Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agenda
The envelope containing two partially burned pages of the Qur’an came as a shock. Until then, Muslim residents in the Adriatic port town of Monfalcone had lived relatively peacefully for more than 20 years.
Addressed to the Darus Salaam Muslim cultural association on Via Duca d’Aosta, the envelope was received soon after Monfalcone’s far-right mayor, Anna Maria Cisint, banned prayers on the premises.
“It was hurtful, a serious insult we never expected,” said Bou Konate, the association’s president. “But it was not a coincidence. The letter was a threat, generated by a campaign of hate that has stoked toxicity.”
Monfalcone’s population recently passed 30,000. Such a positive demographic trend would ordinarily spell good news in a country grappling with a rapidly declining birthrate, but in Monfalcone, where Cisint has been nurturing an anti-Islam agenda since winning her first mandate in 2016, the rise has not been welcomed.
Ahh yes, the atrocity of making it illegal. I’m not for making religion illegal but how is that in any way equal to even a portion of the violence caused by various religions?
Religion isn’t required for atrocities to happen, some of the most brutal regimes in the world are staunch atheists.
Do you have any idea what Russia did to the clergy after the revolution?
Or the absolute inhumanity by which the Chinese government has treated Tibetan monks?
All in the name of cleansing the world of ‘hateful religion’.
It’s so easy to turn a blind eye to your own side’s revolting history and pretend you have clean hands.
We’ve seen what happens when atheists take over, and it is ALWAYS followed by the blood of the faithful.
Religion isn’t required, but history has shown over and over that it is inevitable that atrocities are committed in the name of religion.
Why do religion get a pass, but a cult doesn’t? They operate the same way.
Abusers will always seek positions of power to abuse from, the pedo elite in hollywood is proof of this, and only one of their kind was ever even brought up on charges in the last decade.
Same with the military
Same with the government
You just blame religion exclusively because some edgelad youtuber told you to.
Political leaders all around the world pushes for a religious ethno state.
Religion are tax exempt in a lot of place, and use a lot of that money to lobby.
Religion is a protected status in a lot of places.
People get executed because they go against religion.
Where I live, religious school exist, get funding from the state and are self governing.
It is fucking appaling that religion isn’t put in the looney bin with the rest of the cults.
You are right that power hungry people will try to get more power.
But if religion is in power somewhere, history has shown again and again that it will inevitably end in atrocities. There is no way around it.
Religion is regressive no matter what.
Fuck religions, and fuck you.
Nope, but I do know Russia is trying really hard to be an atheist ethnostate.
Churches aren’t tax free because they are churches, they are tax free because they are charities and operate like every other charity except there is one less disclosure form a year they have to file, and quite a lot of churches choose to file that form for transparency. I know you love your talking point but it is simply incorrect.
Churches are strictly prohibited from many political activities. Here is some stuff from the Freedom From Religion website:
In order to remain tax-exempt under 501©(3), churches must abide by strict guidelines that prohibit election activity. The Code states in relevant part that 501©(3) organizations cannot “participate in, or intervene in (including the publishing or distributing of statements), any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for public office.” I.R.C. Sec. 501©(3). Thus, as a 501©(3) organization, churches are strictly forbidden from supporting or opposing a candidate for public office. To do so jeopardizes their tax-exempt status. Churches cannot engage in any of the following activities under the federal tax law:
Ok edgelad
How many Christian groups donated to Trump’s PAC and various funds? As far as I know, churches in the States are still exempt from tax. So you can fuck right off because the laws aren’t enforced, so they are meaningless. Churches do lobby and they don’t lose their tax exemption status.
Good job, you named one country that is trying to be an atheist ethnostate. Now look at what is currently happening in the US with the GOP and many middle eastern religious government, or in Africa, where LGBTQ+ people get prosecuted, stone to death or sentenced because they deviate from the religious stances.
Continue on calling people edgelads, because you’ve got nothing else going on.
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