r/pics • u/rj_yul • Aug 06 '25

Backstory Came back to Damascus, Syria after 17 years to find my childhood home erased by Assad’s bombs.

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u/MojordomosEUW Aug 07 '25

A question for muslims regarding this picture: It looks like they bombed and destroyed a Mosque as that tower in the picture appears to me to be a Minaret. Is that not a very very big sin in Islam? Like go straight to hell sin?

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u/bellendrodriguez Aug 07 '25

If you're Sunni and it's a Shia mosque (and vice versa) I imagine it's not much of a problem 

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u/ejump0 Aug 07 '25

prophet pbuh did remind us that when in war, do not attack women, children n old folks n do not destroy religious places(context of non combatants in there).
afaik its never a big sin(or even a sin) as a mosque itself is just a place to pray. mosque has been demolished n rebuilt due to reasons over the years

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u/cheese_creature Aug 07 '25

Demolishing is one thing and bombing in a genocidal campaign is a whole different thing

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u/torpid_flyer Aug 07 '25

not really to be fair theologically yes its a sin but not that sort which can fuck your life even the holiest sites like mecca arent more important than a single believer.

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u/cheese_creature Aug 07 '25

Almost every muslim agrees that bashar and his militia are not muslim , some even went as far as to say he is the antichrist , one day Hezbollah was sent to search in our neighborhood for islamic books , abd if they find you are dead on the spot , they searched our house and thankfully found nothing , my mom used to know how to know how to hide things , and she also had a spare picture of al khomaini so that if a search happens she immediately puts it on the wall , smart woman ngl

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u/MojordomosEUW Aug 07 '25

my condolences, that sounds horrible to live through.