the same items on Wayfair to other websites and noticed a difference of thousands of dollars. Not only that, but the name of the Wayfair products are the same as missing girls across America. For instance, a zodiac sign pillow on Wayfair was listed as $9,999 and had the name of a minor who went missing in Michigan. But as of today, Wayfair changed the price of the throw pillow to $32 along with the name; similar to how they are clearing out and editing prices since the conspiracy on Reddit came to be. Wayfair has yet to comment, there will be more updates on this as more evidence is brought to light. Please note that no names are mentioned in this article as the girls who went missing are underage.
- Yusra Butt
Exactly 25 years ago the world lost 8,372 Bosnian-Muslims to a massacre led by Serbia. To witness the same ethnic cleansing that took place a couple of decades ago reoccurring in a different font today leaves the fate of humanity on edge. Men and boys in Srebrenica, Bosnia were brutally killed during the Bosnian War as Serbian forces made their way to control Bosnian land. When will the world stop repeating history?
The Srebrenica Genocide has not and will not be forgotten despite the world's effort to hide grievances. What happened in Bosnia is not taught by schools but it does not mean that its history will die out. Social media highlights massacres, genocides, and other violations of international law more than an educational institution does. It does not come as a surprise that history repeats itself when generation after generation is not taught why, how, and the outcome of tragic events prior. Unfortunately, the Srebrenica Genocide is one of the many massacres that history textbooks leave out simply because society brushes off events that don't necessarily impact or occur in dominating nations.
The Srebrenica Genocide should serve as a reminder to stop unethical ideas before they take place. Unimaginable atrocities are happening as we speak, please do your part as a human being to go out of your way to find information on genocides, wars, and various events that schools do not discuss. Because information is not directly handed to us, we should be going out of our way to educate ourselves. At the end of the day, it does not take a philanthropist to create a difference. It takes ordinary people with a burning passion for revolutionary change. This starts with understanding what has happened to stop anything that can happen.