On the 1st Year Anniversary of a brutal murder of an African student, François Ndjelassili, who was killed by a gang of Russian Neo Nazis, the Moscow Times examines the pervading mood in the country and how Russia can overcome its long history of discrimination against Africans[i][/i]
Diana Akue has been on her guard lately. The Gabonese doctoral economics student in the city of Yekaterinburg avoids going out at night and exercises greater caution around strangers than she used to.
As a black woman living in Russia for the past nine years, Akue has faced her share of discrimination — from being called racial slurs to being barred from certain nightlife hangouts.
But the recent murder of her friend, François Ndjelassili, who also moved from Gabon to study economics at Ural Federal University in Yekaterinburg, has left her and her fellow classmates from Africa grappling with the unsettling reality of racism, and at times violence, toward people of color in the country.
“We are all very scared, but we are at the same time angry,” Akue said, describing the mood among the small African community at her university.
“As we’re not in our country, all we can do is just to be careful. But we are very scared because of what happened,” she continued.
The exact details of Ndjelassili’s Aug. 18 murder remain fuzzy. Initial media reports, quoting one of his friends, said two men approached Ndjelassili inside a Burger King, harassed and called him racial slurs, then stabbed him with a knife.
In another, more detailed account — one which Akue told The Moscow Times appeared to align more closely with reality, based on videos of the incident she said she had seen — events unfolded after Ndjelassili began flirting with a young woman who was accompanied by three Russian men.
The men confronted Ndjelassili and an argument quickly broke out, which then spiraled into a fight outside the restaurant between him and two of the men. The third Russian man, who was not initially involved in the fight, then came up to Ndjelassili and stabbed him under his arm.
Disparities in these accounts might have appeared more significant were it not for the revelation that the man who killed Ndjelassili — later identified by authorities as Daniil Fomin — may have connections to a white supremacist group.
According to a Russian anti-fascist organization, a closed neo-Nazi channel on the Telegram messaging app with just under 4,000 subscribers announced a fundraiser to help Fomin pay for his legal expenses following his arrest.
“Our Ural colleague Danya Fomin has run into trouble … A lawyer needs to be found as quickly as possible, but Daniil’s family doesn’t have the money. Therefore, I consider it our duty to help him collect the needed amount,” the channel wrote.
Fomin’s parents denied their son had any connections to the group and said they were unaware of the fundraiser, adding that they were paying his legal fees themselves. But this has not assuaged concerns about the possible racial motives behind Ndjelassili’s murder.
“If it’s true the killer was really from that white supremacist group, then who knows what could happen after the court ruling? These guys could get very upset about it,” Akue said.
One of Ndjelassili’s friends told France 24 that he had received death threats after speaking out about the murder. When he contacted the Ural Federal University administration to discuss the incident, he was told to “not talk to anyone” about what had happened.
The university where Ndjelassili was enrolled in a Ph.D. program said in a statement that he had “died tragically.” But it did not mention the circumstances surrounding his death, noting only that he had a “deep respect for Russian culture.”
According to Russia’s Science and Higher Education Ministry, more than 34,000 students from African countries are currently enrolled at Russian universities, an increase of over 4,000 from last year.
President Vladimir Putin highlighted the enrollment uptick in an essay published just before the Russia-Africa Summit in August, as he sought to play up Moscow’s role as an ally to a Global South that he claims has been strongarmed by Western powers.
Similarly, on the eve of the BRICS summit in South Africa last month, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov slammed the “colonial and racist manners” of “Western elites,” who exploit resource-rich countries to pursue goals that “do not reflect the aspirations of all mankind.” Russia, in contrast, stands for “strengthening” and “supporting” Africa, he wrote.
This image of Moscow as a friend of Africa clashes with the persistent issue of racism inside Russia, where pervasive everyday discrimination is often punctuated by extreme acts of violence such as Ndjelassili’s murder.
In the most recent 2020 poll released by the independent Levada Center pollster, 28% of Russians did not believe Africans should be allowed into the country, down from 30% in the year before. Just 4% of respondents said they were ready to be friends or work colleagues with Africans.
“No one talks about racism toward black people in Russia unless someone is killed … which is really frightening now that [Russia] wants to be friends with Africa,” said Anna-Maria Tesfaye, co-founder of Queer Svit, an NGO that helps LGBT people and ethnic minorities from Ukraine, Belarus and Russia affected by the war.
Tesfaye, who is herself black, said her own relatives have faced threats and violence since they immigrated to Russia from Ethiopia in the early 1980s, when the Soviet government drew on anti-colonial rhetoric just as the Kremlin is increasingly doing today.
Yet racism in Russia is often more subtle than explosive in nature. Online apartment rental ads are frequently written “for Slavs only” and it’s not uncommon for people to request a “Slavic” driver when ordering taxis, as people from the Caucasus and Central Asia are widely employed in the sector.
“But people of color also face this kind of casual racism, when people stare at them strangely on the street — they’re watched in the metro and the police are more likely to stop them,” said Natalia Yudina, an analyst at the Moscow-based SOVA Center NGO that monitors nationalism and racism in Russia.
There is no concrete data on the number of black people living in Russia, says Yudina, but some estimates place the number at no more than 60,000 — a small figure compared to the country’s overall population of 143 million.
According to her, 13 racially motivated attacks against black people living in Russia were recorded between 2015 and 2020. But Yudina and activist Tesfaye said they are certain that such attacks in Russia are vastly underreported.
“They haven’t developed ways for protecting themselves collectively as a group, and so most racially motivated attacks against people of color throughout Russia go unnoticed,” Yudina told The Moscow Times.
The few cases that do receive media coverage often end in tragedy.
In 2017, a student from Chad was stabbed to death outside university dormitories in Kazan by a group of neo-Nazis. All four assailants were given hefty prison sentences following a jury’s decision.
Years earlier, a student from Ghana was killed while walking on a street in St. Petersburg by a group of white supremacists who were involved in a series of other murders, including a student from Senegal and one from Vietnam.
Of course, many confrontations do not escalate into murder or violence.
Silas Nsangwie, a Nigerian who used to study at a university in the southern city of Saratov, told The Moscow Times of an instance when he was harassed by a man at the supermarket during his first days in Russia in 2015.
“This guy just walked up to me and started shouting at me and calling me ‘monkey.’ He said that I should go back to my country,” Nsangwie recalled.
“It was very vulgar — like, it was really abusive. He was threatening to hit me, but he didn't.”
Nsangwie, who left Russia in 2020 to continue his studies back home in Nigeria, said it was not uncommon for him to receive racial slurs or strange looks on the bus during his student years.
He decided to leave Russia after one of his instructors in Saratov refused to let him pass a course that would have allowed him to graduate. He believed her reason was the color of his skin.
“I was warned by other students to not enroll in that program. I was told that that instructor in particular is racist and a problem for black students,” Nsangwie said.
“The only thing I could do was just work hard to pass her exams, but that still didn’t help … the dean tried to influence the situation, but she didn’t listen. And that was it.”
Meanwhile, Clement Konadu, who is from Ghana and studies international relations in southern Russia, told The Moscow Times that he has yet to face overt discrimination in the country.
“School kids do, you know, turn to look at you, and just point fingers at you,” he said. “But that's all. Nothing serious.”
Konadu described his relations with Russians as “very good” and mentioned opportunities he’s had to appear on local television to talk about his culture and experiences as a Ghanan living in Russia.
“It depends on how you carry yourself and your demeanor,” he said. “Because … if you carry a charismatic look — it will be very hard for [Russians] to look down on you.”
The other two African students who spoke to The Moscow Times shared a similar view, placing a degree of responsibility on the individuals facing discrimination to behave themselves in a manner deemed “appropriate.”
“We've been very careful — and just now, maybe, François didn't really use his wisdom as much as he could have,” said Ndjelassili’s friend Akue.
Activist Tesfaye said she was not surprised that some Africans studying in Russia might hold such views, given that they, as both foreign students and non-whites, often find themselves in an especially vulnerable position — and cope with discrimination in what ways they can.
“It makes me a little bit angry that they are forced to feel this way — to blame themselves if they face racism,” she said.
“Everyone understands that you can face racism regardless of how you behave. And I'm sure François behaved himself, but he was still killed.”
I thought you were begging mods to close your account. So your love of preek picture is greater than your fear of the gbas gbos you were receiving because you support teefnubu?🤣
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan publicly smacked a small child in the face after the boy refused to kiss his hand, shocking video shows.
Erdoğan, 70, was handing out keys to residents whose homes were rebuilt as part of an urban renewal project in Rize in the country’s northeast on Saturday when two little boys approached him on the stage for some money, according to the Gazete Duvar.
Erdoğan held out his hand for the younger boy to kiss — a traditional sign of respect in Turkey — but the boy hesitated as he stared up at the president’s face.
When the boy did not oblige, the ill-tempered Turkish leader slapped the child on the cheek, video shows.
The boy, who has not been named, then shakes and kisses Erdoğan’s hand before the president gave the children some cash as a gift.
The Turkish leader smacked the boy when he approached him for money but hesitated to kiss his hand.
The younger boy kissed the president’s hand after he slapped him, but the older boy he was with did so without prodding.
The video has gone viral on social media with many users expressing disgust.
“I wonder how he treats people behind closed doors if he can do that in front of the camera,” one user wondered.
“Isn’t that some high level of terrorism and abuse??” another questioned. “Why do they have to kiss his hand as a sign of respect??”
Others defended Erdoğan, noting that kissing elders’ hands is part of Turkish culture.
“If you don’t do it you get corrected. Especially at a young age,” one user wrote.
It’s not the first time Erdoğan has come under fire for slapping a child.
In 2021, he hit a boy on the head during a celebration for the opening of the Salarkha Tunnel in Rize after the child shook the ceremonial ribbon, according to The Sun.
In 2023, the president publicly slapped his grandson in the face— but later claimed he was just “stroking” him.
Erdoğan has threatened to invade Israel amid escalating tensions in the region. He has critical of Israel’s military actions in Gaza following the Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on the Jewish state.
Turkey “must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these ridiculous things to Palestine,” he told members of his Justice and Development Party at a meeting.
“Just like we entered Karabakh, just like we entered Libya, we might do similar to them,” he added.
Not sure of this. It looks like a skit. I don't think women like this exist in real life Nigeria
kernniejay: She is a mature lady with brain and focus. Not one of these little rats that want to gallivant with different men before settling down for one when they realise time is no more on their side. Dude is lucky he met one of the reasonable few among them.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has asked Nigerian student Lola Akinlade to leave the country over a fake acceptance letter she used to obtain a study visa and work permit.
Akinlade, who graduated with a diploma in Social Services from Nova Scotia Community College in 2019, shared her bitter experience with CBC News on Thursday.
According to her, she was unaware that the acceptance letter provided by an agent for the University of Regina in 2016 was fake until she was contacted by the IRCC a few weeks before her graduation from her new institution.
The mother of two noted that while receiving her diploma, she felt both happiness and worry upon realising that she had allegedly relied on a fraudulent document to secure her study permit, adding, “I was devastated. That was the beginning of my trauma.”
In an interview with the Canadian news platform, she said, “When the IRCC contacted me, I requested them to re-examine my case, arguing that I was a victim of a ‘rogue agent’ who supplied me with a fake acceptance letter to the Canadian school.
“Please review my file. I just want this to be resolved.”
Akinlade stated that the process of moving to travel to and study in Canada started in 2015 while she was working as a medical sales representative at a pharmaceutical company in Lagos, with a business administration degree from a Nigerian university.
She recounted meeting a man at her office who claimed to be an immigration consultant and offered to guide her through the process of becoming an international student by applying for a master’s degree in business administration.
Akinlade explained that she did not specify a particular university to the agent, only stating that she wanted to study at a reputable Canadian institution.
She described how she provided the agent with documents such as her passport and university transcripts, along with payment. Several months later, he provided her with a study permit for Canada, plane tickets, and an acceptance letter from the University of Regina.
“I flew to Canada in late December 2016, expecting to start classes in January 2017. However, I was stopped in Winnipeg en route to Regina when I received a call from the agent, who told me there were no spaces available at the university and that I would have to go on a waitlist.
Upon arriving in Canada, she began searching independently for a new school and programme and stayed with relatives in Winnipeg until she was accepted at Nova Scotia Community College for social services, starting in September 2017.
She said she chose social services because it better aligned with her previous work in the medical field.
Akinlade stated that she did not contact the University of Regina directly until two years later, when she received a letter from the IRCC informing her that the acceptance letter was fake.
“I was sceptical after receiving the IRCC letter, thinking it might be a misunderstanding or something,” she said. “So, I immediately contacted the University of Regina.
“And that was when I learned the truth,” she added.
Meanwhile, when CBC contacted the agent, Babatunde Isiaq Adegoke, he confirmed providing Akinlade with the acceptance letter but said it was supplied by a company located in Ejigbo, Lagos State, called Success Academy Education Consult, which he had hired.
CBC exchanged text messages with Adegoke, who stated that he guided Akinlade through the process of applying to enter Canada. However, he denied telling Akinlade that she would have to go on a waitlist at the University of Regina.
Akinlade lost her study permit in Canada due to a fake letter and was denied when she attempted to apply for a postgraduate work permit and a temporary resident permit.
In March 2023, an IRCC officer wrote to Akinlade, stating that the department believed she knew the document was fake “on the balance of probabilities.”
Her husband, Samson Akinlade, and their eight-year-old Nigerian-born son, David, joined her in Nova Scotia in 2018 but have now lost their temporary resident status. Their younger son, born in Canada in 2021, has Canadian citizenship but lacks medical coverage due to his parents’ status.
“We’ve been surviving on our savings, and I don’t know how long we can continue doing that,” she said. “It’s really, really hard,” she added.
For the last one week, Yorubas have reminded us that the remote control for Arewa/ Hausa Fulani mumu button is located somewhere in Ala Igbo.
Apparently, a certain Igbo politician pushed that mumu button and activated the spirit of wereyism in the mind of the Hausa Fulani which has manifested in the form of violent protest.
The husband and wife relationship between Hausa Fulani and his wife Yoruba has been under a lot of strain because of the Igbos who are the business partner of the Hausa Fulanis.
So on behalf of all igbos, I apologise to wife Yoruba for making your husband behave aggressively to you.
We are acting in the spirit of:
What God has joined together, let no man put asunder
We have already concluded plans to deactivate the wereyism currently ravaging the North, so your husband is about to return to factory setting.
Imagine trying to deny the obvious truth by burying it in an essay full of nonsensical, pseudo intellectual posturing.
Context ALWAYS matters. If a word in Arabic can have 10,000 different meanings, then it is the meaning which best fits the Context that will apply. Unless of course you're trying to say that it is impossible to know the meaning of ANYTHING written in the language.
You guys truly have a PhD in stupidity in that your religion if you think that idiotic excuse of: "It only works in Arabic" is still relevant in the 21st century. Even the native Arabic language speakers I know who are from Egypt don't use that lame excuse to defend the koran. But of course a loyal abeed slave like you will gladly parrot the arguments that your master abandoned 50 years ago!🤣🤣🤣
Thawb means dress as explained in the koran. You can dig up all manner of obscure scholars, but they won't be able to save your "prophet" from embarrassment.
ItsReal: I have told you.. Don't just copy and paste...
Firstly. The hadith was reported in the arabic language, meaning , any english translation you bring forth will be taken after verifying if it was correctly translated or mischievously translated.
Also, the arabic language is probably the most sophisticated language in the word. Translation between English and Arabic is not always straightforward. Arabic has over 12 million distinct words. To put this into context, the Oxford English Dictionary includes just over 170,000 words. As one example, Arabic has 23 words for love. Lion in english is lion, while in Arabic, it has about 400 synonyms, with some differences based on age, time, location, etc... Just as the words are many, same words can also have different meanings whether due to the preposition before them or the context of the sentence... Similar to english, if i say let's meet, you will park your car so we can talk in the park. And when that time comes, I hope you wouldn't say I left my phone on the left side of the room ( so no websites or google to feed u trash). The words are not understood in seclusion, but in context of the whole text and the context of it's usage by the people around.
So it's illogical to pick a word like left and say, see o, this is left here again, hence it is always the same meaning.
That's one..
Similar to that, adding a preposition to a word can change the meaning totally like I'm speaking to you now so that u hopefully realise that the matter you're speaking about is above ur paygrade... Even if you don't submit in humility. So in that way, i can make Dua for you( دعا لك) and not make Dua on you ( دعا عليك).
If you get enough IQ , you suppose don see the different usages in my above sentences... While the english ones may be clear to u, lemme translate the Arabic words for since them no go dey for the website wey you dey copy and paste.. The word دعا will translated as a prayer for you when followed by له and translated as a curse on you when followed by عليه and translated as a call to a path when followed by إلى.
Another thing, also similar and previously mentioned is , to ask the question, what meaning or meanings does this word have and when can they be used... To do that, you will need a comprehensive language dictionary, not an abridged learner's dictionary that gives a word or 2 as the meaning of a searched word. It gives no contextual meanings based on usage across time , place and location.
So based on that, there are 2 issues. One is the mischievous copy and paste of a known islaam hater ( who still couldn't answer the questions about Christianity making any sense) in falsely translating a Preposition ( fee ) to mean wear. When even a beginner student of arabic language wouldn't make such gaffe.. Anyways, he knows his targeted audience, them go swallow it all , hook, line and sinker... Stupid lots. Even in english, a preposition can't just be translated as stupid as that. In correction, the word 'fee', based on the context can translate to, in; under; on; above; inside, within, etc.
Here is the 2 issue, the word thaub. To cut the story short, i previously posted the same hadith with the word ' lihaaf' meaning blanket But as the saying goes in arabic, i will translate here 'the seeker of truth is satisfied with an evidence or proof while presenting a thousand evidence wouldn't convince the ignorant who doesn't want to know.
Anyways, i will explain further, i get ur time small. In classical arabic dictionaries like asSihaah and others as referenced in Fathu Baari and Aun al-Ma`bud ( you have never heard of all this o... Hope I'm not singing to a deaf ear like this, anyways , i will summarize).
Aun al-Ma`buda fi Shar`h-i Sunan-i Abi Dawud, defines Li`haf as: Whatever you cover with (i.e., blanket)’, as Abu Ubaid stated, adding that Li`haf is in reference to every Thaub‘ used as a Li`haf‘, i.e., as a blanket.
In, al-Misbah (another classical arabic dictionary): Mil`hafah (as in Li`haf‘!) is defined as: every Thaub used to cover with.
Aun al-Ma`bud, defines Thaub as both sewn clothes and un-sewn garments (as in 'Li`haf‘, as in 'what one covers with in bed’, as in 'blanket’).
Imam Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani stated in, Fat`h al-Bari, that originally, 'Thaub‘ is in reference to un-sewn garments.
To cut it short, cuz i noticed, i don start to dey carry you go where you no know... Honestly, i can still carry on , but as a brother suggested up in the comments, say make i leave the mad man alone... I hope you learn about Islam, not from the failures you go to copy and paste from but from muslims... no let death be the time wey ur eye go finally realise what deep shit you are in...
The guy wey you copy from first translated the word ‘thaub’ as “woman’s clothing” and transalated 'fee' to wearing. While we have explained correctly what the words mean... I think another problem you personally have is to think the word cloth even in English language is restricted to that which is sewn and wore on the body.
Lemme stop here jare...But with this other quote, as a reminder to myself and other muslims: 'Never wrestle with a pig. You just get dirty and the pig enjoys it'. Or in another word, don't try to take a pig for a full body care and cleaning, because, as soon as you're done, he will be back in the filth. That's his destiny... You can't take one away from the other.
السلام على من ٱتبع الهدى
Edward William Lane in Arab-English Lexicon writes about the word ‘lihaaf’ See his lexicon p. 3008.
Yes, because it is bad education to state that the Y chromosome is only passed down through the male lineage from father to son and that women simply can't have a Y Chromosome. You are the living definition of peak stupidity.
budaatum: You seem to think I mean the sort of secondary school education received in Nigeria, or that one must have learnt every single fact.
Science is compulsory all the way through secondary school in some countries, along with critical reasoning, and its effect is the development of minds that are willing to continuously learn even long after they may have left school. While our schools teach science as if it were some sort of religion in which knowledge and understanding never evolves and the facts must be believed.
A good education will teach science as the development of the mind to learn and reason, instead of just the filling of students with facts. After all, I did not learn about the condition being discussed here, and went and did my own research to educate myself about it.
A bad education would make me discard what I found out and stick to my ignorance, is my point.
ShoeGetSize wouldn't post what he posted as evidence if he had a good education
The plural form of the word thawb appears several times in the koran itself and it always means clothing or dressing:
The plural form of thawb appears in the following Quranic texts:
Lo! now they fold up their breasts that they may hide (their thoughts) from Him. At the very moment when they cover themselves with their clothing (thiyabahum), Allah knoweth that which they keep hidden and that which they proclaim. Lo! He is Aware of what is in the breasts (of men). Surah 11:5
For them will be Gardens of Eternity; beneath them rivers will flow; they will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and they will wear green garments (thiyabin) of fine silk and heavy brocade: They will recline therein on raised thrones. How good the recompense! How beautiful a couch to recline on! Surah 18:31
Their garments (thiyabun) will be of fine green silk, and gold embroidery. They will be adorned with bracelets of silver, and their Lord will give them a pure drink. Surah 76:21
These two opponents (believers and disbelievers) dispute with each other about their Lord; then as for those who disbelieve, garments (thiyabun) of fire will be cut out for them, boiling water will be poured down over their heads. S. Surah 22:19
So you see, "prophet" Sex Award Winner (SAW) was wearing Aisha's thawb or dress because it was the only way he could receive koran verses
ItsReal: Shayk google... Come here ... You can't just go to one antiislaam we site and do copy and paste without any knowledge.
This is the right translation... Not ur polluted mind version of it... And the proof is in the same narration from another book of hadith.
"Do not hurt me regarding Aisha, as the Divine Inspirations do not come to me when I am in the [thowb] cloth (i.e. blanket) of any of wives except [in that of] Aisha.” (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith 2393)
Here I have translated the word ‘thowb’ as cloth and in bracket I wrote ‘blanket’ for that is what it means.
This becomes further clear from the following narration, also from Sahih Bukhari, in which these last words are rendered as;
“Don't trouble me regarding 'Aisha, for by Allah, the Divine Inspiration never came to me while I was under the Lihaaf (blanket) of any woman amongst you except her." (Sahih Bukhari, Hadith 3491)
Here the actual word is ‘lihaaf’ which literally means ‘blanket’. And as لِحَافِ (lihaaf) i.e. 'blanket' is made of ثَوْبِ (thowb) i.e. 'cloth' so these words are interchangeably used in various narrations.
On an ending note... You should learn about islaam from Muslims and not people whose existence is about spreading misinformation on islam...
Even a little basics understanding of islamic jurisprudence will save you from spewing this kind of trash . You just see am, copy and paste, boom... You're now ready to talk.
No, I got it from your hadith. Your "prophet" could only receive divine revelation when he was wearing Aisha's dress. A man who wears women's clothing is a called a cross-dresser. Abi I lie AntiChristian?
Then the prophet said to her, “Do not hurt me with Aisha, for the inspiration did not come upon me unless I was in a women's garment [fee thawb imra’ah] except that of Aisha.”
Sahih Bukhari 2393
ItsReal: Where did u get that from... Shayk google
Both Caster Semenya and Imane Khelif have male Instruments. They are incapable of getting pregnant because they have extremely under-developed wombs (no ovaries) so they cannot menstruate and they don't have menstrual cycles.
Neither one of them has Swyer Syndrome as one of you alleges.
They are men. Period.
Allowing them to compete against women is just a legal loophole which a certain political fringe group is attempting to use as a backdoor way to sneak transgender women into biological women's sports.
nairalanda1: Actually, the nairalander you are blasting is right.
First off, she is from Algeria, so she was born with female genitals, therefore she was assigned girl at birth. Algeria is still a conservative country, therefore no self respecting man is going to misidentfy his male child as a girl, and expose her to possible abuse, even worse over their lives.
Second, she is not transgender in the sense that she does not feel that she was born in the wrong gender....she is intersex
Third, there are genetic conditons that can make a girl have XY chromosomes
Here is the IAAF definition (IAAF unlike the boxing, does not let XY women participate in female events)
Now I should point out that WE do not know Imame's acutal disorder...as the IBA which banned her (and which is in dspute with the IOC which is why they are not running olympic boxing this year)....are keeping the results of their testing confidential (as is expected, because this is a medical matter, and medical matters are kept private).
All in all, it is a tough problem. The main issue is, Imame produces more testoterone than the average female, and as a result is more stronger than the average female, but because of a genetic problem has female organs since her body receptors are testoterone insensitve.
WHY IS IT CONTROVERSIAL
Well, in the past, testoterone doping was a common trick used by many Eastern European countries especially the DDR to cheat. And when it was exposed the scandal almost wrecked sports as a whole. Not to say the fact that many of the women doped with testoterone developed health problems (one had to get medical assistance just to get pregnant ). SO, drug testing got stricter
Then there is the fact that testoterone does make athletes stronger. So, imagine a young female athlete with higher testoterone.....from birth vs...a female athlete with little testotoerone (we all produce testoterone, women produce it in negligible amounts. Men also produce estrogen and progesterone...again in very tiny amounts).
This is not the first time we have had DSD athletes...Sememya comes to mind, as does several others.
SO SHOULD SHE COMPETE IN THE OLYMPICS
Imame has a 37-9 record,, which means she has lost to 9 women who were genetically XX. Her supporters say YES she should
But Imame is much stronger than the average woman, which means she has won most of her matches simply because she is a strong man...so no
MY opinion
She should not compete. Women's sport has a lot of issues, the last thing we need is transgender athletes and intersex athletes with higher testoterone dominating the sport and making cis gendered female athletes feel inferior and discouraged. Despite it not being fair to a trans or intersex athlete, it is what it is. After all, airforce does not take people below a certain height for pilot training, and you cannot operate a heavy machine if you are missing both limbs, so here we are.
Algerian boxer Imene khelif is a biological femal , born femal , with XX chromosomes , no transformation or change of sex (totally unthinkable in a country like Algeria) She suffers from hyperandrogenism like many women. that increases a its testosterone level ( but nothing comparable to the testosterone level of men)
she obtained 17th place at the world championship in New Delhi in 2018 , she ranked 33rd. in 2019 world championship which took place in Russia . she lost a lot of match against women like any boxer, now that she has reached a good level, the cry babies attack her outside the ring, on her physique and try to exclude her
pic when she was young
nairalanda1: The problem is, most people only know that xx is female and xy is male.
It is only someone who works in biology,medicine, biochemistry, biotech, microbiology, human genetics, and similar areas that would know about DSD and the whole stuff. Also internet nerds.
And no, I am not going to blame our education system. To understand DSD, you have to understand genetics...partucularly how DNA and RNA work, and also elementary human embryology...which require university level courses, which take a semseter to teach, in some istances a session. Try that for secondary school students who already have a hefty ton to learn in SSCE level biology...and you want tthem to know more material on top of that.
The topic itself is even complex . Imagine doing it without some knowledge of undergraduate university level genetics and embryology knowledge.
budaatum: These same people argued that Semenya was not a woman just because she was far better than them.
Its like arguing a person cheated just because they beat you.
Only a man can have a Y Chromosome, in fact, the Y Chromosome is transmitted from father to son. It can never be transferred from father to daughter or from mother to son.
In DNA testing when the paternity of a male child is to be determined, it is the Y Chromosome of the biological father which is used to determine paternity.
The very fact that Khelif has both X and Y Chromosomes, completely eliminates any biological claims he has towards being a woman.
You are aggressively promoting 100% anti-science nonsense and garbage.
Botragelad: I've been noticing a load of misinformation floating about, and I think it even made it onto the front page at one point. So, I'm just going to lift this(explanation below) straight from a source, not my own work, mind you and give a brief rundown of the whole thing.
It's quite straightforward, really, for those who can be bothered to read and do their own research without blindly following the crowd of misinformation.
Below, you'll find photos of her from when she was a youngster, as well as her record. And, might I add, she's had a few fight and come out on the losing end, too.
Only a man can have a Y Chromosome, in fact, the Y Chromosome is transmitted from father to son. It can never be transferred from father to daughter or from mother to son.
In DNA testing when the paternity of a male child is to be determined, it is the Y Chromosome of the biological father which is used to determine paternity.
The very fact that Khelif has both X and Y Chromosomes, completely eliminates any biological claims he has towards being a woman.
The following statement that a certain Nairalander has been aggressively promoting is 100% garbage and anti-science.
She has hyperandrogenism, a condition marked by unusually high levels of androgens in her blood, resulting in elevated testosterone and the presence of XY chromosomes.
Imane is not gay, nor trans, but she’s intersex, so born as a woman with male chromosomes, hence the high testosterone and appearance. It’s not Imane’s fault and Imane did not consciously changed her gender from man to woman, that’s just how she is."
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This creature called for the killing of Jewish people. If you guys don't ban him, I'm going to report NL to a higher authority and you won't like the results of my action.
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You should have listened to your own advice before spewing nonsense. It was negotiated on behalf of all civil servants across federal, state and local levels. They also involved the private sector and for reasons known to those ones, they decided to stupidly tag along.
Kukutente23: It's called minimum wage not uniform wage. Edo for example was paying 40k when FG was paying 30k. Same Edo and Lagos have been paying 70k since early this year. It is a baseline for poverty index in a country which is pegged at average of $2 a day spending. Get yourself properly enlightened.
Like I said, you have a low IQ. "Committed murder voluntarily?" That has got to be one of the dumbest statements anyone has ever spoken. There's no such thing as a person being murdered voluntarily! Why is it that basic logic eludes you morons?
The use of the word "volunteer" means there was a willingness on the part of Christ to undertake the task of redemption. It was not forced on Him.
AntiChristian: So he committed the murder voluntarily? It is still the same! God came to kill himself! That's murder!
Show me where "mounting" is mentioned in Numbers 31:40?
In your filthy book, allah actually revealed a koran verse allowing his loyal MUDSLIME slaves to rape captured married women in the presence of their husbands! So, kindly show me something in the Bible which is similar to the following Surah and Hadith:
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah her pleased with him) reported that at the Battle of Hanain Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) sent an army to Autas and encountered the enemy and fought with them. Having overcome them and taken them captives, the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace te upon him) seemed to refrain from having intercourse with captive women because of their husbands being polytheists. Then Allah, Most High, sent down regarding that:" And women already married, except those whom your right hands possess (iv. 24)" (i. e. they were lawful for them when their 'Idda period came to an end).
Sahih Muslim 8:3432
Your prophet was indeed mounting Aisha when she was 6 years old. Here is the fatwa:
‘............As for the Prophet, peace and prayers of Allah be upon him, thighing his fiancée Aisha. She was six years of age and he could not have intercourse with her due to her small age. That is why the prophet peace and prayers of Allah be upon him placed his penis between her thighs and massaged it lightly, as the apostle of Allah had control of his penis not like other believers’”
(Fatwa No. 31409)
You actually said he was mounting her at 6! Now he was not mounting again! You go lie to death!
Tell us how your God mounted the 32 virgins of war in Numbers 31:40 to give birth to the sons of God?
Typical smelly filthy MUDSLIME! Ignore everything that shows the context and continue repeating your lame lies like a parrot
John 10:18 No one can take my life from me. I sacrifice it voluntarily. For I have the authority to lay it down when I want to and also to take it up again.For this is what my Father has commanded”
AntiChristian: Yes, Yahweh send his son/himself to be murdered! He committed murder! But He told us not to kill yet sent himself to be killed!
The Hadith says he "married" her at the age of 6. Do you want me to produce hadiths and fatwas which shows that your "prophet" was rubbing his preek between her baby buttocks until she celebrated her 9th birthday which is when he decided to penetrate her?
The hadith you quoted says 9 years and you say 6 years! Liars will always tell lies! Anyways! He broke no laws even from your Bible!
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