#Religious Sentiments

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Blasphemy laws can NEVER be justified 'Insult to religion' laws put religious feelings above human rights. These laws are absurdities wherever they stand on statute books. They lend a false legitimacy to those who commit acts of violence. So long as 'blasphemy' remains a crime across the globe, extremists will find justification for murder and inhumanity.

"Blasphemy laws" are the codification of "words are violence."

[journosatyam]

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ध्रुव राठी: गुरुओं का बनाया AI अवतार, भड़��े सिख, हटाना पड़ा वीडियो

मशहूर यूट्युबर ध्रुव राठी को सिख इतिहास पर वीडियो बनाना भारी पड़ा है. देश-विदेश के कई सिख संगठनों ने उनके वीडियो पर आपत्ति जताई है, जिसके बाद उन्हें अपने चैनल से वीडियो हटाना पड़ा. ध्रुव राठी ने 'बंदा सिंह बहादुर' की कथा नाम से एक एपिसोड तैयार किया था. इस कहानी में उन्होंने गुरु गोबिंद सिंह, साहिबजादों और अन्य सिख योद्धाओं की एनिमेटेड तस्वीरें बनाई थीं. सिख संगठनों ने इन तस्वीरों को लेकर आपत्ति जताई थी. लोग ध्रुव राठी को ट्रोल करने लगे, जिसके बाद उन्हें वीडियो हटाना पड़ा.

अकाल तख्त के जत्थेदार कुलदीप सिंह गरगज ने कहा, 'मैं ध्रुव राठी के इस वीडियो की निंदा करता हूं. इसे तुरंत हटाया जाए. SGPC को संबंधित मंत्रालय से संपर्क कर इसे हटवाना चाहिए.'

सिख संगठनों का कहना है कि ध्रुव राठी, इसे गलत तरीके से दिखा रहे हैं. उनकी मांग थी कि सरकार भी इसमें हस्तक्षेप करे और वीडियो को तत्काल हटा दे. ज्यादातर सिख संगठनों ने ध्रुव राठी की आलोचना की और वीडियो हटाने की मांग की.

पूरा आर्टिकल पढ़ने के लिए नीचे लिंक पर करें👇

ध्रुव राठी: गुरुओं का बनाया AI अवतार, भड़के सिख, हटाना पड़ा वीडियो

[rightnewshindi]

राम गोपाल वर्मा फिर विवादों में: हिंदू देवताओं और रामायण-महाभारत पर टिप्पणी से भड़का गुस्सा, आंध्र पुलिस में शिकायत

RGV Controversy: फिल्म निर्माता राम गोपाल वर्मा (RGV) एक बार फिर सुर्खियों में हैं, लेकिन इस बार वजह उनकी फिल्में नहीं, बल्कि सोशल मीडिया पर की गई विवादित टिप्पणियां हैं। आंध्र प्रदेश में उनके खिलाफ हिंदू देवी-देवताओं और पवित्र ग्रंथों का कथित तौर पर मजाक उड़ाने का आरोप लगा है। इस मामले ने सियासी और सामाजिक हलकों में हंगामा मचा दिया है। शिकायत से शुरू हुआ बवाल राष्ट्रीय प्रजा कांग्रेस…

[pebblegalaxy]

UP BJP Government Implements Stringent Measures Against Halal-Certified Products: A Deep Dive

UP BJP Government Implements Stringent Measures Against Halal-Certified Products: A Deep Dive #Halal #HalalCertification #HalalCertificationBan #UPGovernment #BJPGovernment

The UP BJP government has taken a strict action against the halal-certified products in the state, citing concerns over public health, quality standards, and religious sentiments. According to the news sources, the government has banned the production, storage, distribution, and sale of halal-certified products, except for exports, and has given a 15-day ultimatum to the retailers and wholesalers…

[seemabhatnagar]

Freedom of expression doesn’t give liberty to cross Laxman Rekha

Dr Nadeem Akhtar v. State of Himachal Pradesh

Cr M P 1425 OF 2023, Before Himachal Pradesh High Court at Shimla

Bail application was dismissed on 24.07.2023 by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Virender Singh J

Background of the case

An FIR u/s 295A IPC was initially lodged against the applicant by Vivek Bhardwaj, Ex[1]C Chairman, Vyapaar Mandal Mehatpur Basdehda and Subhash Arey, President, Vyapaar Mandal Mehatpur Basdehda. Stating that the applicant who is an Opthalmologist had posted derogatory comments, on facebook, against Bhagwaan Bhole Shankar and Shivling. He is habitual of posting derogatory posts on his facebook account and his act has outraged the religious feelings.

Later Sections 153A and 505 (2) IPC were also added.

During the process of investigation, the police took out the print out of the screen shots of the comments one such screen shot shows an Ox licking the Shivling,

“Are par wahan mila kya murkhon ye to bata do apne bachchon ko. Bata do baba nahin babaji ka mil gaya. Jab ye bachche kabhi bahar jayenge to inhi ke dost inka mazaak udayenge ki tumhare desh mein to ling is king. Saari duniya mein ye nautnki karke bhartiyo ko hansi ka patra bana diya. Dharm ki kuch baatein dabi chupi rehti hain wahin achcha hai. Ye saari nautanki se sari duniya ab hum par hansegi.”.

Resentments amongst the locals was soaring high in Mehatpur Bazar Una Bazar. Rally was organized and effigy was burnt of the applicant.

The Court seeing the status report directed the police to release him on bail in the event of his arrest. And as per the direction of the Court the applicant was released on bail.

His mobile phone was taken into possession and was sent for analysis to RFSL Dharamshala.

Observation of the Cyber Cell

On 23rd June, 2023 C. Ajay Kumar, had submitted the printout of the screenshot of the mobile.

In the Google History of the mobile of the applicant it was found that the applicant has searched as to how to delete the facebook history from mobile and how to modify screenshot of facebook comments.

A request was made by the investigating agency to the organizer of Meta Platform, vide letter, dated 19th June, 2023, to provide the registration details of facebook ID of the applicant, registration details of mobile number with facebook account, as well as, IP details of the alleged facebook ID.

Case of the police

The act of the applicant, has insulted the religious feelings, there is a lot of resentment in the area and against the said facebook post, there are demonstrations.

In case, the interim order is made absolute, the people of the locality may indulge in aggressive demonstrations and it may also result in ethnic disputes. The applicant is very influential and clever person and in case, interim order is made absolute, he may coerce the witnesses and allure them not to depose against him.

The State has prayed for the dismissal of the bail application of the applicant Nadeem Akhtar.

Observation of the Court

No doubt the applicant is participating in the investigation but what he has posted/commented on his FB account are derogatory and has hurt the religious sentiments of a particular section of society.

The applicant is not a layman, but, an educated person, who is well aware about the effect of his alleged post and comments.

We are living in a society and it is the duty of the people of other religion to give due respect to the religious belief of other members of the society.

The applicant has not made any compliant to the police when his FB account was hacked.

The applicant is having status in the society and, as such, he carries more responsibility.

He ought to have exercised more caution before allegedly making the comments or putting post on his Facebook account.

The social media has been used by the applicant for hurting the religious the social media has been used by the applicant for hurting the religious.

The police have also expressed apprehensions, in case, the interim bail order is made absolute.

Apprehensions are not unfounded.

Allowing the bail application, in this case, will also give a wrong signal to the society and it will encourage other persons to make such type of comments, allegedly causing resentment in the minds of followers of the other religions, which is also not good for the secular fabric of the country.

Decision

Considering the facts and the consequence of the offences, committed by the applicant, the Hon’ble Court dismissed the bail application of the applicant.

Seema Bhatnagar

[independent-fics]

Countdown to LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION Season 3 ↳ Alec Hardison Appreciation -> A Favorite Quote

S01EP01 The Too Many Rembrandts Job

Bonus Moment:

[ebisul]

I have a huge problem with any time someone starts treating the Jedi like space Christianity because it fundamentally misrepresents the Jedi and the Force

The Jedi are not Christianity. The Jedi are religion as a whole. Thats why it pulls from so many different real life religions, yeah that includes methodism and buddhism.

The force is not God and the Jedi don’t treat it as such. The force is love and compassion.

They do not force their beliefs onto anyone either. There are so many religions and understandings of the Force that coexist with the Jedi. You can not say the same for the Sith.

[serpentface]

Faiza performing the Kagnoma Odo (pretty literally 'lion dance'), a weapons dance and one of the more important ritual duties of Odonii priestesses. A relatively new addition to this traditional dance involves the musket as the primary weapon, which is fired mid-twirl into the ground at the climax of the dance. Faiza is experiencing an 'oh fuck' moment because her shot is more than ideally diagonal, but she’s being so cool with it.

This is a wholly ceremonial performance at the onset of the pilgrimage, performed in full regalia and lion skin (of the small, semi-domesticated strain) but no armor. It’s also distinctly a display of political allegiance between the powerful and beloved Odonii priesthood (and its loyal military) with the increasingly reviled and destabilized imperial family, with Faiza prominently wearing a bracelet of the royal serpent, which was gifted (along with the musket) by the usoma Stavis Amanti himself (Usoma is the Wardi word for king, which has been retained in the context of emperors).

The Kagnoma Odo is the ultimate demonstration of the Odonii as an embodiment of the Lion Face of God and living vessel of military might and sovereignty, demonstrating her fitness and proficiency with weapons and as a spiritual unifier for soldiers. It is accompanied by drumming and occurs in stages, running through the three keymost weapons used in war- the spear, the sword, and the musket. The musket is of the most significance, given the weapon has developed a particular esteem as the ultimate embodiment of might and superiority. Assistants (almost always other priestesses, occasionally high ranking soldiers) load and prime the musket to be fired at the climax of the dance, where it is shot into the ground as the priestess leaps out of range of the shot. The firing signals the end of the dance and the rite itself.

While not the utmost exemplar of trigger discipline, only fully inducted and senior (and therefore very thoroughly trained) Odonii are permitted to perform the dance, and injuries during actual performances are quite rare (though are known to occur during training, more than a few Odonii have burns and wounds on their feet).

The most important renditions of this dance are performed upon declarations of war and before battles (in this case, generally done in full armor along with the lion pelt). It is also done during some trainings (while a dance, it is carefully choreographed to include naturalistic maneuvers of the weapons involved and helps soldiers limber up and learn to move their weapons). It is regarded as an impressive and motivating sight and a morale booster, and, seen at a distance, potentially intimidating to enemies.

A special variant of this dance is performed as means of fully incarnating the Odomache, which is done in full nudity with the body covered in the blood of the freshly sacrificed lion and cloaked in its raw pelt (the lion has become the corpse of Odomache in the moment of death, as part of its recreation of God's sacrifice). Her public, full nude appearance once (and only once) in this act is what allows the Lion Face of God to incarnate within her. Those in attendance see the spiritually vulnerable, naked human body obscured with the sanctified and deified blood and cloaked in the sanctified and deified skin. It is a merger of the contradictions of mortality and divinity, the boundaries between the two indistinct in flickering firelight and the flash of musketfire. She is witnessed by her people, dangling in between humanity and divinity and leading them in dance, and and is thus transformed.

[violentlillamb]

-my pic

[zzoupz]

saw this in the notifs and exhaled really loud

[underestimated-heroine]

The struggle of being a writer contending with Christianity's infection of the English language.

[rightnewshindi]

रामनवमी जुलूस पर हमले: पालघर में अंडे फेंके, कोलकाता में पथराव, पुलिस पर सवाल

West Bengal News: 6 अप्रैल 2025 को रामनवमी के मौके पर देश के अलग-अलग हिस्सों में जुलूस के दौरान हिंसा की खबरों ने लोगों को हैरान कर दिया है। महाराष्ट्र के पालघर में जहां रैली पर अंडे फेंके गए, वहीं पश्चिम बंगाल की राजधानी कोलकाता में पथराव की घटना ने माहौल को गरमा दिया। दोनों जगहों पर पुलिस ने कार्रवाई शुरू की है, लेकिन इन घटनाओं ने धार्मिक भावनाओं और सुरक्षा व्यवस्था पर सवाल खड़े कर दिए हैं।…

[soath]

....starting to get the shape of how Ludinus sold radical anti-every-government-on-Exandria-action to Liliana. "Vasselheim is going to kill your daughter and it's YOUR fault" does seem like it would sway a terrified person, especially if they have a convenient run in with a Judicator early on in the seduction process.

[deservedgrace]

i really don't like the "religion is a tool, some people use it for good, some people use it for bad" thing because it's so... passive and individualistic. the problem isn't the religion, it's the Bad People using religion in a Bad Way. it has no accountability for objectively bad structural and systemic issues. it has no empathy or nuance for cult members, who i'm not going to say are all uwu innocent or don't do legitimate harm but are often victims themselves, and a lot of people would do better if they knew better but like you don't just choose to join a cult one day you can't just choose to snap out of one either. like, jehovah's witness is not a neutral thing that some people use for good and some people use for bad. it's a cult. they use cult tactics to keep people trapped and dependent on them. there are doctrinal and structural and systemic issues that are harmful. i hate this idea that it's solely a personal, individual issue if someone gets sucked into a cult or high control religion. i hate the idea that individual people are pulling these beliefs out of thin air because they're Simply Just Bad People and not because some religions have actual systemic issues. of course there are people that just want to hurt others but some people legitimately believe this is the best way to be. and that doesn't absolve them of their harm but if we treat it like it's only an individual issue these cults and high control religions have free reign to continue doing harm.

[weedle-testaburger]

i have this hot take that i really hate when people equate religiosity to transphobia and secularism to trans inclusivity, as if indigenous religions that include nonbinary genders and theological support for transitioning aren't a thing and- worse still- as if bigots don't constantly justify their transphobia by saying 'IT'S JUST SCIENCE'

[fatestitcherr]

screaming car radio with thousands of strangers is one of the greatest feelings. PEACE WILL WIN AND FEAR WILL LOSE.