I mean, fair enough. I'll admit I'm biased against Islam because of my experiences and upbringing but there is some weird exception progressives seem to have for Muslims
rishado
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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.
Yes, it's popular among the youth in the USA/Canada and Europe to be very accepting of Islam as if it's as benign as any other religion. And people (westerners) respect the hijab, oppression of women, and it's socially acceptable somehow now that they can drink and have sex but not eat pork and call themselves good Muslims. If anything they bash Christianity and Judaism extra hard because that is the status quo and give some kind of social pass to Islam because they are discriminated against in Canada or something? It's pathetic to be honest with you
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
Maybe in the states but in Canada and Europe its been prevalent for the last 10 years at least. Us Arabs are now the minority flavor of the week for white sympathy, and young people who don't know any better think they should suddenly tolerate our intolerance because we're disenfranchised. And that sucks because 10 years down the line some radical fuck is gonna do some extremist bullshit in "little Mogadishu" and anti-arab sentiment will become popular again, rinse and repeat