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The first American Muslim senator, Abdul El-Sayed, has attended a Diwali celebration.
Diwali is a major Hindu religious festival, commonly involving honouring "deities" such as Lakshmi and celebrating the return of Rama to Ayodhya.
Celebrations can include prayers and puja (acts of worship), including offerings to Hindu "deities."
Muslim scholars prohibit partaking in Diwali celebrations or even wishing Hindus "Happy Diwali" because Islam is built upon Tawheed — the absolute oneness of Allah — and the rejection of shirk, associating partners with Him.
The latter two hold the majority of the power, in fact. This belief in power grabbing from up top, just enough organizing and we'll get there is just absurd. There is no way to fight yourself to the top. I've provided a similar answer to (I think) you already quite some time ago
"1. This is deliberate and spelling it out would defeat the purpose of what I wrote in the original post (though we have written on new types of government), also, see 2 and 3. 2. Completely false. Culture is both the beginning and the end. The entire point of viral spread is to indoctrinate those that get into positions of power and form a trendsetting swarm through tribal cult formations whose allegiance to the cult is stronger than their allegiance to any existing status quo. Believing this is impossible is believing there is no power or idea stronger than class interest (which is, funnily enough, both a misunderstanding of capital as serving human actors and a lack of faith in humanity because it posits that a group of nefarious human agents are behind the wheel and using capital as their tool because of their class interests (which makes much less sense than the other way around)). But even if we would entertain this, it would merely mean a necessity for cult members to become the capital owning class while maintaining their relation to cultural production. 3. This only strengthens the importance of culture as a change of culture as part of the process is itself a changing of the status quo, necessitating that cultural change is prior (as well as the end point) of the change. The idea, furthermore, is not to abolish the system (which in itself does not work) but to align the system with the zeitgeist (which comes about through cultural formation). Believing that this is impossible is succumbing to anti-humanism."
Mainly politicians.
If Muslims were smart (they’re not) they would capitalize on how non-Muslims are demoralized about relationships and headed for self-destruction by presenting Islam as a force of virility and fertility. But they just join in on non-Muslim nihilism instead
EVERYONE NEEDS A STORY NO ONE WRITING THEIR FUCKIN STORY. SOCIETY DOESN’T NEED TO IMPOSE ITS WILL ON YOU. IT COULD BE ANY OTHER WAY IF YOU WILLED IT. YOU HAVE IZZA. YOU HAVE THE MULK. GO INTO THE ALAM AL KHAYAL AND CHANGE UR REALITY. GET OUT THE BOOKS, PRAXIS IS EVERYTHING.
ORIENTALIST TRANSLATIONS BE LIKE: ABRIDGED, TRANSLATED ADAPTED, EXPLAINED, REINTERPRETED, EDITED AND COMMENTATED ON (WITH MY OWN POETRY IN RESPONSE) AND ALSO SOME OF THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR !
I remember conversations on here a few months ago re Muslim artistic production. Going beyond talking on twitter, here is an attempt at doing something about it. Would be great if we could put our money where our tweets are, this work needs patrons 😉
https://t.co/xDR2p6qJ6B
If you're a younger man perceived as successful, beware of envy. Some of its most vicious forms come from resentful older men who feel that they haven't made their mark. If you ever see me desperately trying to become a "big shot" after 60, please do the kind thing and shoot me.