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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by miguelazo on Monday January 08, 2024 @02:29PM (#38916843)
Quite the racist canard. The Vietnamese didn’t need to believe in “a ticket to paradise” when they humiliated the French and then the US.
Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by logicchains on Monday January 08, 2024 @02:46PM (#38917074)
It's not racist; the Taliban and the Houthis are Muslims, and most Muslims believe that martyrdom leads directly to heaven, since the Qur'an explicitly states so.

"Those who leave their homes in the cause of Allah, and are then slain or die,- On them will Allah bestow verily a goodly Provision: Truly Allah is He Who bestows the best provision. Verily He will admit them to a place with which they shall be well pleased: for Allah is All-Knowing, Most Forbearing."

- Quran 22:58–59

Many Muslims take pride in the fact, hence the popularity of the "I have bought you men who love death as much as you love life" quote from https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid to the Persian governor.

Plus the Houthis and the Afghanistanis aren't even the same race, since the Houthis are Arabs and the majority of Afghanistanis are not.

Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by threeseed on Monday January 08, 2024 @04:04PM (#38918083)
You keep talking about many/most Muslims without evidence.

If it's anything like Christianity most Muslims could well be practising but not devout and fully committed to everything written in the Quran.

Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by cma on Monday January 08, 2024 @03:06PM (#38917357)
Like saying Christians are hard to beat because everyone will donate all life savings to a religious war effort because of the one camel/needle line.
Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by pazimzadeh on Monday January 08, 2024 @03:20PM (#38917543)
Meh, it's not like Islam has a monopoly on martyrdom. Religion is a multiplier for politics, not the other way around.

> it's hard to defeat people who believe dying in battle is a ticket to paradise

How about it's hard to defeat people in their homeland, when they are fighting guerilla-style and not fighting head-on. i.e. Vietnam.

Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by zilti on Monday January 08, 2024 @03:11PM (#38917440)
Back to Twitter with you.
Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by anon4242 on Monday January 08, 2024 @04:49PM (#38918680)
How could it ever be racist? Muslims aren't a race, anyone can become a Muslim.
Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by postsantum on Monday January 08, 2024 @04:53PM (#38918717)
Muslim is not a race, just FYI
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Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by throw10920 on Monday January 08, 2024 @08:19PM (#38920999)
This reply perfectly illustrates the mentality of SJWs: terms like "racist" are just weapons to be used against political opponents, divorced from any actual meaning of the word.
Re:"95% of container ships are now going around the Southern... by miguelazo on Monday January 08, 2024 @09:53PM (#38921672)
The point was that the comment was based on prejudice. It was deleted and the user reprimanded, so clearly not just an “SJW” jab (itself a ridiculous cliche to invoke in this context). Whether the comment was purely based on religious affiliation, or as commonly happens, conflated with race, doesn’t really matter.