Rapid Response 47 is another Trump white alt spewing racist shit
this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2025
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I hear that Muslims think that anyone that is not blessed in their religion, even infants, will go to hell. They have a single religious leader that has absolute control over their theocratic state and has influence over leaders from around the world (historically, even power over them). They have a history of holy wars, torture of those of other faith, and holding back any knowledge and scientific progress that challenges their doctrine. They adorn their holy places with devices of torture and execution. And they practice ritualistic cannibalism of a holy man regularly, even feeding it to their children.
Oh sorry... that's Catholics.
You're just describing abrahamic religions. This thread is honestly concerning. I grew up in the middle east and I hate seeing this much tolerance of Islam because I experienced the worst of it but oh no people think it's cool and trendy to allow the athan to play t times a day in little fucking Mogadishu now
Fuck any public broadcasting of religion and separate church and state
I'm not defending either religion. I said elsewhere in the thread that I think the Bible and the Quran are full of barbarism and unfit to be a moral guide for anyone. I just love to point out the hypocrisy of American Christians that deem other faiths 'weird' and 'menacing' without acknowledging their own similar flaws just because they have normalized and contextualized their religion and fail to do it for others.
I cant say that I really care about public expression, religious or otherwise, so long as it is not a nuisance (unless it is protest and that nuisance is the point). I dont know how loud the public prayer calls are or at what hours it runs, so I cant really say if it meets that level of nuisance or not. Religion isn't my jam, and I dont want it forced upon me in terms of policy and law. Theocracy is a fucking nightmare. As you said, church and state should be separate; they shouldnt even share borders. But everyone has as much right to express their religion in public as we do to critique it. That's fine by me, man.
I completely agree, and allowing athan to be broadcast is, for me, not the same as public expression. A person wearing hijab, sure. That's an individual choice and personal expression . Lobbying the town hall so you can blast prayer 5 times a day to give the neighborhood a religious 'in-group' feel is borderline exclusionary, and not my jam. I get the vibe you haven't been/lived in a Muslim country. The athan is literally nothing but a nuisance to non Muslims. It's like a 5 minute declaration/command for prayer at full volume 5 times a day.
Well that's what I was saying, IDK how much a nuisance it actually is going to be in practice here. If it is a relatively brief record of chanting at a reasonable volume in daytime hours, that's fine. Not functionally different than a busker with an amp playing music on the street in term of noise pollution. If it is uncomfortably loud for nearby residents, fully audible from a mile away or going off in the middle of the night, then that goes beyond expression and into disturbing the peace. I know the chants are loud and disruptive (by design) in many Muslim countries. I'm not sure if they are trying to do the exact same here or if they are taking it a bit easier in this case.