"Allah is gay" sign sparks outrage, accusations of islamophobia

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6 minutes ago, RonnieGagz said:

Killing is never right, but for me its not wrong to feel disgust for this religion

Wut?! 

[Melech 9,900]

2 minutes ago, SlayGagaloo said:

Wut?! 

It's no problem to dislike Islam, Judaism or Christianity. The problems lay when hatred is against people who believe in that faith peacefully. Idc when extremists get hated though 

[RonnieGagz 4,300]

Just now, SlayGagaloo said:

Wut?! 

Do you know how much people this religion killed, and is still killing?

It destroys people lives, literally

(I also hate Catholicism, by that's another discussion)

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23 minutes ago, RonnieGagz said:

Killing is never right, but for me its not wrong to feel disgust for this religion

Yeah but not at the extent of killing someone because of their religion.

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49 minutes ago, SychosSoChic said:

If Allah/God/Buddah/<insert one of the Hindu Gods here>/etc. REALLY cared so much, they'd come down here themselves and smite them.

I think if they're so perfect as their religion describes them to be, they don't give a ****

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Im a gay muslim and I support the gays rather than Muslims so yaaas

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inb4 the Is "...." a hunty thread?  

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I personally don't believe there is a god and find people in 2017 touchy about how OTHER people present their religion, if their opinions ain't causing actual harm or hatred then it's fine by me.

plus the only religious figure who seems likely to have existed is Jesus but he was just a man ahead of his time really that's about it nothing special. The sign that talks about them murdering LGBT is the only one that invites hate really the rest are box standard pro LGBT type of signs

[RonnieGagz 4,300]

27 minutes ago, CrazyMonster said:

Yeah but not at the extent of killing someone because of their religion.

That's what I'm saying, killing is not right. But it's obvious why people are scared of Islamism and hate it

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1 hour ago, Melech said:

"Muslim leaders have lodged a formal complaint with the organisers of London’s Pride festival after placards allegedly bearing Islamophobic messages were spotted at the event.

A secularist group of former Muslims were seen carrying a series of controversial signs during the march through the capital last weekend.

Banners bearing slogans such as “Allah is gay”, “F*** Islamic homophobia” and “East London Mosque incites murder of LGBTs” were carried at the event by members of the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB), who were a participating group listed on Pride’s website.

But leaders from the Muslim community wrote to the event’s organisers to raise concerns the messages incited hatred.

East London Mosque spokesman Salman Farsi told the Standard: “We’ve raised a complaint with the co-chairs of the event that the group was inciting hatred against Muslims, and in particular [in relation] to our good name, based on absolutely groundless reasons.

Maryam Namazie, spokeswoman for CEMB, said the group was protesting the treatment of LGBT people in states under hardline Islamic leadership, such as Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Yemen and Iran – where homosexuality is a capital offence.

Ms Namazie told the Standard it was “apt” to name the East London Mosque on the placards. 

"At Pride, we were highlighting the 13 states under Islamic rule that kill gay men - 14 if we include Daesh-held territories."

Ms Namazie said that the signs did not say "F*** Islam" but "F*** Islamic homophobia", adding: "In my view Islam, like all religions, is homophobic. Why is it not possible to say this without fear of reprisal or accusations of Islamophobia?"

She said: "Pride is full of 'God is gay' and 'Jesus had two fathers' placards as well as those mocking the church and priests and pope, yet hold a sign saying 'Allah is gay' - as we did - and the police converge to attempt to remove them for causing offence."

A Pride London spokesman told the Standard: "If anyone taking part in our parade makes someone feel ostracised, discriminated against or humiliated, then they are undermining and breaking the very principles on which we exist. Our code of conduct is very clear on this matter. 

“All volunteers, staff and parade groups agree that Pride celebrates diversity and will not tolerate any discrimination of any kind.

"While our parade has always been a home to protest, which often means conflicting points of view, Pride must always be a movement of acceptance, diversity and unity. We will not tolerate Islamophobia.”

Pride has also written to East London Mosque to say it has referred the complaint to its community advisory board, which assesses every parade entry after each year’s march, and “decide on whether CEMB will be allowed to march again in the years ahead.”

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/muslim-leaders-make-formal-complaint-after-islamophobic-banners-spotted-at-london-pride-a3587351.html

 

Thoughts?

As a Muslim this is so funny to me. Kudos to those people with the signs. Homophobia in Islam is so rampant in the religion. Piss off those Imams London. 

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Love these signs and it's even more poignant that they were carried by former Muslims

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1 hour ago, Melech said:

Ms Namazie said that the signs did not say "F*** Islam" but "F*** Islamic homophobia", adding: "In my view Islam, like all religions, is homophobic. Why is it not possible to say this without fear of reprisal or accusations of Islamophobia?"

Then why not say "f*ck religious homophobia" or simply "f*ck homophobia"?

It's obvious that they were gunning specifically for Islam and Muslims so I totally understand why these people are upset. Be smarter with the words you use and the message you share next time you want to take an antagonistic stance  Though to call it Islamophobic is a stretch imo. If anything, it's an ignorant/stupid thing to say but I wouldn't call it hateful 

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14 minutes ago, PartySick said:

Then why not say "f*ck religious homophobia" or simply "f*ck homophobia"?

It's obvious that they were gunning specifically for Islam and Muslims so I totally understand why these people are upset. Be smarter with the words you use and the message you share next time you want to take an antagonistic stance  Though to call it Islamophobic is a stretch imo. If anything, it's an ignorant/stupid thing to say but I wouldn't call it hateful 

I think its important to note that those people come from an muslim background. Their experience with religious homophobia is different than most of ours. And it's not a secret that homophobia gets often overlooked by leftist people in minority groups

 

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1 hour ago, ryanripley said:

quite a few of them were rapes but sure 

revive the greeks by releasing venus as a single 

Venus isn't a Greek Goddess tho 

[Andy McQueen 4,484]

They are not islamophobic, they just argue rational.