Saif al-Arab
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It was Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad the second ruler of the First Saudi State and he plundered Karbala with 12,000 Wahabis from Najd.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahhabi_sack_of_Karbala
Ok. What has this to do with anything and why do you think I care about something that I had nothing to do with and something that occurred 215 years ago and whose accuracy cannot be confirmed?
Why don't you worry about this below which is 1000 times worse?
Methods of converting Iran
Ismail consolidated his rule over the country and launched a thorough and at times brutal campaign to convert the majority Sunni population to Twelver Shiism and thus transform the religious landscape of Iran.[16] His methods of converting Iran included:
- Imposing Shiism as the state and mandatory religion for the whole nation and much forcible conversions of Iranian Sufi Sunnis to Shiism.[17][18][19]
- He reintroduced the Sadr (Arabic, leader) – an office that was responsible for supervising religious institutions and endowments. With a view to transforming Iran into a Shiite state, the Sadr was also assigned the task of disseminating Twelver doctrine.[20]
- He destroyed Sunni mosques. This was even noted by Tomé Pires, the Portuguese ambassador to China who visited Iran in 1511–12, who when referring to Ismail noted: "He (i.e. Ismail) reforms our churches, destroys the houses of all Moors who follow (the Sunnah of) Muhammad…"[21]
- He enforced the ritual and compulsory cursing of the first three Sunni Caliphs (Abu Bakr, Umar, and Uthman) as usurpers, from all mosques, disbanded Sunni Tariqahs and seized their assets, used state patronage to develop Shia shrines, institutions and religious art and imported Shia scholars to replace Sunni scholars.[22][23][24]
- He shed Sunni blood and destroyed and desecrated the graves and mosques of Sunnis. This caused the Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II (who initially congratulated Ismail on his victories) to advise and ask the young monarch (in a “fatherly” manner) to stop the anti-Sunni actions. However, Ismail was strongly anti-Sunni, ignored the Sultan's warning, and continued to spread the Shia faith by the sword.[25][26]
- He persecuted, imprisoned and executed stubbornly resistant Sunnis.[27][28]
- With the establishment of Safavid rule, there was a very raucous and colourful, almost carnival-like holiday on 26 Dhu al-Hijjah (or alternatively, 9 Rabi' al-awwal) celebrating the murder of Caliph Umar. The highlight of the day was making an effigy of Umar to be cursed, insulted, and finally burned. However, as relations between Iran and Sunni countries improved, the holiday was no longer observed (at least officially).[29]
- In 1501 Ismail invited all the Shia living outside Iran to come to Iran and be assured of protection from the Sunni majority.[30]
After conquering Tabriz in Iran, along with Azerbaijan, southern Dagestan, and Armenia from 1500–02,[33] one of the first acts of Ismail was to declare Twelver Shiism to be the state religion, despite the predominance of Sunni Muslims in the newly acquired territories. After the declaration, a conversion campaign was launched[47] and Muslim peoples of the Caucasus, came under heavy pressure to accept Shiism.[48] The imposition of Shiism was especially harsh in Shirvan, where a large Sunni population was massacred.[49] Thus, the population of Azerbaijan was forcibly converted to Shiism in the early 16th century at the same time as the people of what is nowadays Iran, when the Safavids held sway over it.[1] Modern-day Azerbaijan therefore contains the second largest population of Shia Muslims by percentage right after Iran,[2] and the two and Bahrain are the only countries where a majority of the population is, at least nominally, Shia Muslim.
Iraq
See also: Islam in Iraq
Ismail peacefully seized Baghdad in 1508. However, his armies zealously murdered Sunnis and actively persecuted them through tribal allies of the Shah.[50] His armies also destroyed several important Sunni sites, including the tombs of Abū Ḥanīfa and Abdul-Qadir Gilani. The Safavids even expelled the family of Gilani from Mesopotamia. After declaring Shiism the official form of Islam in Iraq, Ismail forced his new Iraqi subjects to convert to Shiism and outlawed Sunni practices. He then returned to Persia. These draconian actions by the conquering Safavids caused the Mesopotamian Sunnis to seethe with resentment.[51]
Iraq Map
Likewise, under Tahmasp I, central and southern Iraq, including Baghdad and Basra had remained in Safavid hands and efforts were being made to establish Shiism in place of Sunnism in these lands. Sunni scholars who refused to accept Shia doctrines were executed and Sunni tombs and shrines were destroyed once again, while the main mosques were converted for Shia use only. While not extensive, some conversions did take place, and those remaining faithful to Sunnism were subjected to persecution until Suleiman the Magnificent expelled the Safavids from most of Iraq.[52]
When the Safavids returned in 1624 under the rule of Abbas I of Persia and reconquered Baghdad, they once more again massacred the Sunni inhabitants.[53]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_conversion_of_Iran_to_Shia_Islam
Talk about comparing apples and oranges.
Anyway Safavids are admired by almost every Iranian while only a tiny minority of Saudi Arabians and Arabs support that raid. Safavids mass-murdered 1000' times more Muslims and destroyed many more historical sites than any Najdis did 300-200 years ago.
Anyway nobody cares about such discussions. Just showing you a bigger mirror after you started writing nonsense.
Yes that way it would work.
But as you said, lately other platforms are taking over such as Twitter and Reddit. Forums/bulletin boards are actually a very outdated technology concept wise. Launching such a forum is easy, having studied comp science i know the entire process but it'll take too much time to have it grow and that uncertain in this day and age where other platforms took over. Why would they trade Twitter for a forum? This forum existed since 2005 or 2006 when there weren't many alternatives to forums, hard to compare to a startup. Bad idea if you ask me.
You are right. However what if you interacted a new forum of the nature I mentioned with Twitter/Reddit/Facebook directly? Would that work?
Anyway I think that it could work with the right setup and advertisement but not sure if the energy/money/time spent on it would be worth it. In any case I won't be the one who creates such a forum if it does not exist already.
Anyway the problem with Twitter is that it is a rather superficial media. Not a place for detailed discussion. Reddit is better on that front.
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