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[CW: mentions of Islamophobia] Is Islam as homophobic and sexist as westerners claim? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (14 children)

Your words not mine

Yes, so get some reading comprehension so you can contextually understand them.

Marx himself said that a post-religious society was a good thing, many steps ahead.

There is no step of being a smug condescending fedoralord while capitalism is still crushing people. Or, as another poster just put it here:

"Hah, fine, I'll read Marx"

Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.

and that's why i left the Left"

You may not be leaving the left, but if all you have to contribute is being a divisively condescendingly smug fedoralord, maybe you should because Reddit beckons you back.

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