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A senior cleric in Iran has issued a fatwa declaring that anyone who threatens Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is "an enemy of God," state media has reported.

Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi was responding to a question about any threats made by U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of Israel, including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

A fatwa is a ruling on how to interpret Islamic law issued by a clerical authority.

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[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 10 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Here's a comprehensive list why killing the orange Shitgibbon is a bad idea:
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[–] xzot746@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Who would have thought that Iran might save the USA 🙄

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

It won't. There's too many other assets implanted. Vance is no better and he at least knows when to shut the fuck up.

[–] punkcoder@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

sure as hell wasnt on my bingo card.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 15 hours ago

Is this the Muslim equivalent of calling someone the Antichrist?

[–] Deflated0ne@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hey. If it happens you won't hear me complain.

He needs to go. The who how and why doesn't matter so long as he's gone. That's a win for the entire human race.

[–] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago

I was gonna say that it would only be unfortunate due to giving them a reason to attack Iran, but history has shown us that doesn't matter. We'll do that regardless. If we dont have a reason we've been happy to just make one up.

At this point its really just a matter of not wanting to actually fight America on the battlefield.

[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

oh look. a nothing-falafel

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Ask Salman Rushdie about that.

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[–] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 30 points 1 day ago

Yeah, no shit. I'm with Iran on this one.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump: Putting the "fat" in "fatwa" since 1946.

[–] catty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Iran should have a national twitter for these kinds of burns

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 15 hours ago
[–] korsystems@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 day ago

Well, Trump is an insult to anyone with more than one functioning brain cell

[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Feels like deja vu to when Bin Laden issues a jihad against the US, but this time it is much more personal - Trump got called out.

[–] ter_maxima@jlai.lu 18 points 1 day ago

He is the enemy of literally everyone, so, I guess God is also on that list 😂

[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 day ago
[–] infyrian@kbin.melroy.org 122 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Got too many 'leaders' in this globe with a Jesus Christ/God Complex. That's what is wrong with this world.

[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 53 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That and an extreme lack of empathy, which is confusing

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Most organized religions don't cultivate empathy, especially the ones considered Abrahamic. It probably inhibits it.

It's all about their gods saying "do these things and you won't suffer at my hands." Followers don't get to think about whether something is correct or the right thing to do. They're too busy thinking about if it's going to count as a sin.

Having lived in Utah for way too long, I have seen this among the Mor[m]ons. They'll do "good works" but it's very impersonal most of the time.

It's about grinding the maximum blessings with the least amount of effort. That doesn't lend itself to empathy.

Especially with the whole temple thing. Spend a couple of hours cosplaying as an avatar for a dead person and still get all the blessings as if you helped a living person in a tight spot.

[–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

It’s bizarre given how explicit the teachings of Jesus are. It’s very clear that many churches are cults following the teachings of man, only nominally accepting the word of God

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Most organized religions don’t cultivate empathy, especially the ones considered Abrahamic. It probably inhibits it.

This is simply false.

https://theconversation.com/us-muslims-gave-more-to-charity-than-other-americans-in-2020-170689

We found that Muslim Americans gave more to charity, donating an average of $3,200, in 2020, versus $1,905 for other respondents. They also differed from non-Muslims in many ways. For example, nearly 8.5% of their contributions supported civil rights causes, compared with 5.3% of the general public.

All observant Muslim adults with the means to do so are expected to give to charity in adherence to faith-based traditions. One, known as Zakat, is more formal and among the five pillars of Islam that Muslims are expected to adhere to. Another, sadaqah, happens voluntarily.

That made us want to see if religiosity played a role with the charitable patterns of U.S. Muslims. It turns out that Muslims who displayed higher levels of religiosity, such as by praying more often, were also more likely to give to charity than those who prayed less frequently. We found similar trends among non-Muslims.

https://www.civilsociety.co.uk/news/british-muslims-give-four-times-the-average-uk-donor-report-says.html

British Muslims are the most generous group in the UK, giving more than four times as much money to charity each year than the average Brit, according to new research.

The researchers saw this across all income brackets and it rose to its highest amongst those earning between £75,000-£100,000.

Muslims in the UK are also twice as likely as the British average to raise money via community events and via personal challenges such as running marathons, the report says.

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[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Imagine judging all organized religions using Mormons out of all people as your basis.

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

A Jesus Christ complex would be refreshing. A leader who would deny earthly pleasures, command their followers to love thy neighbor, feed the hungry, uplift the sick and poor, give long sermons about mercy and forgiving your enemies, and would be seen personally breaking bread with the unhoused and lawyers alike?

That'd freak everybody out for sure.

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[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 34 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's weird when two horrible entities in the world hate each other. Is it popcorn time?

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Only in the sense that all our heads will start to pop like popcorn when the nukes start flying.

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago

Iran doesn't have nukes and their strategy is quite defensive, rather than aggressive. If there is Nukes flying Israel would toss them first and the US would follow in, because they can't be not throwing bigger bombs than Israel.

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 41 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Babe wake up, abrahamic religion is fighting again.

[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (7 children)
[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

He’s not, but the fundamentalist Christians have decided he’s their hero.

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[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 69 points 1 day ago (3 children)
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[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy

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[–] UltraMagnus0001@lemmy.world 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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[–] tal@lemmy.today 36 points 1 day ago

Donald Trump: "Enemy of God"

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c20g1zvgj4do

'Anointed by God': The Christians who see Trump as their saviour

This timeline.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

Oh he's an enemy to far more than just some imaginary friend.

[–] selkiesidhe@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

Oh please. And what are you gonna do about it? Dare you. Double dog dare you!

I mean, really lol go ahead

[–] GoobyMcMooby@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago

I don’t necessarily vibe with the processes to reach the declaration nor do I reflexively support the orator, but I can’t say I disagree

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

More like enemy of men, both of youse

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Anyone else planning on dining out in an Iranian restaurant tonight?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's unclear how Khamenei will navigate the crisis his regime faces but as his credibility collapses

Propaganda. How is his credibility collapsing?

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