I’m just itching to start an ex-Muslim meetup in the UAE.
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derrakruah:
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derrakruah:
constellation-lyra:
derrakruah:
need peeps doe
INVITE ME
HOW?
JUST TELL ME TO COME
guest of honor
I’d have to start one first. Finding people to attend is going to prove incredibly difficult.
A tumblr dedicated to it might help, but word of mouth is even better.
let’s not forget that if it reaches the authorities, we’re screwed.
I’m not too worried about that happening, as long as you keep a low profile. I’ve been part of anime meetups where the attendance was really small for a long time and nobody else but us was aware of its existence, until a decision was made to make it grow through relentless advertising via facebook and other social networks.
How to grab the attention of ex-Muslims here and convince them to join is my greatest challenge.
I’m just itching to start an ex-Muslim meetup in the UAE.
constellation-lyra:
derrakruah:
constellation-lyra:
derrakruah:
need peeps doe
INVITE ME
HOW?
JUST TELL ME TO COME
guest of honor
I’d have to start one first. Finding people to attend is going to prove incredibly difficult.
A tumblr dedicated to it might help, but word of mouth is even better.
I’m just itching to start an ex-Muslim meetup in the UAE.
constellation-lyra:
derrakruah:
need peeps doe
INVITE ME
HOW?
I’m just itching to start an ex-Muslim meetup in the UAE.
Need peeps doe
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this gif is fucking well made.
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The coffee stare-off.
In October 2012, the journalist Mehdi Hasan spoke at the London School of Economics, in a debate with David Aaronovitch titled The Right to Offend’. He described his vision of Muslim identity:
“Some liberals believe that beliefs are different. [That] you can change your beliefs. But you can’t change the colour of your skin or your sexuality. Well, first of all, I would argue, that that is a total misreading of what belief is, and how people hold religious beliefs. In particular, Muslims. My Islamic faith defines my identity far more than my racial or cultural background. David wants to be free to mock my beliefs or my prophet but he would never dare mock my race. As a Muslim, I would rather he mock my skin colour than that which is most important – most dear – to me in my life, which is my faith and my prophet. And I know this may be hard for some of you to accept and to understand, but a prophet who is more dear to me than my own parents. Or my wife. Or my children. That is what it means to me”
This is actually quite representative of how many people feel about their “Muslim” identity. It’s a line of thinking so saturated with irrationality, inhumanity and absurdity. It must be scrutinised.
Consider: If someone says that they care more for the Muhammad than they do for their own children, parents, and spouse what do they do to an ex-Muslim who dares to question the supposedly infallible character of Muhammad? Oftentimes, criticising Muhammad is seen to be an offence much greater than criticising one’s own family. Hence, most ex-Muslims face persecution, silencing, and even violence at the hands of their own family members, if they speak up and voice their conscience.
Consider: If someone says that their Islam is more immutable than their race, then what might such a person conclude about someone who changes their religion and leaves Islam? Often, the conclusion will be that such a person is a kind of political traitor, one who has abandoned a metaphysical “truth” that is more permanent than race. To someone who holds religious identity above all else, criticising and repudiating Islam or its fundamentals is perceived as being worse than a racist.
To such a mind, the existence of ex-Muslims, or apostates is an affront to the very order of the natural universe according to Islam. It is akin to being a deviant who commits crimes against the order that Allah and Muhammad have ordained for mankind.
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The importance of being ex-Muslim [x]
I know my mom, at least, holds the exact same views as Mehdi Hasan. A lot of Muslims think like him and it scares me how precious little they feel for the tangible aspects of their lives- their families, their friends, their communities. The people who ought to matter most, those you can actually interact with as opposed to someone you’ve never even met and only know about through one-sided accounts of early scholars.
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derrakruah:
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derrakruah:
I’m so tired of reading erroneous articles and posts from people who somehow hold Hadhramaut and its people/culture responsible for how Osama bin Laden turned out to be.
Um, no. Nope. Sorry, never buying that argument ever. Osama was a second (?) generation Saudi. He was born in Saudi Arabia, and…
I’ve actually seen how Saudis demonize Yemenis and look down at them as second-class people. The fact that the Saudi government decided to build a wall to separate Saudi Arabia and Yemen is saying something. There are NO news channels on here talking about it at all. You’ll only find those articles online.
Whoever is blaming Hadharma for Osama Bin Laden is an idiot. That guy was a terrorist and shouldn’t be associated to any country. You aren’t the only ones who are demonized - it’s Arabs in general. Saudi Arabia took away Osama Bin Laden’s citizenship and his family ostracized him and disowned him (my family knows people from his family, so) for his actions. He might be Hadrami but he was Saudi, not Yemeni. He was only of Yemeni roots/origins. We’re ALL demonized because a bunch of pricks decided to kill people in the name of some religion. So now we’re all fucked and the media just loves to spice it up and spread the hate.
So no, I don’t agree with how people are blaming Hadharma, but I also have to add that you guys aren’t the only ones demonized. We’re all fucked and all of our reputations are shit because of this one man. I mean, they arrested a Saudi guy who was trying to make kabsa in the US just because he had a pressure cooker. We’re all demonized.
I wasn’t referring to how the US and the West in general looks down on us. We’re all just one giant blob of mad terrorists in their eyes, whether we’re Middle Eastern, North African,or even South Asian.
I meant the relations from within. Much of this anti-Yemen/ anti-South Arabian sentiment comes from Gulf leadership and it’s just too complicated to explain. Right now the Southern region is calling for secession from the North; huge numbers are turning out and the strongest opponents of the secessionist movement is Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It’s crazy that a country might split into two, and not a peep from any of the Gulf countries about it. In the UAE, being a Yemeni citizen makes you as unlikely to be given a visit/work visa as a Pakistani or Bangladeshi. Pakistan has a shitton of problems, and several Bangladeshis in the UAE were involved in criminal activities, but what have Yemenis actually done? It’s plain discrimination. Messing with our country’s affairs and then having the audacity to treat us like shit in their own? I expect better from our ‘brethren’ but Arabs are a sack of useless dicks.
Honestly, it makes no sense to me why Osama’s name should be tied to Hadhramaut at all except to degrade us further. Omar Abdulrahman Al-Amoodi is a great footballer who was raised in Saudi Arabia but originally from Hadhramaut. I don’t see people repeatedly bring that up. He’s Emirati, except when he turns terrorist someday, then he’ll suddenly be ‘the Emirati footballer-turned-terrorist, of Yemen origin’.
My thoughts are all over the place, I apologize. I’m just ranting and not being very coherent, Indeed, we’re all fucked, but it’s important to note the discrimination from within, and try to understand the people who have to bear with that discrimination. Even within Saudi Arabia and Yemen, citizens are not treated the same. It’s terrible.
Nah, I get it. You know what’s ironic? That so many Saudis identify as being originally Yemenis yet they look down at Yemenis. A huge portion of the Kingdom, the whole southern province is practically originally Yemeni yet they look down at Yemen. I understand. Arabs need to unite but there’s so much animosity and dickery between us, and arrogance that needs to be smacked out of Khalijis, it’s ridiculous.
Sad thing is, our region has so much potential. Our people have so much potential but we’re so divided. I mean, there’s discrimination between people from Najd and people from Hijaz and we’re from the same bloody country! So yeah.. I get it lol.
Ditto Emiratis. A relatively large portion of them are Yemenis (mostly Hadharim) and yet they still look down on them as second-class. It’s the same, I think, with Emiratis of Iranian origin. Utterly ridiculous. Our governments are a huge part of the problem, spreading propaganda about different minority groups within their countries, doing whatever they can to create divisions, because divisions bolsters their power over us. I wish Arabs would fucking wake up and smell the qahwa.
I think you and I should make an anti-racism campaign and call it “WAKE UP AND SMELL THE QAHWA, ARABS!”
Lol yep. Regular coffee ain’t enough to wake the bastards up. A good whiff of some very strong Arabic coffee is exactly what they need.
constellation-lyra:
derrakruah:
constellation-lyra:
derrakruah:
I’m so tired of reading erroneous articles and posts from people who somehow hold Hadhramaut and its people/culture responsible for how Osama bin Laden turned out to be.
Um, no. Nope. Sorry, never buying that argument ever. Osama was a second (?) generation Saudi. He was born in Saudi Arabia, and…
I’ve actually seen how Saudis demonize Yemenis and look down at them as second-class people. The fact that the Saudi government decided to build a wall to separate Saudi Arabia and Yemen is saying something. There are NO news channels on here talking about it at all. You’ll only find those articles online.
Whoever is blaming Hadharma for Osama Bin Laden is an idiot. That guy was a terrorist and shouldn’t be associated to any country. You aren’t the only ones who are demonized - it’s Arabs in general. Saudi Arabia took away Osama Bin Laden’s citizenship and his family ostracized him and disowned him (my family knows people from his family, so) for his actions. He might be Hadrami but he was Saudi, not Yemeni. He was only of Yemeni roots/origins. We’re ALL demonized because a bunch of pricks decided to kill people in the name of some religion. So now we’re all fucked and the media just loves to spice it up and spread the hate.
So no, I don’t agree with how people are blaming Hadharma, but I also have to add that you guys aren’t the only ones demonized. We’re all fucked and all of our reputations are shit because of this one man. I mean, they arrested a Saudi guy who was trying to make kabsa in the US just because he had a pressure cooker. We’re all demonized.
I wasn’t referring to how the US and the West in general looks down on us. We’re all just one giant blob of mad terrorists in their eyes, whether we’re Middle Eastern, North African,or even South Asian.
I meant the relations from within. Much of this anti-Yemen/ anti-South Arabian sentiment comes from Gulf leadership and it’s just too complicated to explain. Right now the Southern region is calling for secession from the North; huge numbers are turning out and the strongest opponents of the secessionist movement is Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It’s crazy that a country might split into two, and not a peep from any of the Gulf countries about it. In the UAE, being a Yemeni citizen makes you as unlikely to be given a visit/work visa as a Pakistani or Bangladeshi. Pakistan has a shitton of problems, and several Bangladeshis in the UAE were involved in criminal activities, but what have Yemenis actually done? It’s plain discrimination. Messing with our country’s affairs and then having the audacity to treat us like shit in their own? I expect better from our ‘brethren’ but Arabs are a sack of useless dicks.
Honestly, it makes no sense to me why Osama’s name should be tied to Hadhramaut at all except to degrade us further. Omar Abdulrahman Al-Amoodi is a great footballer who was raised in Saudi Arabia but originally from Hadhramaut. I don’t see people repeatedly bring that up. He’s Emirati, except when he turns terrorist someday, then he’ll suddenly be ‘the Emirati footballer-turned-terrorist, of Yemen origin’.
My thoughts are all over the place, I apologize. I’m just ranting and not being very coherent, Indeed, we’re all fucked, but it’s important to note the discrimination from within, and try to understand the people who have to bear with that discrimination. Even within Saudi Arabia and Yemen, citizens are not treated the same. It’s terrible.
Nah, I get it. You know what’s ironic? That so many Saudis identify as being originally Yemenis yet they look down at Yemenis. A huge portion of the Kingdom, the whole southern province is practically originally Yemeni yet they look down at Yemen. I understand. Arabs need to unite but there’s so much animosity and dickery between us, and arrogance that needs to be smacked out of Khalijis, it’s ridiculous.
Sad thing is, our region has so much potential. Our people have so much potential but we’re so divided. I mean, there’s discrimination between people from Najd and people from Hijaz and we’re from the same bloody country! So yeah.. I get it lol.
Ditto Emiratis. A relatively large portion of them are Yemenis (mostly Hadharim) and yet they still look down on them as second-class. It’s the same, I think, with Emiratis of Iranian origin. Utterly ridiculous. Our governments are a huge part of the problem, spreading propaganda about different minority groups within their countries, doing whatever they can to create divisions, because divisions bolsters their power over us. I wish Arabs would fucking wake up and smell the qahwa.
constellation-lyra:
derrakruah:
I’m so tired of reading erroneous articles and posts from people who somehow hold Hadhramaut and its people/culture responsible for how Osama bin Laden turned out to be.
Um, no. Nope. Sorry, never buying that argument ever. Osama was a second (?) generation Saudi. He was born in Saudi Arabia, and…
I’ve actually seen how Saudis demonize Yemenis and look down at them as second-class people. The fact that the Saudi government decided to build a wall to separate Saudi Arabia and Yemen is saying something. There are NO news channels on here talking about it at all. You’ll only find those articles online.
Whoever is blaming Hadharma for Osama Bin Laden is an idiot. That guy was a terrorist and shouldn’t be associated to any country. You aren’t the only ones who are demonized - it’s Arabs in general. Saudi Arabia took away Osama Bin Laden’s citizenship and his family ostracized him and disowned him (my family knows people from his family, so) for his actions. He might be Hadrami but he was Saudi, not Yemeni. He was only of Yemeni roots/origins. We’re ALL demonized because a bunch of pricks decided to kill people in the name of some religion. So now we’re all fucked and the media just loves to spice it up and spread the hate.
So no, I don’t agree with how people are blaming Hadharma, but I also have to add that you guys aren’t the only ones demonized. We’re all fucked and all of our reputations are shit because of this one man. I mean, they arrested a Saudi guy who was trying to make kabsa in the US just because he had a pressure cooker. We’re all demonized.
I wasn’t referring to how the US and the West in general looks down on us. We’re all just one giant blob of mad terrorists in their eyes, whether we’re Middle Eastern, North African,or even South Asian.
I meant the relations from within. Much of this anti-Yemen/ anti-South Arabian sentiment comes from Gulf leadership and it’s just too complicated to explain. Right now the Southern region is calling for secession from the North; huge numbers are turning out and the strongest opponents of the secessionist movement is Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It’s crazy that a country might split into two, and not a peep from any of the Gulf countries about it. In the UAE, being a Yemeni citizen makes you as unlikely to be given a visit/work visa as a Pakistani or Bangladeshi. Pakistan has a shitton of problems, and several Bangladeshis in the UAE were involved in criminal activities, but what have Yemenis actually done? It’s plain discrimination. Messing with our country’s affairs and then having the audacity to treat us like shit in their own? I expect better from our ‘brethren’ but Arabs are a sack of useless dicks.
Honestly, it makes no sense to me why Osama’s name should be tied to Hadhramaut at all except to degrade us further. Omar Abdulrahman Al-Amoodi is a great footballer who was raised in Saudi Arabia but originally from Hadhramaut. I don’t see people repeatedly bring that up. He’s Emirati, except when he turns terrorist someday, then he’ll suddenly be ‘the Emirati footballer-turned-terrorist, of Yemen origin’.
My thoughts are all over the place, I apologize. I’m just ranting and not being very coherent, Indeed, we’re all fucked, but it’s important to note the discrimination from within, and try to understand the people who have to bear with that discrimination. Even within Saudi Arabia and Yemen, citizens are not treated the same. It’s terrible.
I’m so tired of reading erroneous articles and posts from people who somehow hold Hadhramaut and its people/culture responsible for how Osama bin Laden turned out to be.
Um, no. Nope. Sorry, never buying that argument ever. Osama was a second (?) generation Saudi. He was born in Saudi Arabia, and grew up in Saudi Arabia. Any fuckery on his part should be blamed squarely on where he was raised, NOT where his dad is originally from. That’s as ridiculous as blaming the terrorism acts of, say, some random second-generation German-American (with no strong tie to his country of origin), on Germany.
So enough with that nonsense. Hadharim are laid-back, peaceful people and I’ve had it up to here with the accusations. The Saudi government takes a special kind of joy in demonizing and blaming Yemenis in general for terrorism groups that they transferred on to them.
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lexuswillow:
This is an old family picture.
My family does not support my being in the LGBTQIA community. They actually are opposed to it. They tell me every day that its disgusting and that it’s sinful and I’ll go to hell for liking women.
I moved out when I was seventeen, and in January I moved back in with them because I couldn’t handle everything that was going on. Every day one of my five siblings tells me to go back to Minnesota. My little brother Charlie (the black baby in the picture) is now 8 and he constantly physically attacks me and tells me that I’m not his sister and to leave. My other siblings make it very obvious and clear that they don’t want me here and my parents tell me constantly that they’re gonna kick me out soon.
I’ve been saving every penny for a bus ticket to Oregon to stay with my best friend and today I found this picture in my sisters’ room ON DISPLAY. Not hidden. On display. They cut my face out of the picture.
And that… That was just the last straw.
I don’t care if anyone reblogs this or whatever, I don’t wanna get popular, I just want people to know that this is not what a family looks like. This is not something people should have to go through.
This is no life.
This is absolutely heartbreaking.
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