I’m guessing it’s like Christianity where there are leftist Christians who follow Jesus’ more progressive messages such as giving to the less fortunate and healing the sick, and then there are the scary Christian evangelicals that want A Handmaids Tale and conversion therapy. Logically, Islam probably isn’t a monolith in a similar way other religions aren’t.

However, I have never heard about what those of the Islamic faith actually believe outside of the hysterical post 9/11 Islamophobia I’ve been indoctrinated with as a child.

I want to know what the truth is and hear the other sides story. To me it’s obvious that Islamophobia is wrong, however when Islamophobes make wild claims about it, I can’t really refute them confidently because I’m simply ignorant of the facts. Please educate my dumb, white ass.

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    Damn, guys. Please debate the validity of religion as a whole in a different post, would you? It’s getting way too off topic. I’m not religious, but I’m also aware that in hell world we need our opiates or we’ll go crazy.

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      It is too late comrade you have opened the religion debate floodgates by mentioning the existence of religion lmao

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        Oh look it’s the “if religion gone all problems go away” argument, which looks conspicuously similar to fundies arguing “if everyone followed my religion all problems go away.”

        EDIT: Not directed at you @booty@hexbear.net ; I was in agreement with what you were saying.

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          Sorry I’m a little bit dumb are you misunderstanding me or just venting about the state of the thread lol

          Because I was very much making fun of people derailing this thread for the thirty millionth discussion about the merits of religion as a whole

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      It’s because of fedoralords like the one furiously fedora tipping in this thread that I call myself nonreligious instead of atheist.