#ex Muslim help

[house-rat]

So like does anyone want to talk about how growing up in an abusive religious fundamentalist household while also attending a secular school while also being otherwise isolated from society and culture led to whopping levels of cognitive dissonance, alienation, and lack of identity or am I supposed to deconstruct this all on my own.

[apostate-in-an-alcove]

Religious and secular people alike will talk a lot of talk about how they feel sympathy for people with religious trauma and suppprt us but as soon as one as us has the audacity to display one of the more negative and uglier symptoms of religious trauma, we get completely demonized, tone policed and degraded for it. The expectation that people with religious trauma have to be constantly palpable to outside observers, especially religious ones, is harmful and unhelpful and only serves to cater to the feelings of the very people who would rather silence us.

[bruisedprincess999]

To every heart that beats with humanity,🍉

In the midst of a relentless war, my family teeters on the edge. My mother, weakened by illness, urgently needs surgery, but medications are as scarce as safety in our shattered land. My children know nothing of childhood except fear and hunger, as we live in tents that fail to protect us from the cold or heat.

I plead with you, from a place of deep pain, to extend your hand. Save my mother, save my family, and be the light in the darkness of our lives. 🌑💔🙏

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[violexides]

something I’ve noticed is that it’s difficult for people to reconcile the idea that there are a lot of Islamic theocracies that force Islam through the regime itself and persecute other religions, but also that there are a lot of Muslims actively being suppressed for their religion and killed (who are not trying to convert other people to Islam, either). 

and i think it’s especially hard because like, in the US, we mostly see the Islamophobia in the US and then the Middle East (like Iran which the US has nonexistent diplomatic relations with due to a tense history most are fairly familiar with) and that kind of covers the extremes but like. there are a LOT of other places in which Muslims are persecuted like China for instance that gets talked about less. 

and overall i have issue with the whole Islamic theocracies critique because i think it could be expanded to a general critique towards theocracies less so than the religious component of it but nevertheless i think reconciling all of this is kind of important because like... 

speaking as a Muslim here I can understand why from a place of not knowing formerly-religious atheists or agnostics would be Islamophobic. but you kind of have to see the nuance behind all of this and, dare i say, talk to some Muslim people too because to put it informally. girl WHAT are any of these governments talking about since when did God say this shit 😭

[button-woods]

as an Arab, I can deeply relate to the sentiment of “I don't want to escape. I just want to live safely in my own country”

But since I am a criminal, going against the word of god, (in the eyes of my king)

I have to either live a life of secrets and hiding, hoping that they will never learn who I truly am, or waste away in a prison cell awaiting death or punishment severe, or leave to never return

so, today we, russian queers, may become "extremists" by decision of russian supreme court and thus our existence will be silenced and erased. any queer activism will be impossible for us. I don't know what to do anymore. I was heartbroken when they passed the laws about "gay propaganda" and transgender people, now I'm just numb. I don't want to escape. I just want to live safely in my own country.

please hear us.

[daydreamalldaycryallnight]

I'm dying to leave the middle east for Europe for real 💔

[im-probably-playing-genshin]

KANDI SINGLETS IDEASS!!

masterlist? idrk :P

Character names

Oc names

CURSE WORDS YEAH!!

Song titles

"ur/yr/your mom"

"Loopy"

"Womp womp"

"Blah Blah Blah"

"Yapper/Yapping"

(abbreviations) Lol, Lmao, jk, afk, oml, etc

Text faces (XP, XD, X3, TWT, ETC)

"Ermmm"

"What the sigma"

"Space dust"

"Cosmos/cosmic"

"Froggie/froggy"

"Smokey"

"Dead"

"Zombie"

"Ghost"

Holidays (Halloween, Christmas, any other holidays)

Movie quote

"Ok boomer"

"Bbg/Babygirl"

"Bruh"

"Dude"

"Girlypop"

Brand names

"XOXO"

"Scene queen/king/royal"

Zodiac signs

Your @ online

"Sun" and "Moon"

"Star/stars"

"Nerd"

"Geek"

Animals

Your religion (ex: Christian, Pagan, Muslim, Etc)

Pride identities (genderfluid, trans, bi, etc)

"Bugs" (or any specific bug!!)

"Popcat"

Game names

Ship names

Colors

Greek Gods (or any other gods)

The name of your childhood plushie

"Princess/prince"

"Jester"

"Freaky"

Foods

"Y2K"

"Miku"

"Pumpkin"

"Bats"

"Sunflower"

"Elf"

"Art"

"Rabies"

"Goober"

"Silly Billy"

"Boykisser/Girlkisser/Theykisser"

"Dilligaf"

"Divorce"

"The Gay Agenda"

"___Core"

"Coquette"

"F U (person you dont like)"

Animal crossing villagers

"gyatt".

"You and me" & "Always Forever"

"Fall"

"August" (NOT THE ONE FROM YOUNG ROYALS)

"Spring"

"Infection"

"Infestation"

"Ratio"

"L Bozo"

"Zzzz" (like snoring)

"Pebbles"

"Bubbles"

"Rocks"

"Leaves"

"Eyes"

"Decora"

"Goth"

"Worm"

Types of fish

"Love"

"Hate"

"PLUR"

"Clown"

"2000s B1TCH"

"Rainbow"

"Flames"

"Plague"

"Sage"

"Fern"

App names

"LGBTQ"

"Mushroom"

"Hot Topic"

"Moth"

"Ladybug"

"Cricuit"

"Marker"

"Pen"

"Pencil"

"Saturn"

"Jupiter"

"Earth"

"Mother"

"Father"

"Neptune"

"Bees"

"Rhinestones"

"Crystals"

"Punk"

"Possum"

"Pinecone"

"Acorn"

"Cauldron"

Reptiles

"Adhd/autism/bpd/anxiety/any neurodivergency you have"

"Lover"

"Cutesy"

"Demure"

"Mindful"

"Peace"

"Gold"

"Silver"

"Bronze"

Sanrio characters

"Weezer"

"Buddy Holly"

"Pearl"

"Waffles"

"Pancakes"

"Sharpie"

Body Parts

"Nirvana"

"Regretavator"

"Rawr"

"Kitty"

"Bingo"

Pet names

The name of your first pet

The way your first hamster died

"Plague"

"Famine"

"War"

Various weapons

"Candy"

Chocolate brands

Candy brands

"Taste the rainbow"

"Animal cannibal"

"Furry/therian"

Your theriotype

"Alterhuman"

"Otherkin"

"Dessert"

"Ribbons"

"Balloons"

"Supercalafragileisticexpialadocious"

Various diseases

"Help"

Various crimes

"Robbery"

"Gambling/Gambler"

"Corny"

"Abomanation"

Different tracks from toh

Your pjo cabin

Harry potter house

"FUCK JKR"

Various weathers

"Rain"

"Ginger"

"Drywall"

"Bill Cipher"

"Piss Yellow"

Youtubers

Social media apps

Makeup brands

"Cartoons"

Kids cartoons

Your hobby

"Skateboard"

"FCK CAPITALISM/RACISM/HOMOPHOBIA/BIGOTRY/TRANSPHOIA"

"e dance"

"Invader Zim"

"Potions"

"Queer"

"My Melody" & "Kuromi"

"Duck"

"Bike"

"Raver"

"Cults"

"Griddy"

The 7 deadly sins

ADDING MORE SOON!!

[f1ghtsoftly]

All The Women’s News You Missed Last Week

10/21/24-10/28/24

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Have a Happy Halloween everyone, and keep it safe(ish). 

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[frankendykez]

as an ex-muslim queer i cannot stand the (mostly never have been muslim) people who keep complaining about muslim queer characters or even irl muslim queer people. i know i'm gonna get hate for this but tbh idrc so Please shut up and don't say anything at all if you ever see a fictional or real, especially real, muslim person who is LGBTQ+ in any sort of way. you are not helping to battle islamophobia in anyway and do you know how wrong it sounds when you tell them to just convert to atheism or stop being queer? i dont care if you're muslim yourself. i especially do not care if you are not muslim at all! Shut Up! I don't care if the creator of the lesbian hijabi xey/xem enby is a white atheist, queer muslims needs representation as much as non-queer muslims! you wouldn't tell people to stop writing non-queer muslims cuz they're not muslims themselves, would you? i agree that muslims can write themselves best, but still. i converted out of islam due to personal religious trauma, which my queerness is apart of, but so what? i am not everyone. if you allow or even encourage christisn and jews to still be connected to their faith whilst being queer, then why cannot muslims do the same? "b-but the qur'an!!-" not your problem is it? LMAO. let them do as they please, it's not your problem. queer people have existed everywhere as all sorts of people. y'all need to start minding your business because i need you lot to understand no one cares about what you think about them. no matter what the qur'an says people live and intepret their religions in different ways to you (why religious sects even exist in the first place). so. shut up!

dni zionists, terfs, radfems & islamophobes. this post is not for you!

[icedsodapop]

(Source)

Personally, I can't help but see Taylor Swift's actions as a cynical attempt at PR becos this is coming right after pro-Palestinian activists called her out for having her Eras movie be screened in Tel Aviv and the backlash against her being Time's 2023 Person of the Year. And this isnt the first time, remember when Taylor Swift collabed with Ice Spice after what her ex-boyfriend Matt Healy said about Ice Spice was given renewed attention as a result of Swift's relationship with him.

And then, there's also my frustrations with fans centering their celebrity faves in progressive/social justice movements (seeing Swifities praise TS instead of Ramy Youseff who organized the damn event and is actually more at risk for getting blacklisted by virtue of being an Arab Muslim man who is vocally pro-Palestine and is an up-and-comer). There's an element of tokenization when fans find out their fave (supposedly) supports certain progressive/radical/social justice causes, it becomes a way for fans to tout as evidence of the morality of their fave and by extension, themselves for supporting the celebrity.

[psudopod]

There's some back and forth about that post about how men are unwelcome in leftist spaces and I've reblogged from both sides cause both sides are right. The world is big and diverse and I've seen it both ways.

I've certainly seen spaces that have too much bioessentialist "yes all men" rhetoric, it is stupid. It gets nowhere and just indulges the worst impulses of enforcing binaries and fear based policy discussion. Like, damn people we're not different species we're not actually that different at all.

At the same time these spaces that have developed this attitude did so in response to interlopers who would enter the conversation, not interested in how they can help the movement but how the movement can help them. Feminists can't solve male incarceration just like the audubon society can't solve net neutrality. Sorry, good luck with your thing, genuinely.

I've also seen a rebuttal that said that the right doesn't actually value men, so men shouldn't be drawn to it. Well, their messaging says they do and they make a show of it so functionally they do.

This is just like the situation of the left and ex-muslims. Either pick the left where, in many public facing spaces, critiquing islamic countries for basic things like assaulting women for not covering up right is hushed as islamophobia (tbh I've seen a lot less of that recently. A lot of open support for that college student recently and open discussion), or pick the right where critiquing islam is welcome. Even when "critique" goes well past the point of discussing cultural practices that need to stop all the way to condemning people to die for being savages (fuckin asmongold.)

If people tell men they are immutably bad, nothing to be done, then the men will do nothing and move on. That being said if there are no spaces on the left that serve the needs of men, trying to co-opt existing spaces will just result in hostility. People can make new spaces, we can welcome that. WhiteDudesForHarris, I think it was? Seemed productive.

[bruisedprincess999]

My name is Tarneem Sami, and I live in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza 🇵🇸 with my three children. We have been enduring a brutal war for over a year, facing constant fear, hunger, and a severe lack of basic necessities. I lost my husband, Ahmed, when he was trying to get supplies for our family. Now, my children and I are struggling to survive, living in a tent after losing our home.

We urgently need your help to provide food, medicine, and basic necessities for my children. Every donation, no matter how small, can make a significant difference in our lives. If you are unable to donate, please share our story to help us reach those who can support us.

Thank you for your compassion, support, and generosity 🇵🇸.

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[dungeons-and-dictions]

Brandon Sanderson’s Laws of Magic, Expounded

0. Err on the side of awesome

Tons of stories actually start with an awesome idea that is fleshed out.

You can always work out how to make the awesome fit into these rules.

1. An author’s ability to solve conflict with magic in a satisfying way is directly proportional to how well the reader understands said magic.

Deus ex machina is to be avoided at all costs.

There is a sliding scale of “sense of wonder” and “solving problems with magic”/scientific explanation of magic. You lose wonder as you increase science, and vice versa.

Main characters tend to use magic tools instead of magic itself to do this. Think monkey’s paw stories.

Ex. The One Ring is more science, and Gandalf in LotR is more wonder, especially since most of his magic is offscreen. His magic is there to keep the hobbits small and relatable to readers. The One Ring is used by Frodo to solve problems.

This is also a law of foreshadowing, especially since wonder can become science later in the book or another book in the series. Can also be how a magic mystery is solved.

2. Flaws or limitations are more interesting than powers.

Cost and stakes for using magic plays a big part into limitations, too.

Basic limitations as a plot device: someone has better magic; characters cannot use magic; a character’s magic isn’t working/lost; a character/people don’t understand the magic enough

Magic limitations can be combined with character flaws/limits, and social aspects too.

Work with the limitations! Characters don’t need to overcome every weakness, but it should add to the story somehow.

3. Expand what you already have before you add something new.

For magic systems, think of the Judeo-Christian-Muslim split versus ALL the world religions. Those 3 share the same foundations despite being vastly different.

Quality vs quantity

You aren’t required to have languages. Similarly, you don’t need to overwork the magic.

If you add a secondary magic system, your first must have indicated holes in the magic to be filled. It also helps to sprinkle in hints and foreshadowing of a second one and its abilities.

And all of these rules can be applied to your setting and characters in a general sense, too!

Brandon Sanderson’s free 2020 lectures on YT

[multiversal-wanderings]

What proof do you have that shifting is real? Where does it come from? Which cultures practice it? Do you guys even have any backup for your claims. I’m not even coming at you at all i’m genuinely curious and would like to know so i could read.

It’s a fair question.

Shifting is, essentially, experiencing a different reality. This is a metaphysical practice, so it’s unlikely to be proven in the way many people want (ex: some kind of brain scan).

Perhaps a brain scan would show certain signs of increased brain activity if a person were meditating and doing a shifting “method”, but the actual final act of shifting isn’t a physical process at all. You shift via your consciousness.

Most people believe in shifting for a combination of reasons. For me, it’s a mixture of reading about thousands of others first-hand experiences and my own scientific and spiritual beliefs.

There are countless experiences shared online by shifters, even by people who have no idea this community exists. People who don’t know the word “reality shifting” but say they explored “persistent realms” or lived for years within dreams. There are entire shifting podcasts where people share their experiences in heavy detail, and speak so casually, it makes it difficult to believe it’s all a well-constructed lie. My favorite is the GetShifty podcast. Their first episode is “What is reality shifting?” and touches on a lot of the things I mention here.

In physics, the multiverse theory has been around for a long time, and there is some notable evidence for it. You’ve probably heard of the famous double-slit experiment, which showed that light can act as either a wave or a particle, and condenses into one upon observation. This could indicate that parallel realities exist, with each potential outcome existing, and collapsing into one once observed (AKA, someone intentionally shifting to it).

As for religion/cultures, the concept of multiple realities and reaching them via deep meditation seems to be mentioned in the Yoga Vasistha. I’ve actually only recently begun reading it, and am finding it super fascinating, so I may make a separate post about it sometime.

The famous author Neville Goddard also has many books about manifestation and his approach to it. He has mentioned his experience of being in a meditation and experiencing a different reality. He called it “worlds within worlds.”

You don’t even have to be into “new age spirituality” type things to believe in shifting, though. I’m a Muslim and I find my study of Sufism to have MANY things intertwined with the concept of non-dualism, which is arguably central to one of the main shifting theories (the consciousness theory).

I have soo many thoughts on shifting and I have some more things I want to post in the future so if any of this is interesting to you guys, lmk and I can share haha

I hope this was helpful!

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A Vancouver-area Jewish organization is raising safety concerns amid reports Hamas has called for a day of action on Friday amid the escalating conflict in Israel and Palestine.

In a community security update posted to its website, the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver said it was taking the reports “very seriously.”

“Our understanding is that Hamas is calling for violence in Israel, the West Bank, and around the world under the guise of showing solidarity with Palestinians,” the organization wrote.

The bulletin came after former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal called for protests across the Muslim world in support of Palestinians.

“[We must] head to the squares and streets of the Arab and Islamic world on Friday,” Meshaal said in a recorded statement. [...]

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Note from the poster @el-shab-hussein: Israel's lobbies in Canada have been stirring up a panic in the Jewish communities of the country, as they've got their tight grips on them. The 'Vancouver-area Jewish organization' in question, the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, is directly affiliated with the Jewish Agency for Israel and helps facilitate zionist settlement of occupied Palestine through their 'services'. They are also directly affiliated with the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, which has been noted as the primary Israeli lobbying group in Canada. It's no wonder they are spreading fear-mongering about a call to protest the genocide that they have a vested interest in maintaining.

Tagging: @politicsofcanada, @vague-humanoid

[femconstellation]

Libfems will harass former hijabis who talk about their hatred for the hijab and genuinely think they’re helping. They think they’re fighting against islamophobia when they’re just fighting against women wanting liberation from a tool of sexist oppression.

They view the hijab as aesthetic, cute, just another religious symbol, etc. and completely ignore what the hijab represents and why so many muslim women and ex-muslim women denounce it. And it gets to the point that their ‘choice feminism’ doesn’t apply to a muslim woman who made the choice to stop wearing a hijab and publicly denouncing it as something that has caused her nothing but harm.