minus-squarePizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.workstoOffbeat@lemmy.ca•Indonesian TikToker with more than 2 million followers jailed after saying Islamic phrase before eating porklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year ago“bismillah” means “in the name of God”. It’s intended as an observance that a Muslim lives in servitude to God It becomes habitual to say bismillah before doing anything (similar to “inshallah”, “God willing”) since it is said so frequently In this case, doing something counter to what is seen as lawfull (eating pork) and invoking God could be seen as an affront linkfedilink
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“bismillah” means “in the name of God”. It’s intended as an observance that a Muslim lives in servitude to God
It becomes habitual to say bismillah before doing anything (similar to “inshallah”, “God willing”) since it is said so frequently
In this case, doing something counter to what is seen as lawfull (eating pork) and invoking God could be seen as an affront