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>>57035064
i was recently traveling in a Sunni country where a lot of the hired help are Shia and got the chance to learn a lot about twelver eschatology, with the return of the Mahdi etc...honestly my interactions with them gave me a high opinion of Pakistani/Balochs and Shia metaphysics in general. It's a very schizo-friendly way of viewing the world.

As it was explained to me, Shiism is largely based on the sanctity of standing up to injustice, even if it means giving your life, as a way of honoring God who is the Truth and through whom all things are possible.

One cab driver was telling me about a foundational event in Shiite history, the battle of Karbala, where basically the corrupt empire of the day (Umayyid?) were trying to make Prophet Muhammed (pbuh)'s descendents kneel and kiss the ring, but they said fuck that, so decided to face the caliph in battle even with a tiny army even though they were up against an impossibly large force and it was a suicide mission.

Now, reading the press releases from the Houthis as they dismantle the world economy, I understand where they (and Iran and the other shiite militias) are coming from. UAE, house of Saud (i saw a funny telegram post today pointing out that Saud rhymes with Yahud), Jordan, all the Sunni gulf countries are pussyfooting around, meanwhile the Shiite countries are ready to get it on. This world holds no allure for them- in fact, the sooner it ends, the sooner their hidden Imam will come back and set things straight again.

Unexpected part of my conversations with the Shia philosopher-kings (disguised as cab drivers, hotel clerks, construction workers of course) was the immense devotion they render to Jesus aka Isa bin Miryam and his mother.

All this bullshit about Muslims wanting to kill Christians is divide and conquer propaganda- every Muslim I've ever met (including Salafists/extreme orthodox Sunnis with the tinted beards) consider Christians to be their brothers. Muslims are bros