Lone Candle
Champion of Truth
If we take the literal purported lives of certain historical religious figures like Muhammad as a way to live our own lives, then that leads to immoral and barbarous behavior. It is better to see them as inspirations in some spiritual or mystical way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5slk97ss2Q
Islamic sacred writings were written hundreds of years after the life of Muhammad, and Muhammad claimed to have received revelations from God that conveniently allowed him to do things that were politically expedient for him, and would change as his political needs changed.
“Islam is a militaristic political system that preaches the subjugation of all of humanity and their submission to Allah who created all humans just so they worship him”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbWPfkTKzlQ
One reason the Iranian protests were so big, was because Trump called for protest and said he would help. So far, he has left them hanging.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Pjm6HdVbA
The people killing Christians in Nigeria are Boko Haram. Boko Haram is a part of ISIS, and they are killing all sorts of people, not just Christians. They are rebels against the Nigeria government. Yet, Trump talks like the government is doing or aiding this. Hurting the government would weaken its ability to fight Boko Haram, potentially leading to more innocent deaths. Nigeria said they welcome help to fight Boko Haram.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQooeAXkTik
“Al Qaeda militants are moving closer to seizing the capital of the West African nation of Mali, which, should the city fall, would become the first country in the world run by the U.S.-designated terrorist group.
The rapid advance of the jihadists in Africa comes after Islamist groups took power in both Afghanistan and Syria, but, if they take Bamako, it would be the first time militants with direct and current connections to al Qaeda achieve such a feat.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/al-qaeda-is-on-the-brink-of-taking-over-a-country/ar-AA1PvqNq?ocid=msedgntp&pc=NMTS&cvid=6903d3e43ef64d89913dfe5a24d0a15f&ei=7
Israel struck Syria to defend the Druze who were under attack by other groups who were supported by the Syrian government. Druze civilians were being slaughtered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7ioOE0gZSY
Is Syria’s interim government quelling or fueling sectarian violence? | DW News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSr_yE8MrGg
ISIS is still causing chaos and trying to kill people around the world.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtZdSfgHOnQ
Syrians are slaughtering the Druze people in Syria.
Ordinary citizens are joining organized radicals in killing the Druze for not being Muslim, some asking who the real prophet is, and if they answer wrong, killing them.
A hospital was surrounded and slaughtered. Electricity and internet have been cut to give Muslims the space to slaughter the Druze.
Regime forces are participating in this violence.
Minorities are not safe in the Middle East.
I assume there will be campus protests against these atrocities…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CyA_ewuyL0
“The Iranian parliament, led by the charismatic Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, was trying to limit the power of the monarch, Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Mossadegh nationalized the oil fields, provoking a British blockade, while also clashing with the shah over domestic policy.
Mossadegh trusted the United States as a neutral mediator, but the feeling wasn’t mutual. The Eisenhower administration suspected that Mossadegh was too close to communists, and the CIA supported a coup d’etat by destabilizing the country. In August 1953, after months of protests subsidized by the U.S. and the U.K., monarchist generals in contact with the CIA surrounded Mossadegh’s house with tanks, bringing the shah back to near-absolute power.
Instead of allowing Britain to regain its dominance over Iran, the Eisenhower administration forced Iran to accept an American-led oil consortium. And the CIA helped train the shah’s fearsome new secret police, the SAVAK. When the shah finally fell in 1979, young revolutionaries took revenge by raiding the U.S. embassy, which they called a “den of spies,” and holding everyone inside hostage for more than a year. That began a 46-year conflict that continues to this day.”
https://reason.com/2025/06/23/a-brief-bloody-history-of-all-the-times-the-u-s-caused-chaos-in-the-middle-east/