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The context for The Hungry and the Fat, Timur Vermess new satirical novel, is not as far-fetched as all that. Were just a short distance in the future, a time when a prosperous Europe is under pressure to formulate its responses to the massive refugee camps that are swelling all over Africa. (Significantly, this setting is explicitly post-Merkel Germany, in the years following the major influx of refugees allowed under her leadership.) Enter a TV producer, who can think of no better way to handle the global crisis than to send his star-of-the-moment to visit one of the large African camps and meet some of its inhabitants. It will be the perfect culmination of the companys hit reality series, Angel in Adversity, adored by viewers and advertisers alike. What could possibly go wrong The beautiful, elegant and vacuous Nadeche Hackenbusch shows up at the two-million-person camp, where she is welcomed as an angel. One of the refugees who has been employed to help around the camp calls her Malaika, because thats what angels are in Swahili; she, meanwhile, calls him Lionel because well, for reasons too involved to go into here.

Once they have met, Lionel (handsome, charismatic, seemingly mysterious) becomes one of the main drivers of the plot, as he devises a simple, if outlandish, idea to get himself and his friends away from their protracted desert hopelessness and up into Germany. But watching back home, how will Germanys reality TV audience feel about this new development? Its one thing to pity people suffering terribly 12,000 kilometres away, but quite another to want a few hundred thousand of them showing up on ones own border.

So what is the German government to do about it? Well, lets just say that the Overton window shifts terrifyingly fast. The dramatic climax to which this story builds asks who might be the casualties of such a confrontation and, conversely, who might do rather well out of it? And what, if anything, will people learn from the experience and the outcome?

As Vermess book is a work of satire, it would be unfair to tax it too harshly for its lack of interest in conveying complex characterisation or actual plausibility (we get little real sense of the refugees themselves); but its still a shame that its targets are such easy ones. There is a greedy, mostly amoral TV producer; a self-absorbed media star; a magazine features writer obsessed with celebrity access, whose lofty regard for her own journalistic work is matched by no discernible qualities; and a young politician who is quick to compromise principle for ambition. For all its original twists, Im not sure this is as bold as it thinks it is.

That said, The Hungry and the Fat is an immensely enjoyable read: it manages to avoid the common problem of diminishing returns (impressive for a single piece of satire spanning 560 pages), and really speeds along. Like so many of the most distasteful, grotesque spectacles, once its caught your eye, you find it almost impossible to look away.

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The row over border checks is, however, about more than a quick flash of a passport. The response to the migrant crisis has been for governments to reassert their position at a nation-state level, thereby enfeebling the EU rather than strengthening it. It provides a marked contrast with the Eurozone crisis, which highlighted significant weaknesses with the EUs system of economic and monetary union. Back then, the states pulled together to deal with the problem (largely at Greeces expense, of course), introducing the European Stability Mechanism and instigating a banking union. What didnt kill the EU, made it stronger.

In comparison, governments have been willing to jettison Schengen and with it the fundamental EU principle of free movement, for national reasons. It turns out sovereignty matters in countries other than the UK, after all. The migrant crisis could have provided the impetus for member states to seek out ever closer ties, but instead they have ridden roughshod over what was meant to be a core value of EU integration. Little wonder that federalists are so concerned: in 2018, the President of the European Parliament wrote that the situation threatens to destroy the EU.

2020 was supposed to be the year when the Schengen crisis came to an end, with the EU hoping that the border checks would at last be removed. But now we have coronavirus. For France, Germany and the others, this would seem like a dangerous time to belatedly allow people to move without checks. In numerous other states that have continued to adhere to the Schengen rules even in the midst of the migrant crisis, border controls may be introduced for the first time in decades.

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We live in a world of displaced populations. Nearly one out of seven people alive today is a migrant. Over a quarter of a billion are classed as international migrants, while over three-quarters of a billion are migrants within the borders of their own countries. Worldwide, by mid-2019, there were over 70 million refugees people who have been forced by war, persecution and environmental crisis to leave their homes. A vast majority of these refugees are from Muslim nations, including Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Yemen. Contrary to perceptions that these Muslim migrants are flooding the West, the biggest recipients of refugees are also Muslim nations like Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan. While global migration is primarily motivated by economic reasons and may also be an indicator of the global economy's success, refugee data represents only tragedy and it is clear that the Muslim world bears more than its fair share of that.

This fact, combined with the teachings of Islam, both mandate that Muslims should be especially active in addressing the global refugee crisis. Facing the challenge is not a question of Sadaqa or charity aid alone. It includes mobilization and activism against war, the promotion of peacebuilding, restoration, taking care of victims, ensuring the protection and return of refugees, and rehabilitation of devasted cities and villages across nations. We need to end existing conflicts, prevent those which are imminent and then rebuild nations so people can go back to their homes. Yes, the challenges are numerous and Muslims, a community of 55 nations and nearly 2 billion people, must at least do their fair share.

It is common knowledge among Muslims that Islam is a religion of refugees and migrants. Indeed, the Islamic calendar starts not with the first revelation of the Quran in A.D. 61, but with the migration of the Prophet Muhammad and his companions from Mecca to Medina in A.D. 622. The Prophet Muhammad and his companions are erroneously labeled as migrants in Islamic literature, although in truth they were refugees forced to flee after a decade of religious persecution in Mecca. Given the historical origins of the first Muslim community, it is surprising that Muslims have not made the care, protection and advocacy of refugees a pillar of their faith.

Maybe it is time for American Muslims to reinforce the fact that Muslims do not engage in religious persecution akin to what the prophet suffered; nor will they stand by while there is religious persecution anywhere on Earth. We, as American Muslims, should be the first to come to the aid of refugees forced to leave their homes like Muhammad and his companions.

The story of the Prophet Muhammads migration has another side that is often neglected: The story of the Ansar (or "Helpers") the people of Medina who received and accepted the refugees from Mecca. While the story of the migrants ("Mahajirs") is a tale of faith, persecution and suffering, the story of the Medinans (the Ansar) is one of sacrifice, giving, tolerance and openness. While the people of Mecca had no choice but to migrate, the those in Medina chose to provide refuge. In my latest book, "Islam and Good Governance: A Political Philosophy of Ihsan," I argue that a society based on the concept of "Ihsan" (doing beautiful things) would be motivated not by self-regarding politics but by other-regarding interests. The Muhsins ("those who perform Ihsan") will act not in self-interest but in the interests of others like the Ansar of Medina. Nothing can be more virtuous than what the Ansar did. The Quran records their concern for others:

"They love those who emigrated to them and find not any want in their breasts for what the emigrants were given but give (them) preference over themselves, even though they are in privation," Quran verse 59:9.

The Quran places a lot of importance on the plight of migrants and refugees, making them eligible for zakat (deserving of distribution). It also commands Muslims to provide protection for refugees even if they are nonbelievers.

And if any disbeliever seeks your protection, then grant him protection so that he may hear the words of Allah. Then deliver him to his place of safety, Quran verse 9:6.

The Prophet Muhammad, who was himself a migrant/refugee, understood their plight firsthand and so he too commanded Muslims to help those in need.

Whoever grants respite to someone in difficulty or relieves him, Allah will shade him on the Day of Resurrection when there is no shade but his, says Al-Tirmidhi 1306.

Some American Muslims, 68% of whom are immigrants and refugees, have a unique opportunity to be both Mahajir and Ansar. We came here as immigrants seeking a better life, and now that we have found our American dream, it is our time to be Ansar; to advocate, to fight for and to support those who are forced to leave their homes. Fighting for those who are in need is the best sunnah, a true way of bringing Ihsan into our lives.

Allah loves the Muhsineen ('those who do good')," Quran verse 2:295.

* Professor at the University of Delaware and a senior fellow at the Center for Global Policy

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Some Fortnite love, others hate. I in this conflict, and now Im somewhere in the middle, a little przychylniejszym eye-to-eye in the direction of the first group. Once upon a time I played very much, today, it is so that one, two, meczyki in the evening, especially in the mobile Version. In such a Situation, there are a lot of people Fortnite Battle Royale accompanied us for more than two years, and this is enough time, in a big circle just happens. Ba, which you can see by the receipts of the games decline in the size of the order of 50% is the normal life for the goods, on the temporary Boom go, but still Added Epic Games deserves a cosmic sumabout the competition may be that with dreams. The cost within a Fortnite fold more than Call of Duty, Apex and PUBG!

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The Result Of Fortnite

To approach, however, is hype to the game a few months ago, and in combination with other problems with Fortnite almost the level of the divine began to slowly deadly competition came up. However, if only one Team is working in the title acknowledged that the pillars have to be strong, released wiralow campaign, that is, within a few days all including those who seem Fortnite somewhere.

Disable Server and a spectacular event, in which in the Gaming world, a black hole swallows is one of the najsprytniejszych lately calls of stock, Marketing and a lot of work, which was necessary, on technical questions in connection with przepinaniem new games on assety. The end result i.e. the inability to play come what may, is still one of the most popular production has led to about the title trbiono for a few days with a much greater intensity than in the Moment when Fortnite was, theoretically, at the peak of popularity. The recruitment of such a large interest from the media and the players, success (especially, if we consider the fact that the interest was generated organically, not as part of paid campaign) into account. And you have to remember still that we are talking about a game, which is on the neck for more than two years. TWO years!

In addition, as the enormous scale reached Fever in connection with the black hole in Fortnite and the beginning of Chapter 2 better show the hard data. In the Peak Moment of the need to sign all the a dedicate event to the game looked at at the same time, about 6 million people (4.3 million on YouTube, and about 1.5 million. Twitch.tv). And then it was not worse! Although the number of viewers declined, of course, on a regular basis (at the end, as much as you can with an almost empty screen?), Shows, games, and so were in close foreground.

And if the audience is not convinced you? Enough a look at what is in Google. Here Fortnite all possible, Grove shooting broke out. If we are talking bone to collect the game only with your current performance, the growth in the popularity of up to 100% compared to the previous on the slopes of Broad Peak! Once again, I remind you that we are talking about a game that is already a few years on the neck

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Fortnite against Facebook and YouTube

For comparison, Minecraft, the many people hejtujcych Fortnite sets (ironically), in its 10-year history, never, not even close to a similar result. Even if the bone to collect a black hole in a Fortnite with the recent Premiere of the Trailer of Cyberpunk 2077, or at least food for thought *beep* on the Internet crazy trusted the latest events in Fortnite, and so fixed the best results. And again and again.

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At the end you have to but Epic Games is a give away Way Fortnite Battle Royale, deserves a deep bow. Not enough that the game is saved continuously within a period of two years on the absolute top (both in terms of income and popularity), its still developers are constantly in the community can intensify due to the constant introduction of new products. And to not start if the traditional Updates with contentem be sufficient to be able to bomb, the range covers almost the entire Internet.

In Fortnite: Battle Royale can free to play on PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switchu and on Smartphones, iOS/Android, but if you just want to start your day with this name, it maybe you should consider buying a pudekowego release of the game with some digital bonuses.

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