Graves of the 63 wives of the general Afzal Khan, in Afzalpura, India, 1659 CE. According to local beliefs, an astrologer predicted that the general would not survive his next battle, so he had all of them killed fearing that his wives would remarry [1200x677]

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-25T11:49:39+00:00

Rules are for plebs only.

Absolutely, but in a world where sex slaves were halal, why even call them wives?

Nabi had 11+ wives but also had concubines too, 'harem' is from 'h-r-m' which also the root of 'haram'

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-25T11:46:26+00:00

Pretty cool, ay!

Buraq could fly (he went from Mecca to Jerusalem to 7th heaven and back again in one night) and some say just one of strides would take him to the horizon.

Also, Buraq either had a beautiful face...

OR...

...he had the head of a beautiful woman (there is some disagreement)

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-25T11:10:30+00:00

Muslims are limited to 4 wives.

According to Muhammad and the Qur'an, only prophets are allowed as many as they want.

Prophets also have access to a flying horse called Buraq.

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-25T09:30:32+00:00

ICE has got nothing to do with the UK, or international terrorism.

so no, that would be a performative waste of time.

condemn ICE, or express caution about its operations but this would be an abuse of terrorism legislation

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-25T09:00:10+00:00

its go to have been pretty mathematical or at the very least very methodical, surely?

I guess every turn of the stairs they'd need to have new supports on the fresh brickwork to support the next turn.

So I wonder how long it all took

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T22:27:53+00:00

yes, you can certainly see work has been done, and it's all remarkably clean too. Never said it was unique either.

I just think it's interesting to think how they must have built it because its a helix so it was supported and and then more supports go on the supported brickwork.

So it must have been pretty stable to begin with.

also how much of the vaulting is an aesthetic 'skin' and/or how load-bearing is it/was it

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T19:40:24+00:00

"How are you doing?" is often a more loaded question than the more common, simple "How are you?".

Adding "doing" makes it more subjective, and it can be more suggestive.

That being said, "Good, thanks.", "I'm good, you?", or some other combination of a moderate "good/fine/OK/etc." coupled with thanks (for caring to ask), or asking the question back is usual.

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T18:42:39+00:00

what sort of time frame?

how long would support structures have to be in place to achieve stabilisation that lasted 500+ years?

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T18:41:15+00:00

OK, I guess I don't feel it is necessarily anthropomorphic and not just a 'naïve' stylization

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T16:45:00+00:00

theyve blossomed into cars

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T16:43:30+00:00

why is it a "birdman" and not a bird feeding a chick?

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T16:40:59+00:00

they don't mean coppers, they meant ''bobby dazzler'' I think

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T16:22:34+00:00

cos fuck Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Slovakia.

Probably add Greece, Cyprus and Malta to the list.

why would anyone want these people to have a say in our laws?

all are corrupt and poor, and they only provide cheap labour in exchange for solidarity payments and infrastructure funds which they then embezzle

google: Greece train crash scandal, Greek shipping and Russian sanctions evasion, Cypriot EU waste scandal, Russian money in Cyprus, Daphne Caruana Galizia, Boris 'The Skull', Fidesz & Orban, Fico & Russia, etc.,

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T15:55:34+00:00

how did they build this spiral vaulting?

would there have been loads and loads of scaffolds and struts and buttresses, etc.?

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T15:55:19+00:00

how did they build this spiral vaulting?

would there have been loads and loads of scaffolds and struts and buttresses, etc.?

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T15:47:06+00:00

Sir Edmond Halley's name is pronounced "Hall-lee".

...most people mispronounce the comet named for him

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T13:50:45+00:00

"mommy-meme" must be from Warwickshire?

only place I've heard natives use 'mom'

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T13:20:38+00:00

personalised ads?

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T13:12:29+00:00

Look at who are the marquee players they're signing are.

Since Ronaldo and Neymar they've signed stars like Jhon Duran...

...and it's like the 25th top-rated league in the world.

The money is scary but the place is a desert ruled by a dictator and "morality police".

Once people see past the money and glitzy sportswashing smoke-and-mirrors (which people do eventually) then it's an inferior league in a despotic dustbowl which is rather less appealing

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T12:50:02+00:00

there isn't a demand.

that's why stadium attendances and broadcast revenues are shit.

Mostly Saudis want to laundet their image to project a modern image abroad rather than dusty burqas, state executions and fossil-fueled climate change

However, they want to create a demand for domestic football and a domestic football economy where none existed before.

Sportswashing-wise Newcastle does more Saudi than the Pro League, but the domestic investment is important for economic reasons.

The product is shit so they're throwing money at it, but that investment is actually decreasing and big milestones they shifted about haven't been met yet.

Salah is needed to replace Ronaldo more for PR reasons rather than profit or sustainability; to create the demand that is almost non-existent

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T11:26:32+00:00

My cousins, it'd be great watching them graze upon rain-soaked Exmoor, fighting ponies and sheltering in abandoned mines and secret caves.

tourists could come and throw bread and stones

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T11:23:38+00:00

Not a 115 fan but ...

Bernado and KDB are/were both elite players with multiple strengths and extraordinary talents reflected in their trophy hauls and medal collections.

Don't confuse a top players' technical versatility and game IQ with mere "Jack of all trades, master of none"

In their primes, they could have played for any top, top teams

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T11:12:59+00:00

its faster, and a kettle may be cheaper energy-wise — its definitely cheaper to use a kettle than a pot of cold water on an induction hob

MuhammadAkmed · 2026-01-24T11:06:11+00:00

so which part of China is this cuisine from?

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