Ruby Rivera

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Why can Muslims freely enter Western countries, build mosques, pray publicly in major cities, and establish communities, while non-Muslims are strictly banned from even entering Mecca and parts of Medina in Saudi Arabia?

Saudi Arabia maintains official highway signs that direct “Non-Muslims” onto bypass roads toward Jeddah, while routing Muslims straight into Mecca. Non-Muslims are completely prohibited from entering Mecca under Saudi law. Medina restricts non-Muslims from the central Haram area around the Prophet’s Mosque. These rules are enforced with checkpoints and religious police. Violators face fines, deportation, or arrest.
There are zero official public Christian churches in all of Saudi Arabia as of 2026.
Meanwhile, in the United States:
➡️ Muslims (mostly first-generation migrants from Muslim-majority countries) now number around 5 million.
➡️ The number of mosques has grown from ~1,209 in 2001 to over 3,000 by 2020, with continued rapid growth.
➡️ Public prayers, including large gatherings in places like Times Square, are common with no restrictions.
One-way religious access and immigration, with zero reciprocity.

🗽 NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani directed the city's Department of Finance to aggressively collect long-unpaid fines from Amazon for repeatedly violating anti-idling laws.
🔥 Main Reason:
🌪️ Amazon's delivery trucks and vans (including third-party contractors) were idling engines for more than 3 minutes while parked - illegal under NYC's clean air regulations designed to reduce air pollution and protect public health.
🌪️ Amazon had racked up millions in fines over time but wasn't paying them. Mamdani's administration went after the outstanding debt and recovered over $9 million (about $6.88M in judgments + $2.15M in other fines).

💣 Mamdani stated:
“Amazon is worth $2 trillion. Yet it did not deign to pay the millions of dollars it racked up in unpaid fines as its trucks illegally polluted our air... We are going to collect every dollar they owe the people of this city. No company - no matter how large or powerful - is above the law.”
It was also timed shortly after Jeff Bezos publicly criticized Mamdani’s policies on taxes and spending, adding a political edge to the story. Amazon was reportedly one of the worst repeat offenders for idling in the city.

Truly honoured and blessed to perform Hajj this year, Alhamdulillah.
In these powerful moments captured during the sacred pilgrimage, Mayor Sadiq Khan stands in the state of ihram alongside millions of pilgrims at the Kaaba, symbolising equality, unity, humility and spiritual renewal.
Hajj is not only a physical journey through the desert heat but a profound spiritual experience of forgiveness, self-improvement, and collective humanity.
What does a journey like Hajj teach us about equality and unity in today’s divided world?
Share your thoughts below 👇

Labour chair Anna Turley has given Nigel Farage 24 hours to report his alleged Russian-linked phone hack to police/NCSC, or Labour will do it themselves. The claim is tied to leaks about a £5m donation. Security experts remain skeptical.

She said it was in the "public and national interest" for a suspected hostile-state hack of a senior politician's devices to be properly investigated.