Militant group is ‘waging an all-out war against us’, says one Kabul resident in response to the bizarre rule

In a rambling voice message on Monday, the country’s minister for the promotion of virtue and prevention of vice announced the bizarre new restriction on women’s behaviour.

  • Benjaben@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Bizarre and unique, the Abrahamics’ specific (yet general enough) characteristics. And evergreen! See only the Mormon church, a recent cult, for example - unbelievably successful. Invented out of whole cloth within the last 200 years. Tax exempt and owns ~4% of the land in the US today, to say nothing of their business interests (cuz it’s even harder to know).

    They venerate Jesus.

    • Randomgal@lemmy.ca
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      4 hours ago

      They don’t? They’re all about Joseph Smith. Jesus is kinda there win the background.

      • Benjaben@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        They revere Joseph Smith for sure (and some other made up folks like Moroni or whatever) but I think it’s incorrect to say Jesus has taken a back seat in their faith. I just toured one of their temples (which they allow only briefly before they consecrate it), JC was everywhere. Not sure I saw any imagery of Joseph Smith, but it was a lot to take in and I may have missed it.