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   HebrideanHecate (hebrideanhecate@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 12-Sep-2026 06:12:51 JST HebrideanHecate

   https://thecritic.co.uk/tearing-at-the-fabric/

   Khan performed the Hajj in May and told the Telegraph in August that “outside London, Mecca is probably the most diverse place in the world”. Actually, Saudi law completely bars non-Muslims from Mecca, on pain of prison. So much for diversity”. Nick Timothy, the Shadow Justice Secretary, “There’s not even a pretence of honesty or consistency.” So while Britain must open its cathedral to a nightclub and its square to mass prayer, Mecca need not open its gates to the unbelievers. On 16 March the adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, was called across Trafalgar Square, the square that hosted Saturday’s “celebration”. Women prayed at the back, behind the men. Timothy was brave enough to call this “an act of domination”. But the Mayor called this description “prejudice”. He has not commented on the women at the back — who, one might think, are subject to a deeper prejudice.

   This all illustrates a deeply inconsistent approach to faith. Christianity is to be patronised or condemned — even by some of its supposed representatives — while Islam deserves handwringing respect. The ground is then consolidated against critics with a mixture of threats — the Batley Grammar School teacher who showed a cartoon is in his sixth year in hiding under a new identity — and the more widespread and even more insidious charge of racism.

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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 12-Sep-2026 06:12:51 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     @HebrideanHecate This what London voted for.
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     LaylaAlexandrovna (laylaalexandrovna@spinster.club)'s status on Saturday, 12-Sep-2026 18:01:28 JST LaylaAlexandrovna

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     @KeepTakingTheSoma @HebrideanHecate

     The point about 'turning the other cheek' - it may have been the downfall of the preservation of Xianity.

     Another thing that strikes me as ironic is that Jesus essentially said we don't need church buildings but that 'wherever 2 or more of you are gathered in my name, there shall I be also'.

     HOWEVER, I fail to understand the wholesale adoption of Islamist nonsense and violence as though it were an actually USEFUL religion (if there is such a thing) when the whole thing is based on the subjugation of women and all other things to selfish men. Oh and of course the absolute destruction of anyone or anything that wasn't 'born Muslim'.

     There is nothing that I as a former protestant Christian, long time atheist, could possibly gain from govs protecting the horrors of Islam. The only way I can understand this is postmodern 'queering' of all things and of course the markets, the oil and the MONEY. Otherwise there is no sense to it at all.

     Nothing I have learned about Islamism could possibly convince me it's a better alternative than any other religion. Apparently a lot of Muslims are turning to Xianity which is a slightly better alternative. The problem with all religions is that ultimately they turn to totalitarianism which is the opposite of Jesus and his disciples' lives.

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     KeepTakingTheSoma (keeptakingthesoma@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 12-Sep-2026 18:19:42 JST KeepTakingTheSoma

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     @LaylaAlexandrovna @HebrideanHecate The biggest problem with all religions is that they turn into systems which people are paid to maintain (with money, status, power or any combination), and people are flawed. They always devolve into preserving the system and forgetting the core purpose.
     I'm sure there are many people who live peaceful and productive lives following a moral code based on a faith. This is conducive to human flourishing, but not to people who crave power.
     This is why most imposed systems end up being antithetical to their original purpose. We have health services that prioritise anything but good health to serve those who make money from illness. We have defence that prioritises keeping us in endless wars to serve those who make money from weapons. We have education that prioritises keeping people stupid so they will be compliant citizens. But they like to play this down or hide behind their name, because saying the quiet part out loud is *bad optics.*
     The main respect I have for Islam is that it has never hidden its purpose of ridding the world of infidels. But like all purity spirals, it will end up eating its own when it has had its fill of all else. The social justice warrior types who love Islam because it appears *marginalised* in the west are correct about power as a metric. The Utopia they imagine will emerge from the revolution where all previously *marginalised* groups will now have the upper hand will vanish as the groups that remain will compete for the power. Like Highlander, there can be only one.
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     LaylaAlexandrovna (laylaalexandrovna@spinster.club)'s status on Sunday, 13-Sep-2026 06:54:05 JST LaylaAlexandrovna

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     @KeepTakingTheSoma @HebrideanHecate This is a very good explanation. Thanks again!

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