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xieyaohuan · 2 months

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"Books once held sacred have become dangerous. Sholpan Amirkhan, Pioner’s sister-in-law, told me that after Pioner was taken along with his books, people in her community began purging their households of all objects that could possibly be construed as Islamic. “We did not know which books were considered bad, so we just burned all of our Uyghur and Kazakh books page by page in the stove in our house,” she said. “We were too afraid to throw them away because we worried they could be traced back to us.” Contacts from Southern Xinjiang told me that irrigation canals were clogged with masses of soggy books that villagers threw away in the middle of the night. In his memoir, the Uyghur poet Tahir Hamut Izgil describes the way his panicked neighbors dumped religious articles into the sewer in their Ürümchi apartment complex in the middle of the night. They did not trust the local authorities to protect them, so they avoided handing them in in person.

"One of the books Pioner possessed that was mentioned in his case was Garden of the Righteous, a collection of hadiths, or sayings of the Prophet Mohammad, translated from Arabic to Uyghur by the Uyghur scholar Muhemmed Salih Hajim and his daughter, Nezire Muhemmed Salih, who had studied Arabic as an international student in Qatar. After it was published through the Xinjiang People’s Publishing House in 2005, for the next decade this collection of hadiths was the standard edition used by nearly all state-sponsored imams and mollas throughout the region. Because the Uyghur translation was censored by the Ministry of Culture and excluded numerous passages the government read as problematic, it was much shorter than the original Arabic. Until Salih Hajim and Nezire Muhemmed Salih were arrested in 2017, likely on charges of “propagating terrorism and extremism, and inciting terrorist activities,” Uyghurs generally did not view this text as politically dangerous. It was only when Salih Hajim, who was 82 at the time of his detention, died less than 40 days after his arrest—one of the first known casualties of the mass internment campaign—that it became widely known that possession of his translation could result in arrest."

#please read this if you have some time #uighurs #uyghurs #criminalization of religion #dystopia

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politijohn · 6 months

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This should never have been a thing

#religion #atheist #atheism #Christianity #prisons #abolish prisons #criminal justice #government #the left #news #current events

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spencerslover-blog · 2 months

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I wanna love you but something's pulling me away from you. Jesus is my virtue and Judas is the demon I cling to. I'm just a holy fool, oh, baby, it's so cruel but I'm still in love with Judas.

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sugarmarbles21 · 2 months

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Respecting the house-rules

This is a bit of old news, but since it’s still happening I think it’s still relevant. I think there has been some misunderstanding about the status quo in Al-Aqsa mosque and how the zionists calls it racist when I think it’s the opposite.

The mosque is supposed to be a place to practice Islamic faith and I believe that it is the reason for the status quo, to protect the worshippers from interruptions in the mosque.

The WAQF probably have these rules in place to remind non-Muslims that they are guests of this house and that they should be respectful towards the Muslims who doesn’t want to be bothered when they’re in the middle of praying.

While I am against any rule that encourages discrimination(not saying that it’s the case here), I have to remind myself that different cultures have different rules and norms and I have to respect them too as I am a guest and not the resident.

So what I’m trying to say is that Israel are forgetting the fact that they are just guests and not the landlords of the Al-Aqsa so they have no right to barge into the mosque and defile it with animal-blood! Wouldn’t you be upset if someone did that to your house?

The right to practice your religion is a human right and it must be protected from people like the Israeli government, who have no respect for anything sacred!

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religion-is-a-mental-illness · 6 months

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On this day in 1944, heartless Winston Churchill refused a ceasefire and continued the genocidal attack on Nazi Germany.

As we well know now, far more German civilians have died in the war, which makes them the victims and Britain the war criminal.

The best time for a ceasefire is before you launch a barbaric, sadistic terrorist attack. Those who instigate wars aren't entitled to a "time out."

#Eretz Nehederet #World War II #Nazi Germany #Germany #Germans #Winston Churchill #double standards #BBC World News #BBC #BBC News #parody #satire #exterminate hamas #hamas #genocide #palestine genocide #war criminals #hypocrisy #religion is a mental illness

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reid-supremacist · 1 year

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Garcia: hey reid, random question…

Reid: Yeah, what’s up?

Garcia: Are you religious by any chance?

Reid: oh um I mean I use to be…I was raised Christian

Derek: Why don’t you believe anymore?

Reid: Well, i use to pray when I was younger that dad would come back or that moms “sickness” would go away or at least improve…I mean I know god can’t “intervene” as such but at least make it get better, it never did…

Emily: oh reid I’m so sorry

#criminal minds #spencer reid #religion #bau team #jennifer jereau #criminal minds incorrect quotes #emily prentiss #derek morgan #spencer reid incorrect quotes

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nando161mando · 7 months

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alexlovesfanfics · 2 months

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I think we can all agree Israel sucks and I will not get into why and it should be held accountable for war crimes and the US is a POS for shielding it

But remember not to become an extremist who thinks ALL Israelis and Jews are evil because

That is not true. Think of all the Israelis protesting against the genocide. Think of the Israeli teacher who was abused for making pro Palestine statements

Generalising makes us as bad as them. They think all Palestinians and Muslims are evil and they use that to justify their actions. We cannot stoop to their level

Fuck Israel. Fuck its leaders. Fuck its army. Fuck all those who support it.

But remember to be better. It may seem like the world is cruel and evil but we need to have hope, kindness, and empathy to make sure it stays alive.

Remember the story of Pandora. She opened a box containing all the world's greatest evils but it also contained hope. It means that there can always be good found and that Hope is the most powerful tool against all this evil. And you need to have Hope - to think that things can get better, to think you can make a difference however small - to have kindness and empathy for others

Be Hopeful. Be kind. Be empathetic. To say this situation is terrible would be the understatement of the century, but there is also good. Find the good and let it fuel you, let it drive you to make the world better.

When the world is cruel, choose to be kind.

#this was meant to be rant to try and stop more ppl from becoming extremists but instead it turned into this #just to clarify I don't support those think Israel is justified #I just want to remind people not to hate because of a person's religions #or ethnicity #just their actions #never a judge a book by its cover remember #free palestine #freepalastine🇵🇸#from the river to the sea palestine will be free #freegaza #freepalestine #free gaza #israel is evil #israel is a war criminal #israel is an apartheid state #israel is committing genocide #israel is a terrorist state #i rarely swear #but FUCK ISRAEL #don't get it twisted I stand is Palestine 100%#but I will not gatekeep supporting it from people just because of their religion or nationality or whatever else #we need many voices as possible and I welcome *everyone* who joins the cause #Even the Andrew Tate's brother though I absolutely hate him #I appreciate him donating to Palestine #Though he's still a POS

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loomiseater · 15 days

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I’m only on season 7 but I like how even though Spencer doesn’t believe in God, he doesn’t disrespect people who believe in Him, which is something very rare u see now days

How can anyone hate this cutie? He’s so sweet🥹💗.

#spencer reid #criminal minds #religion

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gothprentiss · 2 years

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derek morgan, 3x09 penelope

What does it mean? ... What are the odds that, the first time I pray in 20 years, she's on the table?

#criminal minds #derek morgan #shemar moore #criminalmindsedit #cmedit #edits #i have very strong feelings abt how this show writes his relationship with religion but one of them is I Love Him #that's the main one actually i just like... i love that he's on a journey for meaning...

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eyesontheskyline · 1 month

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So, we know that Rossi is a practicing catholic and Emily is a lapsed one, but the resident bible scholar on the team aside from Reid tends to be Hotch. I don’t see him as practicing, but what are your thoughts on where he falls? Virginia’s largest denomination is Southern Baptist I think.

I’ve always found the fact that the writers made Emily a lapsed catholic interesting. Do you think Elizabeth Prentiss was devout? Or did she take Emily to church so they could keep up appearances?

Ahh this is so interesting. So I'm Scottish and US media is so pervasive that most of the time I don't really notice that I'm writing characters from a different culture (except I need to continually remind myself which side of the car they're supposed to be on)... But US religious culture is probably the one thing I have a really hard time imagining my way into.

Like, every time a show wants to leave me with the idea 'maybe god is real, actually' when it's a show that's basically logical and not at all supernatural, I'm a bit like... wat? For example, that scene in Epilogue where they're talking about their experiences when they 'died' and Reid is like "It was something I couldn't explain" that felt so weird to me because there are a lot of non-religious explanations for those experiences out there, people write papers about them, and I think Reid would go to those first.

The kind of... pervasive religiousness of the US is very very hard for me to imagine my way into. And all the different denominations are very foreign to me too. Where I am, if you're a white Christian then you're almost definitely Catholic or Church of Scotland - I've seen an Episcopal church but I've never met someone who goes to one. In fact, I don't think I know anyone who genuinely believes in god in the literal sense, definitely not anyone who makes it a thing they talk about in general life. I know about 3 people who go to church. Morgan figuring out that he at least kinda believes in in god / the devil feels weird to me, but I'm super aware that's my cultural bias that I have a hard time looking past.

That said, I am a lapsed Catholic, so that aspect is easy enough for me... I would think Catholic would be the thing to be to keep up appearances in Rome, specifically, but not in all the places she was posted, and you either do the sacraments or you don't, so I would guess Elizabeth grew up Catholic. How much she literally believes is tough for me, but it seems like teen Emily believed to some extent, and her friends definitely did... So I would guess Elizabeth was / is devout.

Hotch seems like he grew up in an old school traditional household. I think if Virginia's biggest denomination is Southern Baptist then probably that's what was at home. And I would guess his dad found all kinds of Bible-related justifications for his abusive behaviour and baby Hotch studied the Bible to see if that's what was really in there.

But yeah I'm very interested in all this because (apart from the Catholics) it's the one aspect of the characters that feels really foreign to me. So tell me more, friends.

#ask me #criminal minds #religion is a minefield

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k-i-l-l-e-r-b-e-e-6-9 · 9 months

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𝔖𝔩𝔞𝔶𝔢𝔯 - ℭ𝔯𝔦𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔞𝔩𝔩𝔶 ℑ𝔫𝔰𝔞𝔫𝔢

#Slayer #Postmortem #Criminally Insane #Release date:#1986 #Single #Genre:#Thrash Metal #Themes:#Death #Satan #Anti-religion #Murder #War #Politics #USA

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persephoneflouwers · 7 months

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#does anybody care what he has to say?#free Palestine #Israel is ‘delaying his assault on Gaza’ only to wait for US troops to arrive #you know when US got their army back from Afghanistan #I was like mmh weird. what’s the next war they are going to join now?#I thought it would have been Ukraine #but they can’t shit with Russia lmao #so yeah this is the one #welcome to 2001 #Islamophobia makes me sick #hate on religion makes me sick #because wtf are you hating somebody else for? a god that u don’t even know if exists? get a reality check ASAP #palestine #us politics #war criminals

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nando161mando · 5 months

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christinareedy-love · 7 months

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An end to this nightmare?

Find trump guilty of treason because trying to overthrow a democracy is not okay. Get rid of his 3 illegitimate supreme court picks. Codify Roe vs Wade into federal law without asking congress which is currently corrupt. Then eject all nazis & dirty money out of our government.

#get religion out of our government #no more prayer breakfasts #separation of church and state #freedom from religion #trump insurrection #trump treason #trump is a threat to democracy #fuck nazis #trump is a criminal #trump is the enemy of the people #trump is a loser

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chaoticpersontale · 7 months

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Kdrama: The fiery priest

#south korea #korean #kdrama #the fiery priest #comedy #priest #fight #fighting #crime #police #criminals #action #murder #catholiscism #religion

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