Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) celebrated following the death of Pope Francis on Monday. "Today there were major shifts in global leaderships," Greene wrote on X just hours after the pontiff died. "Evil is being defeated by the hand of God." Greene's remarks came after Rep. Nancy Mace's (R...

This made me laugh incredibly hard, so had to post it.

    • futatorius@lemm.ee
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      4 days ago

      Makes sense, since Islam also venerates the Virgin Mary. There are long passages in the Qur’an praising her.

      • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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        4 days ago

        Muslim here. Mary is, in fact, not venerated in Islam in the way Catholics use the term. She’s praised in the Quran, sure, and is considered a Very Good Person, but so are many people. Islam is considered heresy in Christianity because it rejects the Trinity (according to Islam only Unitarians have the slightest clue what they’re talking about), accepts Muhammed as a prophet and rejects parts of the Bible as corrupted.

        • futatorius@lemm.ee
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          3 days ago

          Mary is, in fact, not venerated in Islam in the way Catholics use the term.

          That’s true, “venerated” was not the best choice of words. But both Mary and Jesus are regarded as exemplary people; Jesus is one of the prophets. And, yes, Tawheed (the belief that there is only one God, who has no partners) is definitely something where Islam differs from almost all forms of Christianity.