#or as a Muslim character

[mindofserenity]

عندما لا يكون هناك خير أو حقيقة أو فائدة يمكن التعبير عنها، فإن الصمت هو التفضيل النهائي

When there is no good, truth or benefit to be expressed, silence is the ultimate preference.

— mindofserenity

[iamumbra195]

Not really in the DC fandom and I don't really read many comics but I've been seeing some videos and posts making headcanons about the Al-Ghul family being Muslim and it pisses me off so much.

This interpretation is deeply rooted in Islamophobia and the ignorant notion that every Arab is a Muslim and therefore a "terrorist". The Al-Ghuls are not and have never been Muslims and any parts of the religion found in their characters are likely due to the fact that Arab culture has a lot of aspects of Islam mixed into it and because again, people think that being Arab and being Muslim are the same thing and a lot of the comic writers are white Americans who commonly have this misconception about Arabs.

I'm not going to go into the specifics of everything because 1) I don't know all that much about canon and 2) this is a little hard to explain but I will give several examples that pretty much disprove that headcannon because The Al-Ghuls do things that are considered major sins in Islam on the daily.

Ra's runs an assassin league/cult and despite what many people think killing people is a major sin in Islam except in very specific scenarios where it may be excused like in self-defence or in war. And what the Al-Ghuls do? That isn't excusable in any way.

Ra's' name in and of itself is proof. His name means the Demon Head and I promise you a proper practicing Muslim would not call themself that or commit the atrocities he has on innocent people. I don't know if this is true but I saw on the wiki that apparently a character named Gerhardt asked him if he was a man or a fiend from hell and Ra's, said that he was both and neither and that he was "Ra's al-Ghul". A Muslim would not associate themself with Hell, a place where evildoers are punished in the afterlife.

Talia committed zina (fornication), yet another major sin, and wears extremely revealing clothing despite the fact that modesty is an integral part of the religion.

The Al-Ghuls drink wine, eat pork and apparently Damian was often fed ox blood soup as a child despite the fact that all these things are explicitly forbidden for Muslims to consume in verses of the Quran. (To clarify a bit, in case you're confused about the ox blood soup, Muslims are forbidden from consuming animal blood because it is considered filthy and harmful, much like pork and wine.)

Not to mention the whole thing about Ra's nearly being 500 years old and the Lazarus Pits apparently reviving him every time he dies... but that's a whole can of worms I don't know enough about to open

So yeah, the headcanon that the Al-Ghuls are Muslims perpetuates harmful stereotypes about Islam as a whole. There probably is more to be said about this topic but unfortunately, I haven't read many comics and have only watched a few of the DC animated movies so I can't say much more.

Feel free to correct me if I've said something incorrect or missed something important.

[samwise1548]

She's waiting for the bus

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[ID: A drawing of an original character named Leila Suleiman. Leila is a brown, female hijabi with large blue cat-eye glasses. She's wearing a blue skirt and light blue cardigan, as well as purple tights. She's squatted down with her arms resting on her knees, and looking up and away. \End ID]

[maerynarts]

a little gouache illustration inspired by a very beautiful scarf that appeared on my pinterest feed 🌷✨

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

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[kevinsdsy]

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the trojans social media au (pt. 10): one of the reasons i made this au was to push my nabil mahmoud lore to the world AND TODAY IS THE DAY ‼️ i’ve forced dealing with your sexuality + religion lore onto nabil and since nora didt specifically confirm laila NOT being muslim i have her be his support system through shared experiences :))) including nabil living w them for a month (which is why jean actually likes him in this au) and jean being a support system through making food because i feel like cat would have told jean about how food & cooking can be such a support system for others

[deanmarywinchester]

really really enjoy how The Bright Sword depicts post-Arthurian britain as this once colonized, twice abandoned place. like it was conquered and then abandoned by the romans, who remade the aristocracy and language in their image and christianized the country and left behind works of engineering that would not be replicated for a thousand-plus years. then it was this land of christian miracles held together by Arthur and God, and then God abandoned the country and those kinds of miracles were never seen again

and the book explicitly plays with the connections between the Roman Empire and Christian/monarchist power, mentioning that some crackpots believe in the eventual return of the Roman Empire the way that people believe Arthur will return some day, and having the protagonist marvel at roman mining machinery that seems impossible to believe could have ever worked the way he marvels at stories of the Quest for the Grail

not 100% sure where this is going but it’s very effective for being a story about how the age of heroes is dead, because the age of wonders and power is sort of twice dead.

[loumandforyou]

I'm sorry I will never ever understand how Sam is nominated instead of Assad for s2. Again (x3 by now!!!). I wonder if Assad was white British and his name was John Smith or something... would he be set aside that much 🤔 ?

[dreadfuldevotee]

the GG assad snub by amc is crazy especially considering the next season is going to be focused on the guy they submitted for supporting. it's honestly upsetting considering how good assad's performance was

I wish I could say this comes out of left field, but seeing how press has evolved over the course of season 2 (Remember how Assad was on all the pre-season SDCC posters, with his face blown up large on the sides of buildings. To being replaced this year by? Ben Daniels?) It's very clearly about Islamophobia. Articles refusing to print his or Armand's name, disapearing from episode press. It paints a pretty damning picture. And to specifically prop up Sam over him, despite the laughable difference in screentime and frankly- plot importance, leaves a decidedly sour taste in my mouth.

[champmorado]

punch out!! wii characters and what their favorite alcoholic drinks would be

Vodka - soda popinski

Whiskey - bear hugger, the referee

Wine (Rice Wine for Hondo) - glass joe, don flamenco, piston hondo

Beer - von kaiser, doc louis, king hippo, mr. sandman

Fancy Cocktails/Champagne - super macho man

Some insane shit you've never heard of before - aran ryan

Can't Drink (Religion) - bald bull, great tiger

Can't Drink (Not Drinking Age) - disco kid, little mac

[thedevilsniki]

My roman empire is them.

[nahla-art]

A bit of an art dump of my boy Bahar from my current wip

[futurequibblerjournalist]

aurora altair sinistra < 3

my favourite autistic astronomy lady

[artbyaj497]

Adam and Semra see Wicked💖💚

[nanamins-overtime]

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَطْعِمُوا الْجَائِعَ، وَعُودُوا الْمَرِيضَ، وَفُكُّوا الْعَانِيَ

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Feed the hungry, visit the sick, and set free the captives."

- Sahih al-Bukhari

[muslimsinmedia]

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