FYI, for some Brazilians being Muslim seems to be worse than being an atheist or even worse, such is the level of defamatory propaganda against the religion and its followers, and the lack of willingness of Brazilians to learn about the religion of more than one billion inhabitants of this planet. In this distorted view, Muslims are seen as backward, sexist, violent and as terrorists in the Brazilian mind. There are reports of Islamophobia in Brazil. Arab and Muslim groups in Brazil have to organize to fight against all these forms of discrimination and stereotypes that they encounter every day in Brazilian society. Yet it seems that Brazil is also a safe place for Arabs(Lebanese mostly) compares to Afro-Brazilians who have been facing racism in Brazil since its colonial period to this very day.
Maybe Lula's support for the Palestinians at the U.N doesn't really represent the masses of Brazilian ppl. 
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From my previous posts on Brazil and President Lula, yall know I'm a big fan. Here's another reason why:
President Lula at the UN:
"Whats going on in Gaza is a genocide--not only the extermination of the Palestinian people, but the annihilation of their dream of a nation.
For this reason, Brazil is joining South Africa's case at the international Court of Justice."
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This is brave as hell given Brazil has a sizable Jewish community with an influential Zionist organization, but they played themselves by supporting Jair Bolsonaro, a strong Netanyahu backer. Also remember Brazil has a very active socialist & progressive Jewish community, and they support President Lula.
Lula's ties with South Africa go back to his days as a union organizer and his activism against SA apartheid.
BIG PROPS TO PRESIDENT LULA👏👏👏
FREE PALESTINE🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
