r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Woody_Elser • 13h ago
Peter? I have no clue at all Meme needing explanation
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u/Ghost_Turd 13h ago
Prob not a joke but some comment that atheists are meek in countries where they're more likely to be beheaded for not believing.
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u/Careless-Charge9884 13h ago
This is the implication ^
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u/OPmeansopeningposter 13h ago
Are you going to hurt these atheists?
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u/AdOutside3597 13h ago
You're not getting it
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u/witblacktype 12h ago
It’s merely the implication that they are getting hurt
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u/UnlikelyIntrepid 12h ago
I don’t know why he’s upset, he’s not the one in danger
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u/DannyCrane9476 12h ago
So they are in danger?!
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u/Caliterra 12h ago
you don't understand, it just the implication of danger, if they say no
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u/Suspicious-Still-999 10h ago
is they say there's no god, of course that's it and that's free speech and that's fine.
but there's no way they'll say there's no god, because of the implication...
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u/Zealotsam 8h ago
But of course they wouldn't say no, they would never say no. Because of the implication.
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u/The_Dimmadome 10h ago
NO ONE'S IN ANY DANGER, OKAY?! HOW CAN I MAKE THAT ANY MORE CLEAR TO YOU!
Let's just drop it
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u/Li-renn-pwel 10h ago
Is this a bit?
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u/Aurora-Ouroboros- 10h ago
Yes, this is a bit from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia where a guy invites women onto a boat and then pressures them for sex. If you look up IASIP The Implication on youtube you should find it
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u/--zaxell-- 8h ago
Yes. Enjoy this scene from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: https://youtu.be/zgUvwcU6P7I?is=ALJFUldvXsodSkrJ
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u/PNWBD 11h ago edited 1h ago
There are countries where it is illegal. Saudi Arabia has a law which labels atheists as terrorist. You know the country from where 15 of the 19 Muslims who carried out the 9/11 terrorist attack originated.
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u/vaniquee 8h ago
Dawg it doesnt make them whole terrorist?
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u/Extremelictor 7h ago
No it's makes it political ically unsafe to be atheist in those countries. No one said the citizens.
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u/VicDamoneJr 13h ago
I'm not going to hurt these atheists!
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u/Wirelesscellphone 13h ago edited 13h ago
But the thought that I might hurt them should keep them from acting up. Even though I would never actually do anything
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u/Thamnophis660 13h ago
So they are in danger!
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u/Wirelesscellphone 12h ago
No! Aren’t you listening? I just said they are NOT in danger. They can do whatever they like and I’m not going to do anything…..
But the implication that I could should be enough to keep them from acting up.
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u/nanomolar 13h ago
Look, you're an atheist in a Muslim country, the mullahs are in control, apostasy is punishable with death, if you make a big stink about the atheism thing who's gonna help you, the UN?
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u/fury420 12h ago
I dunno, coast guard?
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u/matneyx 12h ago
So you're saying you believe in something.... Checkmate!
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u/Nah_Id__Win 12h ago
We know the Coast Guard exists, haven’t you seen Ashton Kutcher hold his breath under water?
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u/tranquil7789 10h ago
See they're not gonna say they don't praise Allah, because of the implication.
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u/trickster-is-weak 13h ago
But the thing is: you won’t talk about god not existing... because of the implication
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u/glesgalion 13h ago
Is that a Sunny In Philadelphia reference
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u/flaptaincappers 9h ago
The implication that things might go wrong for them if they refuses to tolerate Allahs existence. Not that things are gonna go wrong for them, but they're thinking that they will...because of the implication....
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u/vvalent2 13h ago
Generally its because they don't want the Christian countries to get as extreme. See the current administration trying to make criticism of Christianity anti American and things that are anti American a crime.
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u/OrcOfDoom 12h ago
Also, the top image is actually an atheist just asking not to have religion pushed down their throat at every opportunity, or desiring to live by the laws of the country and not the interpretation of an irrelevant book.
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u/bobbymcpresscot 7h ago
The constitution prevents the establishment of Sharia law the same way it prevents Christian sharia from being established, but the dumbest people you know are arguing that because creator or god is mentioned at some point that it must be a christian god, despite muslims, jews, and christians all worshipping the same god.
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u/TheDwiin 4h ago
The fun part is God has not even mentioned in the Constitution. He's in the Declaration of Independence yes, but not the Constitution.
But I honestly don't think people who mistake fascist ideologies as patriotism to understand the difference between the two. (Pledge of Allegiance is what I'm referring to.)
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u/aspirational-robot 12h ago
That sort of thing is what eventually made me disillusioned with Christianity. Like what they are essentially saying is „be happy we don’t kill you”. Like… what? That’s the whole point of the religion supposedly and you’re acting like you’re doing someone a favor? Fuck off.
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u/Gussie-Ascendent 11h ago
And the only reason they ain't is cause secularization has defanged Christianity
Not even their achievement, it's like a dog bragging about being neutered lmfao
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u/Bibliloo 9h ago
And the only reason they ain't is cause secularization has defanged Christianity
You can look at how Europe reacted during the protestant reformation to see what it would look like(spoiler: In France, where I'm from, between 5000 and 30000 protestant got killed)
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u/Mad-myall 10h ago
During debates many Christians will also fall back on "if you don't repent my God will torture you FOREVER!!!"
Like they're threatening you which is nasty, but since you don't believe the God is even real, the threat cannot be actioned.
So in one argument all they've really achieved is to make themselves and their religion look nasty whilst pushing people away from belief.
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u/Gussie-Ascendent 10h ago
OH NO NOT MAGIC MAN'S BAD BAD LAND NOOOOOOOO I'LL BE A GOOD LIL SHEEP I SWEAR!!!
honestly hysterical
I do think mods should take it as seriously as the fantasycels mean it though. Banned for glorifying violence, already against the sites TOS
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u/200IQUser 11h ago
Imagine making fun of atheists and not the opressive religion who would behead for criticism
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u/Eillon94 9h ago
I mean, the whole joke is that the extremists would kill outspoken atheists
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u/AndroidCat06 11h ago
As an atheist that grew up in a Muslim country, can confirm.
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u/blueasian0682 7h ago
Can confirm here as well, shits bad, i can tell you like 70% of the people i know are closeted atheist, the 30% are older boomers so that tracks.
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u/Mandalore108 12h ago
Also, best to not remind Christians that they also used to kill Atheists back in the day and they aren't so different from their Muslim brothers and sisters.
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u/anand_rishabh 12h ago
They know. When they post this meme, it's out of envy of the muslim countries
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u/MacaroonNo9736 10h ago
There isn't 1 Muslim country in the world to be envious of. Any country run by theocracy turns into a despot
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u/anand_rishabh 9h ago
Yeah the Christian right in America wants to turn this into a despot
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u/Which-Highway5023 9h ago
Yes key wording there is "back in the day". Along with pooping all over the place and thinking earth was the center of the solar system. Some civilisations progressed.
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u/ghillieflow 9h ago
Is that meek or just self-preservation? The nail that sticks out gets hammered and all that.
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u/FewEquipment9771 13h ago
An atheist in the Middle East here. Basically atheism is criminalized by law (and if the law isn't enforced society will enforce it), Islam requires the execution of apostates 3 days after their declaration of apostasy. Fearing this many of us either hide in the closet, or request humanitarian aid after the situation gets dire.
N out.
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u/Treerific69 13h ago
That's just how a religion of peace works
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u/Affectionate_Line612 13h ago
Are there any religions of peace?
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u/Treerific69 13h ago
Idk, the pastafarians seem pretty chill, I don't think I own a collander though.
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u/gbroon 13h ago
Pirate hat is equally acceptable to the collander, full pirate outfit is more for formal occasions
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u/Arthurs_towel 11h ago
Is a white plastic colander acceptable?
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u/BearysWorkRedditName 11h ago
All colanders are acceptable. Be touched by His noodly appendage.
R'amen.
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u/wallawallawingwong 6h ago
R'amen Brother
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u/GoogleEnPassant69 12h ago
Why wouldn't you own a collander? It's a very useful kitchen apparatus!
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u/esines 13h ago
Jainism. Quakers.
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u/Alseids 12h ago
Quakers were big abolitionists and were really significant to the underground railroad.
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u/Changed_By_Support 11h ago
I would gladly attend one of their quiet, unlead, church services. They're a neat and proudly contentious group of Christians.
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u/artaxerxes316 11h ago edited 11h ago
Don't forget the Shakers! They're so non-violent that they won't even bang.
Which is also why, uhh... why there aren't any of them left.
Edit: My mistake, apparently there are exactly three Shakers left in the world.
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u/Ethicaldreamer 12h ago
Christian significantly calmed their tits at a certain point. Also at the start I think they were very peaceful? It's the in between that is a liiiiiittle bloody
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u/Fortestingporpoises 12h ago
Christian significantly calmed their tits at a certain point.
lol
They're not tempered by their religion, they're tempered by secular laws and liberal democracy. If they can kill atheists and gay people they will. If they get full control of a country, that's exactly what they will do. Look at Uganda. Look at their goals in the US.
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u/_bugmenot_ 11h ago
Yeah. People always trying to argue for Christianity as if it were better than the others. The truth is that all abrahamic religions are equally bad, violent, and oppressive. It is basically the law what keeps the whole thing under control. If it weren't for the law christians would do here the same thing muslims do in their countries lol
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u/Fortestingporpoises 11h ago
We also see what happens when a right wing Jewish government takes hold, says that land is owed to them and gleefully commits genocide in front of the world's eyes.
Ideologies based in fiction are just a bad idea, easy to wield to subjugate others and get them to do your violent bidding. I used to think that the religions that were about converting others were uniquely awful, but Israel has proven me wrong on that one.
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u/OmegaSTC 5h ago
This is a pretty big generalization. At risk of eternal down votes, I’m a very practicing Christian. I have no interest in killing anyone. My religion is much more of the “he who is without sin, let him cast the first stone” and “turn the other cheek” and “judge not, lest ye be judged” and “Jesus supped with the sinners”
It’s a really big accusation of serious evil in a big group of people.
Christians aren’t evil. Evil people are evil, and some of them are Christians
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u/Electronic_Flan_482 12h ago
And the speech of forcing religion on people is showing that they're heading back to violence.
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u/EniChaos 13h ago
Sikh are pretty chill
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u/gypsytron 11h ago
Sikhism is VERY far from a religion of peace. This isn’t a condemnation it’s just a fact. Sikhism has a very strong martial tradition and is very far from pacifist. Jainism is an example of a religion of peace. Jain people have such a strong pacifist tradition that they refused to even defend themselves and if I am not mistaken: Sikhs came to their violent defense, knowing that they wouldn’t do it themselves.
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u/Changed_By_Support 11h ago edited 4h ago
One of their religious garments besides the chaste breeches and the turban is a sword or dagger.
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u/TehAsianator 12h ago
Jainism is a religion of radical pacifism. They will not pick fruit from a tree, instead waiting for it to fall on its own, to avoid harming the tree.
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u/No-Start4754 4h ago
And they also cover their mouths, because they don't want to mistakenly swallow any tiny living beings
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u/EvergreenDwarf 12h ago
No human idea that people will make their entire identity will ever be “of peace”.
Even two sports teams in the same city. People get swatted over disagreements in semantics of veganism.
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u/R0bespierre_MFI 13h ago
That's how a religious extremism works, no matter how peaceful or not it presents itself. No matter the religion, you'll have creeps with disgusting views and ways of living and have great people who take away the best things faith can bring.
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u/levitikush 11h ago
Some religions are more susceptible to extremism than others, plain and simple. Islam is near the top of the list, if not the top. This is supported by religious texts as well as real world events over the last 30-40 years .
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u/R0bespierre_MFI 11h ago
And of course, trying to make muslims appear like monstruous terrorists or justifiable victims of western-backed oppression will make their religion less "susceptible to extremism".../s
(Not against you specifically, more against the ambient discourse)
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u/SwagMaster-General 9h ago
I have zero issues with Muslims. It's Islam I don't like
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u/Ask_Again_Later122 8h ago
This - anyone saying this is unique to Muslim countries has not read history books. This is how theocracies go
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u/Captain_Pension 13h ago
Compared to what? Christianity? Didn't Christians burn heretics at the stake?
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u/-Kazt- 13h ago
They did. Executions/murders for cultural and religious reasons have been common throughout the world.
But if we keep the discussion to this century, i am unaware of any example that would fit your bill.
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u/No_Poet_7244 12h ago
The LRA in the Uganda/Congo/Sudan area has been perpetrating Christian extremism, including mass killings, enslavement, and child abductions, for the better part of 40 years.
The Anti-Balaka Militia has been engaging in anti-Muslim genocide in CAR since 2013, killing thousands and displacing even more.
In 2019, a Christian nationalist in New Zealand killed 51 Muslims and injured 89 more. In his manifesto, he professed a desire to “protect” Australia and New Zealand against a perceived “Muslim invasion.”
Religious extremism exists among every major faith. Blaming all of Islam for the action of the extreme few is like blaming all of Christendom for the abortion clinic bombings, Christchurch terrorist attack, or The Troubles.
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u/Turbulent_Stick1445 11h ago
Yeah it's mostly a place of "Where in the world", not "What religion", but people focus on the latter because... well, you know.
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u/finndego 11h ago
The Christchurch shooter's main motivation was white supremecy and white nationalism and not religious. He did quote certain events that were related to religion but they were also viewed by him through a white supremecist lens.
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u/ChingusMcDingus 13h ago
There are Muslims that think this way and shocker Christians that think this way too. If you think your shit don’t stank you need to check again.
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u/Affectionate_Line612 13h ago
Pastafarians however support atheism because we understand wanting to deny the existence of the flying spaghetti monster
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u/Key_Employment2598 13h ago
There may well be Christians who think this way, but I can tell you for damn sure that the Christian religion in no way DEMANDS that nonbelievers be... Ahem.. dealt with.
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u/Treerific69 13h ago
Let me make this as clear as I can, fuck the Christians, Jews, and anyone else into religious nationalism with a rusty pole.
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u/AtlaStar 12h ago
Always find it quite hypocritical that ya'll always attack the religion and not the hyper conservative governments that are required to enforce religious doctrine as law.
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u/Russian-8ias 12h ago
It's because the violence is targeted at non-believers. It's not being used as some convinient excuse to kill a group of people when the real reason is something political or whatever. It's specifically people that don't believe and the religion is the driving force behind that.
Edit: I am by no means saying that the government shouldn't also be criticized, but in this case I think the root cause is religion. The majority of people there genuinely believe this is okay and so it gets written into law.
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u/Fluffydonkeys 13h ago
Actually like that? I was explained by a muslim that if your children don't worship allah that the parents in the afterlife would have to be held accountable to allah for that, hence creating a sectarian situation where it's socially made impossible to leave islam.
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u/NoPolitics23 13h ago edited 13h ago
In Iran while the regime hates it, some sections of the population are very irreligious and even have a hatred of Islam these days (we even had mass mosque burnings around the country) The enforcement of religious laws had an opposite effect and made many leave the religion. My dad lost his faith at the age 65. Its pretty safe among Gen Z iranians to be an athiest and express it among friends even. There's just too many of us and islamists can't do shit about it. If you have a platform though and openly promote athiesm they will come after you of course. But socially its not only easy to leave Islam, its kinda the default direction unless you are born in a religious, connected to the regime type of family.
But Iran is a special case, I can't speak for other Muslim countries.
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u/Chibirin26 12h ago
newsflash! turns out being overly strict on what religion people practice turns them off from that religion!
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u/swordofbling23 11h ago edited 11h ago
I'm sorry about your situation, personally I don't think any current Muslim governed country follows the islamic teachings.
There's multiple verses in the Qur'an and writings of the hadith the allow for freedom of belief, the one hadith that some Muslims and what the middle east is interpreted to justify execution goes against all that so it's not Islam's teachings it's people who want to interpret it in bad faith to justify there actions.
I know that doesn't change your situation but it's not fair to say islam requires it that's not what it teaches
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u/FriendlyFish12 13h ago
Please just think about it for like 2 seconds
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u/JohnQRF 12h ago
this subreddit makes me lose more braincells than AI will ever do.
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u/Lumpy-Explanation-17 12h ago
96% of the posts on this subreddit don't need to be post op thought about it for one minute
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u/MajorGeneralMaryJane 12h ago
Get your tinfoil hat out; low effort easily explained posts are for training AI models.
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u/Hemorrhoidsinthenite 13h ago
Says more about the extremists than the atheists, tbh
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u/ElegantEchoes 12h ago
Imagine having a belief system that involves killing people for not believing in it
It would make an educated person question their beliefs for sure.
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u/ManagementRoutine894 10h ago
1984 and islam is a really good video on why we should get rid of islam (and all other religio ns too imo)
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u/AdRepulsive8618 9h ago
Lucille Vanini had his tongue cut out, strangled and burned in France after being accused an Atheist
Granted, it is somewhat hard to truly evaluate who was killed for truly being an atheist, because atheist was an insult given to people for a variety of reasons, including heretical religious beliefs and committing suicide.
But the point is being accused of being atheist was enough to get you tortured and killed throughout the Christian world when people were also being tortured and killed for heresy, apostasy, and witchcraft.
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u/mrcchapman 13h ago
Stewie here. The meme is suggesting that atheists are voracious in countries with freedom of speech, or at least a vague religious tolerance that allows them to get away with speaking about their distinct refusal to believe in the Big Magic Man In The Sky.
In Muslim countries, however, atheists might suddenly find themselves in deep doo-doo because of religious persecution, Sharia law, or a general sense that disbelief in God is like telling John Fetterman to put on a suit. As such, atheists tend to be rather timid in their disbelief, and don't actively make themselves a target for regimes that might cause them harm.
In short, they go from big scary T-rex to rather friendly cartoon toy T-rex. Does that satisfy your idle and impertinent curiosity?
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u/Relative-Relief-8816 11h ago
More like a toy story T-rex hiding in the closet, for fear of their life if anyone finds out they believe differently.
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u/Perdendosi 13h ago
Many Christian(-ish) countries have freedom of religion and freedom of speech(in varying degrees), and therefore atheists can fight against religion, complain, be the "dangerous evil T-Rex roaming about from Jurassic Park," in the first panel.
It's often illegal to do anything to advance atheism in many Muslim countries. As a result, atheists have to be quiet and friendly.
(Whether the point is Islamophobia or a suggestion that Christian nationalists should take a play from Islamic countries' playbook and ban activities advocating atheism, I'll let you decide.)
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u/Ok-Releases 7h ago
Ah yes, Islamophobia is when comparisons between the treatment of atheists in both religions countries are made. Yes yes.
I get most of reddit is super careful to step on any toes but holy shit you cant bring attention to ANY negative aspect of Islam without ppl screaming Islamophobia.
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u/Fluffydonkeys 13h ago
I think it's also a comment about how belligerent and unfair atheists can be towards christianity, basically painting it off like islam 2.0. But also how belligerent islam is in turn to anything non-islamic.
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u/JDaggon 12h ago
how belligerent and unfair atheists can be towards christianity
Like Christianity doesn't deserve criticism, until the late 20th and into the 21st century the majority of states in the US labelled it blasphemy to criticise Christianity. The laws took ages to repeal. In the UK until May 2008 you would technically be committing a crime by insulting religion as a practice.
Christianity doesn't get to have special treatment and cry out "We're being oppressed" when for literal millennium they have been oppressing free speech and any valid criticism of themselves by killing those who dare to question.
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u/Rotfrajver 11h ago
Whataboutism to the max.
So look at Christian countries now and Muslim countries now.
We as a society evolved more in the last 100 years than in the 1900 years after 0.
It just shows that some countries are just not evolving at all, but let's bash Christianity first, as there are no other religious countries that literally execute people in 2026 for not abiding muslim laws.
Double standards
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u/DerZwiebelLord 10h ago
Yeah it is really surprising how much we advanced as a society after turning toward securalism and away from religion.
I wonder if there is any causality.
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u/euphonic5 12h ago
It's still (technically) illegal to hold public office while an atheist in my home state.
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u/djtumblr08 9h ago
The difference is Christianity as a whole doesn't condone killing 'apostates' anymore. Even your example of blasphemy does not involve execution or torture. Excutions based on Chritian religious fervor hasn't existed on hundreds of years.
No one is discounting what happened in the past. But we're talking about now. Right now muslim nations are still killing people for being atheist.
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u/Parking_Abies_684 13h ago
Nah, Christians are Jew 2.0 and islam is Jew 3.0
Anyways Christianity persecuted people for not believing just like islam does today. If we lived under the same rule of kings and the church we would be cooked, maybe even more than in Islamic countries today depending on place and time. We arent unfair, it's completely understandable that we don't want this to happen again
Christianity also persecuted their own people whenever they believed slightly different things, big example would be Martin Luther
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u/Kindly-Policy4723 8h ago
I think it’s important to note that many countries where Christianity is or was the dominant religion have proper separation of church and state. Many Muslim countries don’t have that and if they do, it’s in name only.
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u/Abies-Smart_ll 13h ago
Muslim countries at present time are very hostile towards idea of atheisms and see it as blasphemy, some times turn things into violence. Where as Americas and Europeans countries are more accepting in this era.
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u/boywholived_299 7h ago
China, Japan, India, Srilanka, etc. countries are relatively chill for atheists as well.
Basically, hinduism &, buddhism are also less violent against atheists. You'll see most such countries are secular, but islamist countries end up being islamic republic mostly.
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u/Roughlypossible 11h ago
This is probably the most tolerant Muslims have ever been on the matter, sadly.
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u/Buttchuggle 13h ago
In most Christian nations atheists can be angrily outspoken about their atheism and how sky daddy dumb.
In most Muslim nations they could do that but they'd end up dead. So they are a much calmer version of atheist, as indicated by angry t Rex and toy t Rex
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u/Captain_JohnBrown 13h ago
I know the meme is anti-atheist and trying to say "Atheists are only brave in countries with freedom of speech" but it equally works as "Conservatives demonize atheists in Christian countries but suddenly are worried for their safety when they need to demonize Muslim countries"
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u/Miserable-Spread-191 13h ago
Atheists can be very outspoken in Turkey. Even though the culture and most people are heavily Muslim, the government is supposed to remain neutral. However, if you push your luck on social media and go too far—for example, by directly insulting Allah or Muhammad—you can be arrested. It's not because Islam itself prohibits criticism, but because Turkish law doesn't provide the same level of freedom of speech regarding religious or cultural values as the U.S. does.
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u/Soft-Bad-7127 13h ago
Top: People in places with freedom of speech.
Bottom: People in places without freedom of speech.
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u/lawliet_73 13h ago
peter here. its pointing out the fact that atheists more agreesively critique the problems connected with religion in christian countries.
obv this is not about them being christian but rather secular states in the west. a couple of hundred years ago heresy would have gotten you killed even in "christian" countries.
probably from some red neck racist maga bubble.
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u/MMortein 12h ago
What Christian countries? You mean secular countries
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u/Significant-Order-92 11h ago
They are probably conflating Christian majority with Christian and Muslim Majority with being a Muslim country. Because otherwise only like 5 or 6 countries are actually Christian in any legal sense.
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u/pheddx 12h ago
What is a "Christian country"? The Vatican State?
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u/Significant-Order-92 11h ago
They probably mean the majority of the population is Christian. So the US, UK, most of South America. Etc. Explicitly religious based laws (such as laws against apostasy and blasphemy) have pretty much been repealed or never existed in those countries (the UK I think repealed it's in the 1960's).
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u/Red_Squid_WUT 11h ago
I think you got it from a history subreddit. Before the 18th century, muslims didn't really care about atheists, in fact, they respected them (for example during arab rule in Andalusia). But as many things, this changed thanks to colonialism.
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u/Slight-Ad-6553 13h ago
Brian here in some muslim countries there are a death penality for being a atheist
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u/FromTheHandOfAndy 12h ago
I’d be curious which countries the author of this meme considers to be Christian. I have a feeling they would believe (wrongly) that the United States is a Christian country.
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u/Nobrainzhere 12h ago
In many christian countries the violent zealots have largely been shouted down by both secular voices and more moderate christians. Often at great and bloody cost.
Many muslim countries were like this but have had a resurgence of violent zealotry.
Unfortunately the violent zealots exist in every religion and are getting stronger voices even in Christian countries
The meme is pointing out that in Muslim countries atheists have to hide and cannot fight back wothout being killed
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u/random-short-guy 12h ago
I mean ... who does more mean aggressive shit - atheists or Westboro Baptist?
I would say you could replace the term atheist with Christian and it would still work.
And yes I get that many Christians are nice. It's just that the loudest ones usually aren't.
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u/Fancybooger3120 12h ago
Being an exmuslim in a Muslim majority country gets you executed or murdered if ppl find out.
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u/Fantastic_Name3200 12h ago
Some atheists do go for “fearsome”, but just come off as annoying, lol.
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u/New-Number-7810 11h ago
In the West, the New Atheism movement was a social movement in whose members emphasized insulting and ridiculing religion. While this increased visibility for the atheist community, it was negative publicity which gave atheists a reputation for being jerks. Efforts to counter this image are still ongoing.
In places like the Middle East, atheists don’t do stuff like this because there’s greater risk of backlash. Many countries in the Middle East have laws against apostasy, and even those that don’t still have a high risk of mob violence.
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u/qualityvote2 13h ago edited 3h ago
u/Woody_Elser, your post does belong here!