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.
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.