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"I genuinely believe that his devotion to Allah is partially a product of having messy mentally ill addicts for a mother and sister. Genuinely I'm happy for him because he seems to be avoiding the haram lifestyle and destructive tendencies that plague our family."
"No other religion is like this besides Mormonism. Even Christianity with Jesus, at least he existed and the debate is whether or not he resurrected. Islam is completely ahistorical like with mormonism. First it's assumption that Jesus never died, despite that being the known historical fact about Je"
"But I just don't understanddd I don't even hate Muslims the way y'all hardcore RSers do but Islam is like the least fun major religion imo. No pork, no alcohol, no art, no music. Why can't you just enjoy all the dimensions of being alive Islamically :("
"When he talks about it, it's clear he has a chip on his shoulder about not receiving an artistic education. For example, music wasn't taught at all, which is typical of Islamic schools generally."
"By abstract I mean, no images of the deity or prophets. No art outside of geometric patterns. The practice of almost every other religion allows, or requires, symbols or images of the god(s) to focus devotion. It's actually really incredible that Islam came into such places through words, patterns, "
"Many diaspora Iranian talk about Islam as this regrettable perversion of their civilisation. But Iran has been overwhelmingly Muslim for more than a thousand years. Before European archeologists arrived and started excavating, Iranians knew practically nothing about their pre-islamic history."
"I was reading about how Sinnead O'Connor converted to Islam and I feel like this is the logical landing spot for anyone who is so irremediably contrarian."
"It always starts out reasonable but 2/3s of the way in they all make a logical leap that only makes sense if the speaker already believe in Islam while sounding like Adam Ragusea when he segues into an ad-read. It never fails to make me smile. They also make Mohammed sound really stupid and that the"
"All the jokes about redheads, Andrew Tate and pro-Palestine tiktokers but is it actually a trend?"
"The first one was a Black Muslim espousing a syncretism between Islam and therapy culture ("mindfulness"). For example, he informed the crowd that "hurt people hurt people," hence the behavior of the Israelis. Most notably to me, though, he made the claim that the term "pagan" is just a way of other"
"I shouldn't be shocked by anything anymore but the prevalence of the opinion that the stark differences between the West and the Orient come down to some fundamental difference in the original theology of the Bronze Age monotheistic Abrahamic religion of Christianity vs. the Bronze monotheistic Abra"
"The Abrahamic trio fucked up an interesting world."
"some possible reasons (not sure tho, post your own theory if you have one): - cultural homogenization resulting in buddhism no longer being "exotic" - people started talking about "cultural appropriation" (and here they probably had a point) - people got less corny in general - islam entering the ma"
"Islam is the only major religion that seems to explicitly talk about a carnal aspect to heaven. Very attractive creatures in the form of 'houri', an endless libido, and 'zestier' sex than possible in corporeality."
"I don't understand why women cannot be modest without having to wear a foreskin shaped rag around their heads. It is one of the least flattering things a woman can possibly wear. They cannot hope to counteract Israeli thirst traps with their own while wear that nonsense."
"Christianity gave an unconditionally-loving personal god to a brutal hierarchical Roman society. Islam gave strict rules and structure to a chaotic tribal society. And Scientology deified the self (literally) for a society of anxious gluttinous individualists."
"islam gets a bad rap, but it has a sort of elegant simplicity to its theology that sidesteps many pointless debates. (i remember the story of Umar wanting to retreat, being accused of defying God's will, and replying that if he retreated then that would be God's will as well.)"
"My ex sexually assaulted me then left the country and converted to Islam, AMA"
"Islam is the only major religion that seems to explicitly talk about a carnal aspect to heaven. Very attractive creatures in the form of 'houri', an endless libido, and 'zestier' sex than possible in corporeality."
"Islam gave strict rules and structure to a chaotic tribal society."