Let us descend now into the blind world,” Began the Poet, pallid utterly; “I will be first, and thou shalt second be.” And I, who of his colour was aware, Said:”How shall I come, if thou art afraid, Who’rt wont to be a comfort to my fears?” And he to me:”The anguish of the people Who are below here in my face depicts That pity which for terror thou hast taken. Let us go on, for the long way impels us.” Thus he went in, and thus he made me enter The foremost circle that surrounds the abyss. There, as it seemed to me from listening, Were lamentations none, but only sighs, That tremble made the everlasting air. And this arose from sorrow without torment, Which the crowds had, that many were and great Of infants and of women and of men. To me the Master good: “Thou dost not ask What spirits these, which thou beholdest, are? Now will I have thee know, ere thou go farther, That they sinned not; and if they merit had, ‘Tis not enough, because they had not baptism Which is the portal of the Fa...
Islam is evil. That is not saying every Muslim is evil. It is saying the worldview, system of beliefs, and expected behaviors are evil. https://www.christianitytoday.com/2026/07/iran-shutters-landmark-church/ There are some practices that are more based in the cultures (such as FGM --if you don't know what that is, you can look it up, and child sexual exploitation) but the religion of Islam does not stop those practices and in some ways facilitates them in those cultures. I spent some time in a "secular" Muslim country. There is no religious freedom, although there is freedom to be indifferent to Islam in one's practice. But conversion is persecuted.