• ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    I’ve seen plenty of instances of people being treated unfairly and unjustly due to religious astrology beliefs. Especially women (of Indian descent, also Chinese but my experience is more limited there).

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      18 hours ago

      One of the weirdest far-right slurs I’ve seen flung at Muslims is “Moon Worshiper”. Like, someone on AM Radio must have gone on a serious tear, because it comes up in reactionary church sermons and Facebook posts and the occasional Congressional exchange.

      Something about having even a casual association with extraterrestrial bodies really sets Christian Conservatives off.

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        11 hours ago

        That is kinda weird, but I don’t think it’s that much weirder than some random wannabe slur with “cross” in it.

        Those morons just have seen the symbols of Islam and don’t know what they symbolise or where they come from, or that they in fact aren’t the objects of worship.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbols_of_Islam