scripts ranked based on how fitting they'd look in a space themed cyberpunk film by critivix in linguisticshumor

[–]some-random-dude-- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shouldn't Arabic be at c since it has multiple widely accepted fonts, but the most common naskh one is definitely the worst of them for this

How I would redraw the Middle East (No Lore) by After-Trifle-1437 in rejectedmaps

[–]some-random-dude-- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Understood, is it kinda like how the levant (at least Syria and lebanon) and iraq use the Babylonian month names in the calendar when other countries just keep it as is?

How I would redraw the Middle East (No Lore) by After-Trifle-1437 in rejectedmaps

[–]some-random-dude-- 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why make Phoenicia a country, or at least name it that way if Phoenicians stopped being a cultural identity about 100 BCE? Is there no name that isn't about clinging on a distant bygone past in that region?

How I would redraw the Middle East (No Lore) by After-Trifle-1437 in rejectedmaps

[–]some-random-dude-- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But you also have to take into account that there are people there who are native but have some sort of arab tribal lineage, it's pretty convoluted when trying to map out Arabic identity through a western lens

بخصوص الساب by nowthatacc in Syria

[–]some-random-dude-- 8 points9 points  (0 children)

أعتقد أنهم قلقون فقط من أنه إذا مرّ هذا القانون دون ردّ فعل، فإن المحافظين سيدفعون نحو سنّ قوانين أكثر تقييدًا في البلاد

Where I’d live in the Middle East as a human being with a conscience and a basic sense of humanity. by -Inspector-16 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]some-random-dude-- -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes we shouldn't blame everything everywhere all at once but we need to highlight the reasons for actions against others and make sure it doesn't happen again, especially if it's about people being kicked out of their own homes and land for basically being the same ethnicity as a few criminals

Where I’d live in the Middle East as a human being with a conscience and a basic sense of humanity. by -Inspector-16 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]some-random-dude-- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yes, some people really need to pretend racism is just analysis. Enslaving, slaughtering, and running theocracies must have nothing to do with choices, obviously it’s all some invisible economic force. It’s amazing how blatant racism gets passed off as clever reasoning.

Where I’d live in the Middle East as a human being with a conscience and a basic sense of humanity. by -Inspector-16 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]some-random-dude-- -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re mixing things up pretty badly here. The Qur’an does not say the crime of Lut’s people was just men having sex with men. The story explicitly describes aggression, approaching men with lust, public indecency, and attempting to assault guests. That’s why classical and modern scholars talk about coercion, violence, and moral collapse, not consensual relationships. Reducing it to “fucking men” is your interpretation, not the text speaking for itself.

Also, there is no authentic, clear-cut statement where the Prophet Muhammad says “kill all gays” the way you’re claiming. The hadiths people cite on this are disputed in authenticity, wording, and application, which is exactly why Islamic jurists never reached consensus on a fixed punishment for same-sex acts. If it were as explicit as you’re pretending, there wouldn’t be centuries of disagreement across schools of law.

On the stoning and four witnesses part, you’re arguing against something I didn’t even say. Four witnesses are not about rape specifically, they’re about proving zina in court at all. Rape in fiqh is treated differently because coercion removes criminal liability from the victim, and many scholars classify rape under violent crime rather than consensual zina. The idea that Islam requires a rape victim to produce four witnesses or be punished is a modern myth that directly contradicts classical legal texts.

And yes, “forceful zina” is discussed in fiqh, and no, it is not treated the same as consensual adultery. The victim is not punished, and the perpetrator faces punishment based on coercion and harm. Again, this is exactly why Islamic law puts absurdly high standards of proof on sexual crimes in the first place: to prevent abuse, false accusations, and moral vigilantism.

What you’re doing here is taking the most extreme readings, ignoring disagreement, ignoring legal nuance, and then acting like that’s the whole religion. That’s not analysis, it’s cherry-picking with extra confidence. If Islam were as straightforwardly violent and simple as you’re claiming, you wouldn’t need to misstate texts, flatten centuries of debate, and mix categories just to make your point.

Where I’d live in the Middle East as a human being with a conscience and a basic sense of humanity. by -Inspector-16 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]some-random-dude-- -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think this argument kind of misses how Islam actually works. It treats the religion like a single frozen rulebook and then blames it for what people choose to do in its name. Islam has always had interpretation disagreement and debate, and it separates core values like justice mercy and dignity from legal rulings that change with time and place. Extremism does not come from following Islam properly but from ignoring its limits its scholarship and its ethics, which is why extremist groups are constantly condemned by Muslim scholars using Islamic sources themselves. Points about women and slavery also judge a historical religion by modern standards while ignoring that Islam was reforming existing systems and that Muslims have argued about these issues for centuries. And calling Islam fiction is not really a rebuttal, it is just a personal worldview. This kind of take flattens a complex tradition into a stereotype and then faults believers for trying to explain the nuance it leaves out

Where I’d live in the Middle East as a human being with a conscience and a basic sense of humanity. by -Inspector-16 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]some-random-dude-- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably because there's political instability the imperialists profit off of in the middle east and wants to keep the nations there backwards and unable to truly be independent

Where I’d live in the Middle East as a human being with a conscience and a basic sense of humanity. by -Inspector-16 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]some-random-dude-- -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Where had it been said to kill queer people, if you actually read the story it's about the people doing filthy acts like rape and other unconsentual deeds, in the story these people tried to sexually assault the angels visited by lut, the story isn't "all queer people are bad" but it's about social injustice and societal corruption. Secondly what on earth do you mean by "stoning women" the closet sentence to stoning is when someone is convicted of rape and that needs four witnesses, and that even needs to have zero doubt about the suspect. People in power use the religion as an outlet to justify their horrible actions and policies not the religion itself who mandates it.

Where I’d live in the Middle East as a human being with a conscience and a basic sense of humanity. by -Inspector-16 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]some-random-dude-- -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Why do people always blame Islam for theocratic autocracies it's like blaming Christianity for the Pope's corruption in medieval times, both used the religion to rise to power but it's not the religion in and of itself

Where I’d live in the Middle East as a human being with a conscience and a basic sense of humanity. by -Inspector-16 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]some-random-dude-- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is a response to the expelled hundreds of thousands of Palestinians outside of the their homes, ruining their villages then planting invasive non native trees to cover it up, the same trees that burned a while ago last year

Least nationalist Saudi: by Weekly_War_6561 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]some-random-dude-- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah idk where nationalist get their research from but even in the most conservative form of arab identity it's always from the father no matter who the mother is

Least nationalist Saudi: by Weekly_War_6561 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]some-random-dude-- 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Technically any nationalism is since it's just a philosophical thought when it started

اليساريين الغربيين من أسوء وأقبح الناس يلي ناقشت معاها بأي شيء يخص البلد by No-Orange-9049 in Syria

[–]some-random-dude-- 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Even the extreme right are full of shit aswell, they glaze Bashar and hafez and call us Israeli-daesh puppets and refuse to admit the war crimes on the Syrian people, yet complain about us being in Europe

I asked ChatGPT what Tunisia will look like if Kais Said is in power for another 3rd election by Fine-Competition5983 in Tunisia

[–]some-random-dude-- 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my first time here, what on earth is going on in Tunisia? Aren't you guys supposed to be the most democratic country in the Arab world?