Abolish Animal Sacrifice

Animal Sacrifice To Gods, Animal Sacrifice In Religion - - We Can Do Without It The Muslim community of Planet Earth, numbering some 2.5 BILLION people, 1/4 of the entire human population, or 1 out of every 4 persons, is also responsible for the biggest annual slaughter of animals to a god as part of their religious rites. It is by far the largest animal sacrifice in the world on an annual basis. However, Islam and muslims are not alone in sacrificing millions of animals every year to a god. Hindus, jews, christians, buddhist, and other religious communities allow for massive numbers of animal sacrifice. Animal sacrifice in Islam is centered around the story of Ismail. Ismail (Arabic: إسماعيل‎, romanized: ʾismāʿīl) is regarded as BOTH a prophet and a messenger and the founder of Ismailites in Islam. He is the son of Ibrahim (Abraham), born to Hajar (Hagar). Ismail is also associated with Mecca (Al-Makkah, Makkah-Sharif, The Holy Sanctuary) and the construction of the Ka'aba. Ismail is considered, aside from Ibrahim and Hajar, an ancestor to the Prophet Muhammad. Ismail is the figure known as Ishmael in Judaism and Christianity. These sources include the Holy Qur'an, Qur'anic commentary (tafsir), hadith, and historiographic collections. ▪ Ismail's Birth ▪ In both biblical and in the Qur'anic narrative of Ismail, he was the first-born son of Ibrahim; his mother was Hajar. The story of the birth of Ismail is rarely assigned special significance in Islamic sources. There are many versions of the story, some of which include a prophecy about Ismail's birth. One such example is from Ibn Kathir (d.1373) whose account states that an angel tells the pregnant Hajar to name her child Ismail and prophesies, "His hand would be OVER everyone, and the hand of everyone would be AGAINST him. His brethren would rule OVER all the world." Ibn Kathir comments that this foretells of the Prophet Muhammad's ascendancy and leadership thousands of years later, and CONSEQUENTLY thr advent of Islam and its prophesized world-wide domination. ▪ Ismail and Hajar taken to Mecca by Ibrahim ▪ Ismail and Hajar being taken to Al-Makkah by Ibrahim in Islamic texts is an important part in the story of Ismail, as it brings the focus to Al-Makkah and is the beginning of Mecca's sanctification as a holy area. Islamic tradition says Ibrahim was ordered by his god to take Hajar and Ismail to Al-Makkah, and later Ibrahim returned to Al-Makkah to build the Ka'aba. In this case, it is explicitly implied that it is the Ka'aba that was the very First Holy Temple, meaning the Temple of Solomon is the second temple, instead of being referred to as the First Temple by the Hebrews / Jews. In many of these accounts, the Sakina (something like a wind or spirit sent by Ibrahim's god), or the archangel Gabriel (Jibral), guides the trio to the location of the Ka'aba, at which point Ibrahim builds it and afterwards, leaves the other two there. Other versions of this story say the construction of the Ka'aba occurred later and that Ismail took part in its construction. Generally, it is said that Hajar asks Ibrahim who he is entrusting herself and Ismail to as he leaves them. He answers that he is entrusting them to his god, to which Hajar then makes a reply that shows her faith, stating that she believes Ibrahim's god will guide them. Hajar and Ismail then run out of water and Ismail becomes extremely thirsty. Hajar is distressed and searches for water, running back and forth seven times between the hills of Al-Safa and Al-Marwah. Hajar is later remembered by Muslims for this act during the Hajj, or pilgrimage, in which Muslims run between these same hills as part of the Sa'yee (the procession of rituals during a Hajj). When she returns to Ismail, she finds either the baby boy or an angel scratching the ground with their heel or finger, whereupon water begins flowing out of the scratched ground, whereupon Hajar collects some and dams it up. This spring or well is known as Zamzam, and it allegedly exists to this day. At some point, a passing tribe known as the Jurhum sees birds circling the water and investigates. They ask Hagar if they can settle there, which she allows, and many versions say as Ismail grew up he learned various things from the tribe. There are numerous versions of this story, each differing in various ways. The versions used in this summary, as well as others, can be found in al-Tabari's history. ▪ The sacrifice ▪ Muslims believe that Ibrahim was told to sacrifice his son, Ismail, although the Qur'an does not mention the name of the son. The multiple versions suggest that the "dhabih" (blood sacrifice) was originally an oral story that had been circulating before being written as it is in the Qur'an. Each version is indeed unique, differing from another in various ways to present certain ideas, such as the importance of Ismail over Isaac because Ismail was indeed the first child. Since it was normal customery traditional for a patriarch of that ancient time to give his blessing to his firstborn, it would mean that it was IMPLIED in these stories that Ismail the first-born, and not Isaac, who was indeed the would-be sacrifice AND subsequently received Ibrahim's blessing and his covenant with his god. The general narrative pertaining to Ismail in Islamic literature describes the sacrifice either as a test or as part of a vow. Some versions tell of the devil trying to stop Allah's (Ibrahim's god) command from being obeyed by visiting Hajar, Ismail, and Ibrahim. Every time the devil says Ibrahim is going to sacrifice Ismail, each person answers that if Allah commanded it, they should obey. Eventually, Ibrahim tells Ismail about the order/sacrifice, and Ismail is willing to be sacrificed, and encourages his father to listen to Allah. Ismail is portrayed as telling Ibrahim some combination of instructions to bring his bloodied shirt back to his mother Hajar, bind him tightly, sharpen the knife, and place him face down, all so that there will be no wavering in the resolve to obey Allah. As Ibrahim attempts to slay Ismail, either the knife is turned over in his hand or copper appears on Ismail's neck to prevent the death, and Allah tells Ibrahim that he has fulfilled the command. Unlike in the Bible, there is no mention in the Qur'an of an animal (ram) replacing the boy; rather he is replaced with a 'great sacrifice' (dhibḥin ʿaẓīm). Since the sacrifice of a ram cannot be greater than that of Ibrahim's son (and a prophet of Islam at that), this replacement seems to point to EITHER the religious INSTITUTIONALISATION of the sacrifice itself, or to the FUTURE self-sacrifices of the Prophet Muhammad and his Companions (who were destined to emerge from the loin of Ismail) in the cause of their faith, ISLAM. During every Eid al-Adha once a year, Muslims around the world slaughter an animal to commemorate (1) Ibrahim's covenant / vow with his god, (2) the unwavering determination of both father and sin, (3) their unwavering faith and trust in their god, (4) the unflinching act of the sacrifice itself, (5) and to remind Muslims of self-negation in the way of Allah. In the jewish bible, a ram is provided which is slaughtered instead. The actions of Ismail in this narrative have led him to become a model of obedience. This story in the Qur'an is unique when compared to that in the Bible because Ibrahim talks with his son, and so the son is thus aware of the plan to become a sacrifice and approves of it. As noted above, Ismail makes sure that neither he nor his father hesitate in their obedience to Allah. In this way, Ismail is a model of surrendering one's will to Allah, an essential characteristic in Islam. One of the meanings of the word ISLAM is SURRENDER, more specifically PEACE, and thus peaceful surrender to Allah. Disputes over which son, Ismail or Isaac as the sacrifice, suggests that the story, and where and to whom it happens, is extremely important. It is argued by jewish scholars that the story originated from rabbinic texts and was adapted to Islam over time in order to give Mecca religious importance and connect the story with the pilgrimage. Arguments by Muslim scholars for Ismail as the intended sacrifice include that Jews claim it is Isaac only because they are jealous that it was actually the ancestor of Arabs, Ismail. In looking solely at LOGIC and the TEXT of the Qur'an to determine which son was to be sacrificed, the strongest case for Ismail in the Qur'an AND the Bible is that DIRECTLY AFTER the sacrifice narrative, Ibrahim is told of the coming of Isaac's birth, therefore, it must be Ismail the true first-born son who was about to be sacrificed, AND and who logically and via tradition received Ibrahim's blessing 1st and secondly received Ibrahim's Covenant with his god as his BIRTHRIGHT by fact of being Ibrahim's true first-born son. That might explain why there are almost three billion Muslims on this planet as opposed to 20 million or less Jews ... and why nearly 70 countries and regions around the world are muslim-majority while the Jews are ILLEGALLY MILITARILY OCCUPYING the long-suffering land of Palestine which never belonged to the Jews in the first place. LOL!! In fact no Jehofuck / Yahweh ever created the ilegal colonial terrorist entity of PISSRAEL in 1948. Like AL gods and goddesses, Jehofuck / Yahweh never existed. He is the FIGMENT OF THE VERY FERTILE AND CREATIVE HEBREW / JEWISH MIND. Pissrael, this neo-colonialist neo-imperial basket-case banana republic AND erstwhile military base in the Middle-East owned and funded / financed SOLELY by the TRIAD OF TERROR FUKUS (France, UK, US) , and managed by their allies the PALESTINIAN JEWS, FUKUS's Rottweiler dogs in that region, was actually created by the colonial regime of the British Empire in the form of Lord Balfour, in 1948, less than 20 years before the British Empire itself was dead, as all of the colonies of the Empire became independent sovereign bations by 1968. ■ ■ ■ They're TWO things we need to look at at this point. NUMBER ONE : all of this is a lot of fun storytelling, compelling even at the theological level, and makes for great conversation, discussion, and debate. Then, there is issue NUMBER TWO : there has never been even one slightest archaeological and/or historical evidence of anyone called Abraham ever to exist in the ENTIRE Bronze Age Era (3000 BC to 1000 BC.), or 5000 years to approx 3000 years ago. The ancient Egyptians Assyrians Akkadians Babylonians Phoenicians were are all next-door neighbours of the PROTO-hebrews (POLYTHEISTIC Canaanite tribes that lived between 2000 BC to 1500 BC or 4000 to 3500 years ago but who HAD NOT YETZ TURNED INTO MONOTHEISTIC HEBREWS) ... these polytheistic tribes, 14 in TOTAL, COALESCED into the MONOTHEISTIC Hebrew confederation around 1500 BC to 1200 BC or 3500 to 3200 years ago, centered around the CULT of Yahweh, once a minor god of war and thunder and lightning, who by 1500 BC had been ELEVATED OUT OF THE BLUE into the single most important god of the new Hebrew confederation called Israel / Israelites OR more widely known as the Ibri / Ivri / Ibrihim / Ivrihim ("followers of Ivrihim" , circa 1500 BC) ... these next-door neighbors kingdoms empires societies used all kinds of writing materials such as papyrus, steles,, bronze plates, rudimentary iron, clay pottery, lapis lazuli vases, terra cotta, parchment, leather, mud bricks, and other materials, and the actions and commercial transactions and victories in war and their kings and queens are meticulously inscribed on many of these materials, using many different writing STYLES such as hieroglyphics and linear A and B scripts, ETC, and so they have left us a WEALTH OF INFORMATION on them, their rulers, heros, war victories, their civilizations kingdoms empires ... yet these fucking hebrews, having access to these same writing materials, NEVER left even one shard of clay or pottery or lapis or bronze or stele or papyrus on Abraham or any of their VIPs ... they left us no such records on any kind of surface or material, meaning that absolutely no such historical and / or archaeological evidence has ever been found on any Hebrew VIP called Abraham, Isaac, Ismail, Jacob, Noah, Moses, David, Solomon, or any of these so-called "biblical" persons. And even more incredibly, is the fact that the nearby civilizations kingdoms empires societies cultures NEVER MENTIONED on any materials any name or persons associated with Ibrahim or Abraham or any of these Hebrew VIPs. Which LEADS us to suspect, because of the sheer LACK of even one iota of historical and/or archeological EVIDENCE, that this is all nothing more than Hebrew MYTHOLOGY, that is a series of MYTHS AND LEGENDS, cleverly weaved and secretly created, to perpetuate their continued racist colonial military OCCUPATION OF ALL PALESTINE. First the generations of Christians, who were almost entirely ILLITERATE AND IGNORANT, were DECEIVED in to believing the Hebrew / Jewish lies deceits and propaganda, followed 550 years later on by the first generations of Arabs / Muslims who were similarly ILLITERATE & IGNORANT thus were too hoodwinked and bamboozled lied cheated deceivrd into believing this same Hebrew / Jewish BULLSHIT MYTHOLOGY propaganda. ■ ■ ■ It is now the 21 CENTURY. Enough already. What can we do about it, ANIMAL SACRIFICE, especially in a SOCIALIST COMMUNITY? It is important for all of us to understand that in SOCIALISM OF THE 21ST CENTURY, the rights of "animals" are just as important as human rights, women's rights, and children's rights. The MERIT, the VALUE, the PROGRESSIVENESS, the WORTH of a SOCIETY is HOW it takes care of those who CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES, who DO NOT have a voice. If humanity, if human beings, have been put in charge of administering and managing this planet, we as SENTIENT beings, as APEX POWER, as human beings, must come to understand that (1) ALL SENTIENT "animals" have as much right to exist and live in peace as any human being, AND (2) that all animals' right to exist, right to live in peace, is more important than any religious / belief system, AND (3) that whenever and wherever the two - - right to live and religion - - come into conflict, THE RIGHT TO LIFE MUST ALWAYS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER DEATH AND CREED. The FIRST STEP that can be taken to stop / terminate/ prevent any and all animal sacrifice by any and all religions and religious communities, IS TO PASS LEGISLATION that bans / abolishes / criminalizes animal sacrifices in any way, shape, or form. The SECOND STEP that can be taken is to ban / abolish / shut down all slaughterhouses that are specifically used to kill animals for religious purposes. These 2 are the only ways by which we as progressive human society can put a stop to to Muslims, Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Hindus, and other religious communities from making animal sacrifices to their gods. If I have said it a thousand a times, I will say it again: RELIGION HOLDS US BACK AS A SPECIES. .

Andrew Wakefield

The ANTI-VACCINE movement began with this right-wing Conservative Party icon and nut-job: ANDREW WAKEFIELD. The origins of ‘one of the biggest frauds in the world’ 22 OCTOBER 2021 The BBC (UK) In 1998, the now-disgraced British doctor Andrew Wakefield wrote a study falsely claiming that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine caused autism in children. This disinformation generated mass panic, and subsequently a vastly popular anti-vaccination movement that still has major consequences today. https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p09zhlch/the-origins-of-one-of-the-biggest-frauds-in-the-world- . PLEASE SEE COMMENTS FOR FURTHER INFO : .