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  • If they start a fight, continue it, and escalate it until total obliteration.

    Huh? Fuck no what the hell are you talking about? Islam has rules of engagement and explicitly forbids attacking non-combatants. Other than that in Islam Jihad has two purposes: protecting Muslims and spreading Islam, in that order. Neither are helped by a war of extermination, and historically Muslim states have been on the side of “convert or pay the tribute and we’ll leave you alone”.

    I can see why countries that had some sort of Islamic revolution at some point are totally great places to live. Nothing inhumane happening there.

    Okay seriously, why are you attributing that to Islam and not colonialism and the cold war? Secular post-colonial states in the Middle East aren’t doing much better.






  • Lemme answer as an Egyptian Muslim:

    That depends on what you mean by “social influence”, but “imam” only really means “someone who leads the prayer” so it’s not really a big deal in and of its own. Hell, in many/most mosques the imam can’t come for all prayers so you’ll have random community members leading the prayer the other times. The concept of the imam of a mosque is really more one of convenience than anything else.

    That said, the “official” (as in appointed by the government or whoever runs the mosque) imam of a masjid is also often/most of the time an Islamic scholar, which culturally and religiously is a career that commands a certain around of respect. He also usually lead any charity work they have in the mosque (in mine they make food for poor community members daily during Ramadan and weekly otherwise). That’s it. The whole thing is rather mild; they range from just community to respectable community members, and they don’t get to demand obedience or have any sort of decisive power. Also on an institutional level, I can for example tell you that the modern Azhar is full of shit and reject their rulings if I think that another ruling makes more sense, which happens a lot, without needing to create a whole new sect stares at Protestantism.

    BTW just to make that clear, an Islamic scholar is anyone who studied Islam and reached a certain degree of proficiency; it’s something anyone can become and not gatekept by an institution. I could become an Islamic scholar if I wanted to right now (and had the brainpower to remember all the stuff they’re supposed to remember) without having to go to the Azhar or any other institution.


  • Even if what you said was true, you’re not backing your claim about the “she asked for it” mindset.

    You always have the the priest class that is better than the rest

    Okay lemme tell you: That is straight up projection. Only Christianity has that. Maybe Judaism does too I’m not sure about that one, but I can tell you that Islam sure as hell doesn’t. Islam is, surprisingly enough, not organized religion in the sense atheists in the West like to hate about. In fact, it’s very critical of the way Judaism and Christianity put their priests above their stations, likening it to worship in at least one instance.

    most of the time the incredulous are worth nothing.

    The who?