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    Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
    So a non-believer reading and discussing a religious text is unacceptable cultural appropriation?
    Well, that and oppression.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler View Post
    Well, that and oppression.
    Would he be unequally uncomfortable with you reading and commenting on the Book of Mormon?

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    Quote Originally Posted by LDAHL View Post
    Would he be unequally uncomfortable with you reading and commenting on the Book of Mormon?
    I asked him something along those lines, and he said "This is a Christian nation so Muslims are the minority."

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    Quote Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler View Post
    He said that only a person who comes from an Islamic community can criticize Islam, otherwise it is oppression of the minority by the majority.
    لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله

    Just say that first.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
    لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله

    Just say that first.
    lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
    لا إله إلا الله محمد رسول الله

    Just say that first.
    I've never tried googling Arabic before - it works.

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    Quote Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler View Post
    Well, that and oppression.
    If it is presumptuous to the point of oppression to speak critically of any aspect of another culture, isn't it equally so to speak in that culture's defense?

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    Quote Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler View Post
    I asked him something along those lines, and he said "This is a Christian nation so Muslims are the minority."
    So,does that mean that I can criticize christianity even though I'm an atheist? Or am I not allowed to criticize any religion because I'm an atheist?

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    I thought that, as non-believers, we got to criticize everybody. That's one of the perks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaneV2.0 View Post
    I thought that, as non-believers, we got to criticize everybody. That's one of the perks.
    You need to make the jump from atheism to antitheism.

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