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@freemo @Pat @BobKerns @tonic

I don't like to discuss this further. If anyone is interested they can read Quran and Hadiths which are both available online.

@freemo

With respect, I suggest you be more careful about using words like "monster", "idiot", "extremist", etc. If you call someone a monster for their personal or religious belief, you will probably make them more persistent. If you think something is wrong, come with evidence and act mega nice. And I also recommend first studying a Book(Quran or not) for a relatively reasonable period and then discuss what it talks about.

@Pat @freemo @BobKerns @tonic

IMO, There is no such thing as True Muslim or False Muslim. Someone is either Muslim or is not.

However if you are asking if those two men are still Muslim, I would say it really depends. And I also believe such a situation is highly improbable unless they have never looked into Quran and Hadith. If someone believes there is something forbidden in Islam and they still do it, that doesn't change anything. They are still believers in Islam and that they will pay for their sins in this world, hereafter or both.

But if someone believes that for example, the prayers are not mandatory while Quran obviously states otherwise, I suppose they are not a Muslim anymore. Being a believer has a definition in Quran. You can look at the two last verses of the 2nd Surah.

P.S.: I'm strictly talking about anal sex between two men. Not oral sex and or sex between two women. I don't know about those cases and I don't know if the current evidence can't be generalized.

@freemo @Pat @BobKerns @tonic

Sorry I think I missed something which might cause misunderstood.

I think the law of Islam, a big portion of it but probably not all of it, is for Muslims. That includes things which are haram, halal, punishments, etc.

For example if I remember correctly, the Prophet Muhammad was giving punishment of Jews according to the Torah they had and not Quran.

@freemo @Pat @BobKerns @tonic

You might be right about that religious belief is also personal belief. But when Hadiths obviously say there is death penalty, I am trying to deceive myself if I believe otherwise. There is a proverb in Arabic "This is more obvious than the sun". If I am a believer in Muhammad, what other interpretation could I have when he says if they did so, do so.

@freemo @Pat @BobKerns @tonic

According to hadiths, Muslims must implement punishments as much as they can. Which are for the good of society and possibly the person punishment is given to. And this isn't a personal belief, it is a religious belief. e.g. I don't have this idea, my religion has.

Regarding punishments, some are mentioned in Quran, some other in Hadiths and some other in both. For example, sexual intercourse out of marriage is illegal according to Quran and the punishment is 100 lashes in the public which must be done by an authority(government?). You can see the beginning of the 24th Surah.

Hand of thieves must be cut off according to 5:38.

And regarding anal sex between two men, the punishment is death according to the hadiths I've mentioned earlier.

P.S.: Opinion of Muslims is not relevant. For Islam you must look into Quran and Hadiths.

@freemo @pwinn it was for gay marriage. As we had a discussion earlier, according to Quran anal sex between two men is forbidden. There are many things however which are forbidden like stealing an this but not everything which is forbidden also preventing from it is enforced. For example drinking or using anything which draws one out of its usual self, like alcohol or cigarettes, is forbidden. but drinking alcohol has punishment only if you go in public while you are drunk.

@freemo @pwinn I think I, as a Muslim, am one those with backwards ideas and so is my Christian friend :)

@farooqkz

Same reason gay marriage is illegal in some countries... because some people vastly out of touch with reality have some very backwards ideas

@pwinn

What Bluetooth SoC do you suggest which supports interrupts and has reasonable power consumption?

@pwinn

Its also an issue if post hic ergo procter hoc. People with violent tendencies are likely to play more violent games and enjoy it more. Nonviolent people may find them less interesting

@farooqkz

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@freemo @pwinn

BTW, do we have a common agreement on what "violent" is?

I consider these violent:

- Killing scenes in a way which are so realistic
- Raping scenes
- Decapitation scenes especially if they are so realistic.
- cutting of organs especially if they are so realistic

@freemo @pwinn

Do you have any research supporting your opinion? I would like to read about them.

@pwinn @freemo

For everyone violent video games are harmless or for the right ages? E.g. a 18+ video game is harmless for people at least 18 and older.

@mskf1383

Great story from a friend. If you cannot read Persian, you might want to use a Machine translator.

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روی سطحِ سیاره، جانوری سه‌پا، سه‌چشم، سه‌گوش، سه‌شاخ و سه‌دم در حالِ چریدنِ علف‌هایی بنفش بود. در همین بین، فضاپیمایی غول‌آسا از آسمان به پایین آمد و همان کنارها نشست. fediverse.blog/~/سایفایفا/مأمو

@farooqkz @rogueren I don't think that is really true or at least it would need more research than guessing. There are clients that have 3 more features and Element has 5 more features than those clients. Since features come in different sizes, it really matters what features you need in the comparison than the raw count. By default Element doesn't have pinned messages, custom emotes, status messages, knocking, tags, stories and a few more things. Many others do have that.

@rogueren

Spaces in Matrix don't exactly work like Discord guilds. They just group a few Matrix rooms into one.

@rogueren

Yeah that would count. Regarding locking rooms(like channels) to certain roles, I make the rooms private and invite whoever I wish. But Matrix doesn't have guilds like Discord does. Recently however, Spaces has been added with which one can group several rooms into one space(and possibly other spaces, too). But they aren't an alternative to Discord servers/guilds.

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