Especially when it's indiscriminately used in discussions about things like genocide or whether a person is valid or not. It's very insulting and feels like a form of orientalism. I feel like the members here take it for granted because support for Palestinians and antipathy towards Israel is high. It really doesn't make it okay.
I'm not saying get rid of the emotes, but have some cultural sensitivity when applying them.
Thank you.
I think sometimes it does give off weird/problematic vibes when they overuse it like the OP says.
Use of "haram", "halal", and "inshallah" on thjs site and on the subreddit started as an ironic meta joke ("Republicans think that the Left loves Islam, wouldn't it be funny to say Muslim things as a joke?") and I guess they've been used often enough to enter the site's general vocabulary. It's not meant to poke fun as Islam, but at the American right. It's in the same category as forced feminization jokes.
Although the joke is not directed at Islam, it is certainly not a signal of solidarity with Muslims. Such solidarity might be expressed more explicitly under posts about international politics, but I think most people on this site are dismissive of Islam itself and of religion generally.
This is a healthier form of discourse than what we’ve been seeing on this site lately. Concise, thoughtful, not self-important, and fosters dialogue rather than infighting. Thanks for pointing this out comrade.
Yeah I've been feeling somthing like this too.
At least to me it feels like the underlying joke isn't you said something is "forbidden" it's that "haha forbidden but the way Muslims say it, and Muslims scare some folk. Aren't I edgy?"
Same for inshallah.
Throw in amen while we're at it. (And awomen so we're topical)
I'm guilty of saying "Inshallah" a fair bit
In my defence, it is usually genuine and the equivalent from my religion has... very bad connotations
I will stop if Muslim comrades want me to though
