#kafir leaves

[secular-jew]

Leave Islam. Everyone should get the hell out before it's too late.

[agirlwithimaan]

One of the many things I find absolutely amazing about Surahtul Kahf is when the people of the Cave decided to leave their homes and escape their city and began to live in a cave to preserve their imaan from the kafir King Decius. At the time they made that huge sacrifice–they didn't know how Allah was going to help them. But they just knew that He was. So they made the duaa “Our Lord, bless us with mercy from Your own and provide us with guidance in our matters.”[18:10]

And He did. He saved them from the difficulties of living in that cave by putting them to sleep–for 300 years! That's how His help comes to those who believe in Him and sincerely ask for His mercy and guidance.❤️‍🩹

[fairuzfan]

Welp. I knew I had to leave Iran out of that ask. Now it took over any point I was trying to make about states being evil.

There's no inequality in islam, huh? It's not as bad as Christianity but I think you should try more to be aware of them. Hadith thinks the intelligence of two Women combined equals to one man, for a tame example.

"to single out islam ..." Why did you have to bring white people into this?

Yes what you said are personal wajibat. Sharia also exists.

Islam is fundamentally against monopoly and in favor of basic annual income, which is neat! It can fit into Maexist Leninist leftism. So I guess you're not wrong but I had an Anarchist perspective in mind.

Well thanks for your reply anyway and thanks for all you do. Before becoming a Kafir I read into islam a lot and I kinda fell in love with it too but just realised it wasn't for me so at no point I stand for islamophobia.

ok. well you didnt say states are evil, you said islam and leftism arent compatible.

also i said i don't think islam is *inherently* unequal. which was your question. there are things that can be interpreted as inequality. it depends on cultural and societal influences as well. there are also different interpretations of that hadith, and different translations. and historical context. plus there are some people who don't consider hadith useful or necessary when following islam. i don't want to get into it because i personally have pretty different views about islam.

if you know about the economic rules of islam, then you'd also know that women have economic rights inherent to them that specifically protect their income. so that's why i don't think its right to say islam is 'inherently' unequal.

also also. there are nonwhite christians? islam is not the only religion with brown people.

sharia does exist, i just dont think its a requirement in life as a muslim. you can live your whole life without being in a country that practices sharia and still be considered muslim.

theres no reason to talk down to me about this. everyone practices religion differently in life. i dont like to talk about my ideas about islam because i acknowledge they're pretty different from mainstream opinions.

[sethshead]

I’m going to tap the sign again.

If you want a “permanent cease-fire” that leaves Hamas in control of Gaza, you just want another, bloodier war once Hamas has rebuilt its strength. Hamas recognizes no permanent kafir states. They believe Islam will conquer all.

The cease-fire Hamas wants is indefinite, until Hamas decides to resume the cycle of violence. For that reason, leaving Hamas in control of Gaza will mean no relief from blockade and no united Palestine. No united Palestine means no Palestine. If you want Palestinian independence and dignity, you must demand the overthrow of Hamas. Otherwise you’re just on a virtue-signaling ego trip or enjoy watching people die.

Either way, if those are your predilections, you have no place in the discussion.

[jihadibaddie123]

The collective African and Arab sigh when a muslim from the subcontinent start talking...like we get it arabs are kafirs and somali women need to learn their place, go fight shias in syria and leave us alone!

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"While there are over 300 references in the Koran to Allah and fear, there are only 49 references to love. Of these love references, 39 are negative such as the 14 negative references to love of money, power, other gods and status.

Three verses command humanity to love Allah and 2 verses are about how Allah loves a believer. There are 25 verses about how Allah does not love kafirs (unbelievers).

This leaves 5 verses about love. Of these 5, 3 are about loving kin or a Muslim brother. One verse commands a Muslim to give for the love of Allah. This leaves only one quasi-universal verse about love: give what you love to charity and even this is contaminated by dualism since Muslim charity only goes to other Muslims."

-- Bill Warner

[repentingxnafs]

❝ A person will never be considered a muslim even if he says the Shahādah from morning to night, and even if he leaves Shirk, and if he does Hajj every year, and even if he keeps posting about his religious ecstacy in Ramadān and when he's around the Ka'bah, and if he shouts Labbaik in the loudest of his voice, Until he or she adhere to the principles of Walā and Barā— the Bar'ah from Kufr in Kafirin and the Wala to Tawhid and Muwahhidin. You must have Bar'ah from a Kafir and what it entails, because Allāh سبحانه وتعالى despises them, and their Kufr. Both, get that right—both.

A sign of loving Allāh is not just saying it or alleging it, or putting in the bio like they do.

You don't love Allāh until you accept Walā in Him and Barā'ah in Him. ❞

— Shaykh Ahmed Mūsā Jibrīl حفظه الله

[bleedingmusk]

I don't usually like to share my personal experiences on social media but this thought is bugging me for quite few months now الله المستعان.

Mental health in Muslim community is been ignored and rejected so badly it's more like a taboo and you're tired of hearing that you get depression because of low Iman and what not.

Few years ago when I was much younger and quite naive I really didn't knew about anxiety, depression and mental disorders in depth I was not in denial but kinda never really experienced anything like that or anyone closer to me suffering from it. Until in 2019 I saw my ex brother (who left Islam) suffering from servere depression, he wouldn't eat, would just force himself to work, couldn't sleep in nights and there was something on his face which would shook me but as I didn't interacted with him so never bothered about it, infact I used to mock him (I know I was wrong) I used to make fun of his mental state because I believed that his depression is because he became atheist it could be true but Allaah knows best why he was depressed, one time my kitten died I was very upset I cried for days and didn't ate for days or turned on lights of my room, apart from praying I basically didn't do anything so he came into my room and said why you're crying over your kitten ain't your Allaah al Hayy ask Him to give back her life (he was mocking my Lord) I fumed with anger and couldn't say anything but crying more I wanted to run away at that moment, then he continued saying oh sorry Muslims don't go into depression right though at that moment I didn't really thought I was depressed in fact I was just upset and after some days overcame my grief Alhamdulillah. But I always mocked his mental health not realising mocking someone is not good even if he's kafir, Allaah would test you with similar situation some day. Fast forward into 2021 I was diagnosed with clinical depression after being in denial for at least 7 month, Alhamdulillah by the help of Allaah and right Islamic counsellor I battled my depression, healing journey wasn't easy at all I would always remember that how I used to mock my ex brother I would remind myself you see the way he couldn't sleep you were unable to sleep too, he couldn't eat you are not able to eat too, etc I repented to Allaah sincerely (May Allaah accept it from me Ameen) Alhamdulillah as I was still in the process of healing I had very low days I still remember one time my neighbour (she was also a Muwahidah) called me one time and asked me why I never join them and stay alone in my apartment, she taunted me and said you don't even have husband or kids you have no responsibility you must be living a happy life, you see I have husband and kids I have many responsibilities still I manage everything I've never been depressed I silently endured her words though they were cutting me into million pieces after she end the call she sent me a text image which reads as follow "A Muslim never gets depressed, try to read Quran, work on your Iman, help others around and something I forgot..." I was really offended but I was patient I didn't said a word but Allaah was witnessing my pain.

After 6 months I was going to move to a different place I visited her before leaving and she said stay over at her place for a day or two who knows when we'd meet again, as her kids loved me so much and I loved them too I didn't hesitated and I stayed for 3 days, By Allaah second day as I was working in her kitchen and kids were playing I hear screams, and cries I got panicked I ran and saw that sister was having a severe panic attack (being a therapist myself at this point) I tried to calm her down I asked her few things and she started to speak that how from past 2 months she's suffering from severe anxiety, she's very depressed but she doesn't know why she's depressed she was crying.. Wallaahi at that point my mind was blown up I couldn't stop but thinking about how she mocked my mental health few months back, that thought wouldn't leave my mind I somehow tried to control my emotions and helped her to feel relaxed.

Wallaahi brothers and sisters don't ever make anyone's fun, don't mock anyone or ridicule anyone's suffering by Allaah you never know when Allaah would test you with exact same thing. If you cannot be kind at least don't be rude, if you cannot understand at least don't misunderstand. Now I understood the depth of the hadith when Rasulullah صلى الله عليه وسلم said "Kindness is the mark of faith."

May Allaah protect us all and grant shifa to all those suffering mentally or physically Ameen.

[autolenaphilia]

The Man who would be King

The Man who would be King is a 1975 adventure film directed by John Huston. It’s a very old-fashioned Victorian era colonialist adventure film. It’s based on a story by Rudyard Kipling, who in fact appears in the film as a character, as part of the story’s framing narrative, played by Christopher Plummer.

The film is now almost 50 years old, and probably must have seen old-fashioned even in 1975.Already then it was a period drama, based on a story dating all the way back to 1888. And In fact, John Huston was an old Hollywood veteran at that point, who had been trying to get it made for over 20 years, and originally considered Humphrey Bogart and Clark Gable for the lead roles of Danny Dravot and Peachy Carnahan. Several male duos of stars were considered for the leads while Huston tried to make the film, Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas, Richard Burton and Peter O’Toole and Robert Redford and Paul Newman. Eventually Sean Connery and Michael Caine actually got the parts in the final film and it was a good decision. It’s very much a film about British colonialism, American Hollywood actors would have been miscast (although Burton and O’Toole might have worked).

And it is a film that boils down the adventure story to its colonialist roots. Two white british men go off on an adventure trying to become kings of a distant land.

The land in question is Kafiristan, which was practically a white spot on the map for Europeans when Kipling wrote the story. It has a fascinating history. The native people followed an ancient version of Hinduism, and were thus called kafirs (non-believers) by neighbouring Muslims. The Amir of Afghanistan conquered the region around 1895, and forcibly converted the natives to Islam, and the region is now known as Nuristan.

It’s the depiction of Kafiristan and non-white people in general where the film has aged the most. Kipling knew like most white men at the time little about the region, and in the film the native religion is presented as an exotic, primitive and mysterious superstition that bears little resemble even to modern hinduism. And overall the natives are presented as violent, superstitious and easily manipulated. The non-white characters are stereotypes. It’s a racist film.

Yet the film’s depiction of imperialism is far from unironically positive. There is a kind of irony to it that speaks perhaps to colonial anxieties on the part of Kipling. Carnehan and Dravot have zero noble intentions of “civilizing the natives” when setting out on their adventure, they are in it to get rich. It’s all for “fortune and glory” as Indiana Jones would put in the film Temple of Doom (itself a movie very much inspired by Kipling’s Indian adventure stories).And the pair are in fact small-time criminals and conmen who go on this adventure because they are kicked out of India. The whole adventure is just another con, this time a big one played out on the natives of Kafiristan. They promise their leadership will benefit the natives and all they want is to take the land’s wealth and leave.

And any success Dravot and Carnehan have in their big con is because of dumb luck, not any superiority of theirs. They never even learn the natives language, and are reliant on the Indian ex-Gurkha soldier Billy Fish (played charismatically if stereotypically by Indian actor Saeed Jaffrey) to translate for them. Dravot becomes a God because he is hit by an arrow in a lucky way while doing something stupid. And then the story becomes a morality tale about the corrupting danger of hubris and greed as Danny Dravot lets the god-king thing go to his head. The themes harken back to Huston’s earlier adventure film The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.Eventually Dravot overplays his hand and it all falls apart. The native woman Danny forces to marry him, bites him and reveals that he can bleed after all. The collapse of their con-game comes with disastrous consequences for Dravot and Carnehan. The fortune and glory they were after are revealed to be meaningless and a source of corruption. The film tellingly ends with Kipling looking in horror at Dravot’s crowned but severed head.

It’s a story about white colonialism, but it’s one where the attempt is fueled by greed and the attempt at colonization fails. It is this ambiguity about colonialism that probably made the story viable to be filmed as late as 1975.

And it’s still compelling today, and a good film. Well, it depends if you are able to look past the racism. John Huston’s directing gives the film an epic sweep and some compelling visuals, and the script is an excellent adaptation of the short story. Sean Connery and Michael Caine have excellent chemistry, and brings life to their character’s arcs. The moral complexity of the adventure and the arc the main characters have that raise the film above the simple colonialist adventure story.

[your-mom-friend]

I hope that you’re really not upset with my question, since I’m a Muslim as well, and I genuinely wanted to know what got you into this state, and I’ve been including you in my prayers for the longest time now, especially since I’ve been following you for years.

You’re a kind soul, a caring one, and you’ve suffered a lot in your lifetime as had millions of other children, some that I know personally who endured this type of sexual trauma from priests. I know the anger you experience regarding the abuse, and unfortunately I know it too well that it’s engraved into my bones. But hear me out, won’t you? Give it a last chance this one Ramadan, forget the priest—may he burn in hell for his wrongdoings—and forget the extremists you’ve encountered, just for a while. I promise you that you’ll find all the answers you are looking for when you read the Quran of your own volition, your own will, in your own time, instead of it being forced upon you and down your throat and just being taught the words without explanation. Remember that you are never alone in the struggle, never. The Prophet himself has survived countless hardships, and so many of the Companions—both female and male—have endured the worst torture from their parents and their siblings and their families just for declaring that they are now Muslims—their stories are there for us for a reason, and they’re one of the things that changed my entire worldview. And remember with me, that in Islam, in its core, that we are beings created for Heaven, Jannah, not for eternal existence in Dunya that we cannot survive without suffering, and that this entire world is but a passage and a test, and soon enough it’ll be over once and for all, and your patience and forgiveness and kindness will all be rewarded adequately, and you’d watch those who have wronged you burn in hell for eternity. He, the priest, might be dead now, but he’s being tormented in his grave for what he did, and he’ll be questioned about it on the day of judgement, so fear not, this world is but a temporary stop that we’ll all soon get out of.

I know that at first glance you might think that I’m just trying to coax you back into religion without knowing what I’m speaking of, just like so many have tried to do before, but I’m someone who almost became a complete atheist until two and a half years ago for the same reasons. And there must be a reason why there’s hundreds of thousands of converts to Islam over the past five months, right? So I’m reaching out to you out of love and respect, and that you’ll always be dear to my heart 🤍

Ramadan Mubarak to u, Rem <33

Ramadan Mubarak to you too, darling. I hope you’re able to fulfil all your fasts and that your prayers are answered.

But respectfully, I’m not going to be approaching Islam again. I’ve met no extremists, and if there is a hell then that guy is absolutely there. I carry no doubts over this.

But it seems you didn’t read my last answer. My decision to leave Islam ultimately has little to do with trauma, and more to do with the fact that I don’t believe in a perfect god. I don’t believe in a divine plan. I don’t believe in the core concept of Allah

I’m not looking for answers, I’m happy with my current spiritual outlook. I do good for this world no matter how small and I see it reflected back at me in a million tiny ways, and I can live with that.

I understand how you feel. You as a Muslim have likely grown up hearing that non-Muslims go to hell, that apostasy is one of the greatest crimes there is. To be a Kafir is to guarantee your place in hell, and you genuinely care for me and don’t want me to face that. It’s terrifying to imagine that people you know to be good could go to hell just because they were too prideful to accept Allah into their lives.

But understand, this fear is a contributing factor to why I’ll never go back. How can I believe that Allah is Ar-Rahman Ar-Rahim when he will send good people to hell just for not believing in him? By this logic I could do all the good in the world, I could give sadqah every day for the rest of my life, dedicate myself to housing the homeless, and still I’d go to hell because I did these things in the name of helping people and not in the name of Allah

I’m so happy you’re able to find peace within Islam, and I truly, genuinely hope this Ramadan goes well for you. I have wonderfully fond memories of Ramadan, from the energy to the iftars and of Eid, truly, Ramadan Kareem, my friend, and thank you for keeping me in your prayers. May Allah bless you with all that is good for you, Inshallah

But please respect that I will continue to live my life the way I see fit.

Jazakhallah Khair

[vsnotresponding]

tag game: find the words

thanks for the tags @ashirisu! here's a wall of text for your enjoyment <3

my words are: contain, freedom, paper, graceful, and device

all excerpts are from Púlsar, the WIP i'm currently translating

c o n t a i n

[The only thing I can focus on is the little lion plushie my mom made for me when I was born. Even though she was the queen, she insisted on fixing it when it broke...]

She can’t anymore.

She’s dead, and it’s my fault.

A sob breaks the silence, too strong to contain in time. I put a hand over my mouth to dim the next one, but it’s also not enough. The knot in my throat, the one that has been with me the whole evening, makes swallowing painful. I try to regulate my breathing, but it’s useless too. I can’t cry, not now. There’s work to be done.

My temples rest on my right arm over the table, my eyes closed. I clench my jaw when my shoulders shake, my fists when I sob. My sleeve is wet.

I’m sorry.

I raise my head, my breathing trembling. The imitations that make the lion’s eyes mirroring me: my hair a mess, wet face, bags under my green eyes, red from crying. Another sob, I reach out to take the plushie into my arms, hugging it against my chest.

Chapter 3 - Out of Place - Karma's POV

f r e e d o m

I am aware, though, that I have no chance of escaping. Sooner or latter they’ll light another imitation and they will find me. It won’t be a challenge to take me with them, to use me and to leave me to rot once they get all the aldamu they can out of me. And I, weak as I am, tired to the bones and sick, won’t be able to do anything to stop them.

I cherish my last moment of freedom, the little time out I won running out. I think that, at the very least, I’ve got them far away from the outskirts, where Hamza and Níniam wait for my return. At least they are safe.

A light, I think someone’s talking to me, but I can’t understand him. One yanks my arm to make me stand up, and my head falls to my chest, spitting blood all over my dirty shirt, my wet hair falling over my eyes. He needs help from his partner to make me walk. I have no strength to resist them, but I have no strength to walk either. I think I vomit, but I’m not sure. I may fall when they make me take a step. I can hardly tell. I don’t know either if they make me stand again.

I do know that, when they take the new creation from my hand, she dissolves. Over us, the rain hits the roofs and our heads.

The last thing I see is, again, the dark banner, still and soaked under the rain.

Chapter 1 - The Creator - Ira's POV

p a p e r

After what feels like an eternity, we finally get to another door. When they open it, I see him: the Iria, directly in front of us, a succession of arcs supporting the tall ceilings of the chamber. It’s bigger than the throne’s, bigger than the Zanji and even the major square of the capital. Besides the principal room there are two others, one at each side parallel to the central one, imitations lightning the space much brighter than anywhere else on the island. It takes me a while to notice the rocks that have fallen over from the walls and columns, from the ceiling, in an obvious reminder of a disaster that happened here, glass and paper broken on the corners, besides the columns and the pockets the arcs' shapes create.

And then there’s the Iria. The vision makes me want to puke, wonderment brutally replaced by horror — for the cracks that cover the monstrous rock, in pasts times bright and vibrant orange, now dimmed like the imitations and covered by white patterns, segments of rocks taken out or fallen.

The vision hits me.

I freeze, and connect.

Chapter 4 - Kafir - Ira's POV

g r a c e f u l

I drag a hand across my face and tightly close my eyes. I won’t cry, I can’t cry. Tears will do nothing for me. I breathe with too much strength, too fast. I push it all, the guilt, the grief, the pain, the betrayal, the loneliness. I stop a sob. I need to take control of myself. Princes don’t lose their north. Princes are graceful and tranquil.

“I’m sorry.”

My voice comes out chocked, almost a whisper. It’s the truth, I am sorry I doubted Áine. I shouldn’t have. I’m tired, that’s all. What’s happened with the creator has caused some memories to resurface. I ignore them, I turn my back to them. I force my body to relax.

Chapter 3 - Out of Place - Karma's POV

d e v i c e

so, i don't think i've ever used this word in my writing, so you are getting another "contain" excerpt <3

We look at each other, Garvan on his feet, approaching with the shackles, Áine hurriedly looking for the bandages to dress the wound. They both stop on their track when she talks.

“Ila is the earth and the language” without rising her gaze, she recites a fragment of the legend of Ila’s conditions “, the blood that runs in your people’s veins. Ila is the island and the island is Ila.”

“She’s the echo.” She pauses to look beyond my shoulder, her eyes unfocused. Her hands clench on the cloth at her fingers. “I feel it. The beating.” She looks at Áine, through her. “We are one.”

“You say you can fix what’s wrong with the Core.” Now she looks at me, eyes more focused, the closeness painful when I look at her broken nose and the blood drying on her chin. I realize she’s trying to calm us down. To contain herself. I nod, slowly, nervously. “You want… to understand me.” I nod again, more decided this time. “But I’m here against my will. As a prisoner. Under threat that if I don’t obey, they’ll massacre my people.” She looks me in the eyes at that, her voice remains unbroken. Her eyes are back to being hers. No shine, no haze, still filled with rage and some tears on her eyelids. She doesn’t let them fall. I lower my head, ashamed. I know she’s thinking of the shahin and my brother when she looks at me. She sighs.

Chapter 5 - The Connection - Ira's POV

was this way too long? yes. do i particularly care? nah

i'm tagging @my-cursed-prince @aquil-writes and @on-noon

your words are: crystal, rage, weak, stars and ghost

[dailytafsirofquran]

Tafsir Ibn Kathir: Surah Al-Tawbah Ayah 32-33

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

9:32 They want to extinguish Allah's Light with their mouths, but Allah will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the disbelievers hate (it).

9:33 It is He Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth, to make it superior over all religions even though the idolators hate (it).

People of the Scriptures try to extinguish the Light of Islam

Allah says,

They (the disbelieving idolators and People of the Scriptures) want to extinguish the Light of Allah with their mouths,

They try through argument and lies to extinguish the guidance and religion of truth that the Messenger of Allah was sent with.

Their example is the example of he who wants to extinguish the light of the sun or the moon by blowing at them! Indeed, such a person will never accomplish what he sought. Likewise, the light of what the Messenger was sent with will certainly shine and spread.

Allah replied to the idolators' desire and hope,

but Allah will not allow except that His Light should be perfected even though the disbelievers (Kafirun) hate (it).

Linguistically a Kafir is the person who covers something.

For instance, night is called Kafiran (covering) because it covers things (with darkness).

The farmer is called Kafiran, because he covers seeds in the ground.

Allah said in an Ayah,

thereof the growth is pleasing to the (Kuffar) tillers. (57:20)

Islam is the Religion That will dominate over all Other Religions

Allah said next,

It is He Who has sent His Messenger with guidance and the religion of truth.

`Guidance' refers to the true narrations, beneficial faith and true religion that the Messenger came with.

`religion of truth' refers to the righteous, legal deeds that bring about benefit in this life and the Hereafter.

to make it (Islam) superior over all religions, even though the idolators hate (it).

It is recorded in the Sahih that the Messenger of Allah said,

Allah made the eastern and western parts of the earth draw near for me (to see), and the rule of my Ummah will extend as far as I saw.

Imam Ahmad recorded from Tamim Ad-Dari that he said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah saying,  

This matter (Islam) will keep spreading as far as the night and day reach, until Allah will not leave a house made of mud or hair, but will make this religion enter it, while bringing might to a mighty person (a Muslim) and humiliation to a disgraced person (who rejects Islam). Might with which Allah elevates Islam (and its people) and disgrace with which Allah humiliates disbelief (and its people).

Tamim Ad-Dari (who was a Christian before Islam) used to say,

"I have come to know the meaning of this Hadith in my own people.

Those who became Muslims among them acquired goodness, honor and might.

Disgrace, humiliation and Jizyah befell those who remained disbelievers.''

[smoothcurvesinteractive]

Dad's Thai Yellow Curry

A few magic ingredients make my yellow curry better than almost any you find anywhere. I've had thai curry on 3 different continents, including Bangkok thailand, and I've picked up some tricks. This curry recipes and techniques will create a yellow curry that will be as good or better than most restaurants.

Lime leaf. This south asian spice is very hard to find and often only found in good asian markets in port cities

Coconut CREAM. Cream. Cream. Cream. NOT COCNUT MILK. the coconut cream should be thick, almost the consistency of bree.

Fresh bamboo tips (often sold as parboiled) Bamboo shoots are juicy, and sweet, and do not have the fibers that most canned bamboo has. 

_FRESH_ Thai basil. Thai basil is sweet, has a _hint_ lif annus. The combo of the lime leaf and thai basil are what give thai curry that distinctive taste and seporates Thai curry from indian or other curries. 

Not so much an ingredient but brown peanuts in your oil. In a separate small pan toss a handful of peanuts and enough oil to cover them. adds a wonderful toasted nutty flavor.

Same with chili peppers, those red pinky finger length dried bright red chilis. Toss those into a small pan with a bit of oil and heat them until they start to turn dark. Don’t worry if a couple turn black. 

8oz coconut _cream_ (best I’ve found was at QFC. Do not get coconut cream intended for a bar… it is mostly sugar. Or, bigger boxed coconut cream from Hung Phat(your local well stocked asian market), OR coconut cream in a can from your local asian market) Coconut cream should be almost solid. (yeah this is such a big deal I can not tell you)

8oz lime water (slice a half a lime, put it in the water Microwave for 30 seconds)

Optional 8oz coconut milk

1 teaspoon to 2 tablespoons garlic (FRESH)

1 “thumb” fresh ginger pealed chopped (best technique is to use a potato peeler to make very thin slices) (yes this seems like a lot of giger)

Heaping teaspoon Mae Ploy brand curry paste

2 tablespoons sesame oil

2 tablespoons coconut oil

1 teaspoon of sesame oil

1 tablespoons chili oil or roasted chilis (pref roasted chilis)

½ cup roasted peanuts

2 tablespoons peanut oil (brown some peanuts and add canola oil)

2 Kaffir lime leaf (each "leaf" it's actually 2 leaves)(note: don't call it Kaffir anymore.. google it)

Star Annus (3 cloves) (keep whole!)

1 stalk of fresh thai basil (strip the leaves off the stalks should be about 8 leaves)

2 limes

Bamboo Shoots/Sprouts (Fresh from Hung Phat, canned otherwise, ideally “slivers” rather than planks or disks/medallions)

Optional: Pineapple

1/2 cup: Shredded carrot

1 sauce pot

One small pan

Optional: Roast some chilis then add some coconut oil to make chili oil and roasted chilis (for deep smoky flavor, and spice)

Optional: Roast some peanuts then add some canola oil to make roasted peanuts (for deep nutty flavor)

In small pan on high, add some chili or peanut oil warm it

Finely chop the kafire leaf and lightly saute it, this breaks the leaf down and allows the flavor to escape, 

Next add the peanuts, be careful peanuts go from uncooked to burnt in a second, 

As soon as the peanuts start to change color add the chopped ginger and garlic and

Add the star annus (yes without breaking the shells, it is easier to pick the big shells out later

NOTE: The following instructions are a little messed up and confusing, stay tuned for a rewrite, this should read something like, put the olis you just made into a big pot, put the may ploy curry paste in the oil and sautee the paste until it breaks up and starts to turn a awful looking dark brown, THEN add the coconut cream and all the other stuff, heat for a while until the cocnut cream liquifies and then add some coconut water

Turn this pan off, as it cools down the garlic and ginger and annis and oil should start to mix to make a very smoky pungent oil brew

While Star annis is very woody. and ya don't want bits of it in your curry, once you are all done making the oils put some annis and ginger in the little pan, on medium hi, after about a min add coconut cream and bring to boil, basically making Anniston and ginger tea. Turn the burner off and let that steep for a 3 to 4 min while the curry is breaking down. Then strain the Annis ginger tea into the curry

In the pot bring up to high, add the coconut oil,

When the coconut oil has melted, add the curry paste

Sautee the curry paste until it turns dark color and turns into curry oil.  The curry will go through a phase change (solid to liquid) this will be complete when the curry and oil start to bubble, and turn dark brown, almost looks burnt. It is hard to burn curry paste this way, but it is easy to under cook it. If the curry paste is under cooked the curry will have a “gritty” or “grainy” flavor and texture. The curry past has to completely break down into dark oily goo. Don’t worry if the yellow curry or red or green does not look yellow, red, or green. The color will come back when you add the coconut cream. 

When the curry paste has been broken down into oil,

Now add your sauteed lime leaf/garlic/ginger/chili, annus oil to that mix

Stir well, you should have a bit of curry oil at the bottom of your pot, and it should look like a an almost burnt, oily mess with ginger and garlic lumps. 

_now_ Add the coconut cream

Stir, and stir, you should start to see the color of the curry emerge in the coconut cream almost immediately. 

Squeeze a lime into that, 

Bring it up almost to boil, 

Add the bamboo shoots

stir

Add the optional pineapple

Stir

Optional, add some shredded carrot

Chop the lime rind into big chunks and throw the chunks into the soup

Again: The “Tricks” to making curry takest fantastic:

Coconut CREAM, (not coconut milk or coconut water)

Sautee the curry paste in oil FIRST

Kaffir lime leaves, sauteed, separately

Pan Roasted peanuts

Pan roasted chilis

Bamboo shoots IN the curry soup

Optional, double everything, and also add some coconut milk/coconut water, lemon grass

[papirouge]

I roll my eyes whenever someone tells me that Christians are racist since I had to hear how my brother and his Muslim friends are looking for wives and the first and always first thing they say is that the wife HAS to NOT be a dark skin black girl. Always. Every. Single. Time. And they will bend over backwards for this religion whenever Arabs are racist towards us or when Islam is quoted that black people don’t go to jannah 🥴 I honestly feel really light since leaving and accepting Jesus but I still get a lot of hate from my brother who is now supporting Andrew tate and calls any Christian a kafir. Yet he, idk about his friends, is willing to marry a Christian girl lol

In another ask, I talked about a drama on french twittter when a Black blogger outed a group chat of Muslim men keeping tabs (they had a whole data base with their social platforms, name, etc) on Muslim women dating Black men💀💀 These men are a menace. Of course, they are so suck up they will NEVER ask themselves why Muslim women would date outside their race. Who knows, maybe bc those Black men are less misogynist and entitled to abuse women like Muslim men do bc THE QURAN ALLOWS THEM TO.

I'm genuinely embarrassed for every Black person white knighting Islam tbh. May Jesus set them free for the bondage of falsehood. David Wood has a whole video serie exposing the negrophobia of Islam.

I hardly know any Christian woman being remotely interested in marrying a Muslim. All women who married Muslim weren't religious and quickly converted to Islam. A real Christian (man or woman) will NEVER handle the possibility of marrying someone who's not Christian. I think the reason why Islam allows men to marry non Muslim is bc this religion is all about submission and (forced) conversion, so it's very accepting in terms of marriage in hope to convert them. Meanwhile Christianism is much more selective in terms of spouse selection, which shows we are more into quality than quantity 💅🏾

[fickdichistwarum]

Thus far I've worked out that generally speaking:

These go in at the start:

Alliums (onion, garlic, etc.)

Ginger

Turmeric

Chillis

Paprika

Cinnamon

Cloves

Cumin

Rosemary

Fennugreek seeds

Pepper

Kafir lime leaves

These go at the end:

Cardamom

Fennugreek leaves (kasoori metha)

Saffron

And these can go either at the beginning or the end depending on what you're after from them:

Mint

Parsley

Basil

But this is all first-thing-in-the-morning-not-had-coffee-yet so I'm definitely forgetting things.

"Which spices go with which foods" lists are of limited value to me because, like, I have functioning taste buds. What I really need is a "spices that need to be added at the start of the cooking time in order to properly develop versus spices that need to be added in the last five minutes because extended heating fucks up the flavour profile" list – that shit is not intuitive.

[gendecoder]

The emphasized phrase in the headline 'auctioning off' equates to 59, the same as words connected to slavery and black folk, words like 'blues'; 'rasta'; 'jigaboo'; 'slave'; and 'negro', which all equate to 59

The phrase equates to 211 in the reverse ordinal cipher. 211 is the 47th prime number. Among others, words like the derogatory word 'kaffer' (or the k-word) equates to 47

Kaffir = 33

Race War = 33

Ethnic cleansing = 137(latin ordinal), the 33rd prime number

This article today 17 September 2024 leaves 105 days left in the leap year. 105 is the 14th triangular number. The word 'kafir' equates to 14 in the Chaldean cipher

Race = 14 (Septenary)

Below is a link to the different variations and etymology of the racial slur on the African continent.