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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      20 hours 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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        17 hours 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.