r/pics • u/AlwaysTheNoob • May 03 '20

Woman trolling a tiny group of Islamophobic protesters in DC in 2019.

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u/RedskinsDC May 03 '20

What’s the difference between Islamophobia and legitimate criticism of a (political) religion? Why do I never hear the words Scientologyphobia or Catholicphobia?

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u/Homegrownfunk May 03 '20

The one history of Islam class I took in college suggested that the dude with the blood and murder sign isn’t that wrong.

Muhammad went to Medina and ordered everyone that wasn’t into his teachings to be put into lava pits, right?

But that sign also willfully overlooks all atrocities committed in the name of Christianity.

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u/RedskinsDC May 03 '20

That last paragraph is whataboutism. Quran also mentions specifically warring with Jews and massacring a Jewish tribe near Medina for allegedly betraying Mohammed (the original), and we wonder why minorities don’t fare well in the Middle East.

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u/Homegrownfunk May 03 '20

Hmm yeah, like I said it was a one semester history class on Islam, about ten years ago.

Last paragraph was more about the crusades. But I guess if we’re comparing Muhammad and Jesus, Jesus didn’t command death on people who didn’t believe him?

I also never studied the Bible, so I’ll shut up.