ideology is a hell of a drug

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    Salafism is a sincere religious belief.

    And that’s a problem.

    most conceptions of human rights hold freedom of religion as inviolable.

    Who cares?

    Wahhabism is a hyper-reactionary militant political movement every bit as inimical to leftist projects, and human wellbeing in general, as fascism. Sucks for the Hui but their coreligionists are assholes and need to be suppressed. Same with the Christian Fascists in America, same with the fascist Hindutva movement in India, same with the Mormons, same with the Scientologists, same with a dozen other ideological groups that can’t play nice with others. I don’t care if it’s a religion or a secular ideology or a book club. I’m still holding out hope that the Muslims will rise up against Saudi and crush Wahhabism but it seems increasingly unlikely as time goes on.