Yusuf Aslanoğlu
@yusuf-hoca.bsky.social
Revert to Islam. Student of the world’s religions & languages. Lover of God, of Creation, and of humans. I’ll say more when I think of it.
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Yusuf Aslanoğlu
@yusuf-hoca.bsky.social
· Jun 17
📷 Studio Photograph of a Toddler in Mevlevi (Whirling Dervish) Attire, Izmir, 1900s (Western Türkiye)
"The heart of the enlightened one is like that of a child — pure and innocent.
It holds no grudges and knows nothing of deceit." #Rumi
"The heart of the enlightened one is like that of a child — pure and innocent.
It holds no grudges and knows nothing of deceit." #Rumi
Rumi was a great lover of Jesus (°s), and it shows. “Unless you become as one of these little ones . . .”
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If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
November 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
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Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Yes we have a problem with it along with members of your own party.
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“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
Su asla eskimez.
Water never grows old. — Turkish saying
November 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Su asla eskimez.
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The most vocal Christians never mention the Beatitudes. They demand the 10 Commandments be posted in public buildings. That's Moses; not Jesus. No one demands the Beatitudes be posted anywhere.
Blessed are the merciful in a courtroom? Blessed are the peacemakers in the Pentagon? — Kurt Vonnegut
Blessed are the merciful in a courtroom? Blessed are the peacemakers in the Pentagon? — Kurt Vonnegut
November 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Men became scientific because they expected law in nature and they expected law in nature because they believed in a lawgiver. — C.S. Lewis
October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Men became scientific because they expected law in nature and they expected law in nature because they believed in a lawgiver. — C.S. Lewis
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'I will pull down my barns and build larger ones.' But if you fill these, what next? Will you tear them down again and build up once more? What could be more ridiculous — laboring to build and tearing down again? If you want storehouses, you have them in the stomachs of the poor. —St Basil the Great
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
'I will pull down my barns and build larger ones.' But if you fill these, what next? Will you tear them down again and build up once more? What could be more ridiculous — laboring to build and tearing down again? If you want storehouses, you have them in the stomachs of the poor. —St Basil the Great
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People sometimes wonder why God would allow so much suffering in our world. Maybe instead we should be wondering why we do. — Jim Palmer
October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
People sometimes wonder why God would allow so much suffering in our world. Maybe instead we should be wondering why we do. — Jim Palmer
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Nationalism is simply selfishness in group form. — Robert Ashton
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Nationalism is simply selfishness in group form. — Robert Ashton
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The problem isn’t that Christianity isn’t taught in schools; the problem is that Christianity isn’t taught at Church. — Anonymous internet twitter.
November 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The problem isn’t that Christianity isn’t taught in schools; the problem is that Christianity isn’t taught at Church. — Anonymous internet twitter.
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Jesus, forgive me for the times I desired a seat at a table you would’ve flipped. — Steven Price
November 10, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jesus, forgive me for the times I desired a seat at a table you would’ve flipped. — Steven Price
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It matters not if you have stood with the great. What really makes a difference is if you have sat with the broken, walked with the lost, and loved the lonely. — Sheri Bessi Eckert
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It matters not if you have stood with the great. What really makes a difference is if you have sat with the broken, walked with the lost, and loved the lonely. — Sheri Bessi Eckert
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📷 An Elderly Boatman in Istanbul
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
📷 An Elderly Boatman in Istanbul
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
“Do not look down on those who appear worn and disheveled;
For there are ruins that hide treasures.”
✏️ İbrahim Hakkı Erzurumi (1703–1780)
Sadly, #MeToo was barely a ripple in the ocean of powerful men getting away w/ victimizing women & then blaming *them* for getting victimized. (For the hard-of-thinking, “victimize” is a euphemism b/c I don’t wanna get blocked) “How long, O Lord, how long?”
Many are obsessed with Virginia naming names in her memoir.
What if I told you… we already know them—she already said them in court
and nothing ever happened…
What if I told you… we already know them—she already said them in court
and nothing ever happened…
October 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Sadly, #MeToo was barely a ripple in the ocean of powerful men getting away w/ victimizing women & then blaming *them* for getting victimized. (For the hard-of-thinking, “victimize” is a euphemism b/c I don’t wanna get blocked) “How long, O Lord, how long?”
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Mike Johnson's Bible:
October 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Mike Johnson's Bible:
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I didn’t get it right away — but when I did, oh boy
October 19, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I didn’t get it right away — but when I did, oh boy
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It’s bad enough we put dead Presidents on our money. This is beyond hagiography, it’s idolatry. There are two Commandments against it for a reason. This violates the second.
September 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It’s bad enough we put dead Presidents on our money. This is beyond hagiography, it’s idolatry. There are two Commandments against it for a reason. This violates the second.
One thing you can say about the present occupant of the Oval Office: he knows how to hold a grudge. (That’s not a compliment.)
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Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the coming days.
“Three sources familiar tell MSNBC former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the coming days.”
Former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the coming days.
“Three sources familiar tell MSNBC former FBI Director James Comey is expected to be indicted in the coming days.”
September 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
One thing you can say about the present occupant of the Oval Office: he knows how to hold a grudge. (That’s not a compliment.)
Instead of demonizing all trans people as ‘violent extremists’, the Administration should be going after *actual* child sexual predators — themselves.
September 23, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Instead of demonizing all trans people as ‘violent extremists’, the Administration should be going after *actual* child sexual predators — themselves.
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will never understand how Canadians became known for saying “eh” when we should be known for our ability to make the phase “okay buddy” mean everything from “of course I will give my life for yours” to “I am the drunkest man alive and I am going to fight you in this parking lot”
September 22, 2025 at 11:30 PM
will never understand how Canadians became known for saying “eh” when we should be known for our ability to make the phase “okay buddy” mean everything from “of course I will give my life for yours” to “I am the drunkest man alive and I am going to fight you in this parking lot”
Talk of the Evangelicalist revenge fantasy known as the Rapture put me in mind of this instruction from Jewish & Islamic traditions about how to respond to the impending end of the world: bliis.org/essay/planti...
Planting a Tree in the End Times: An Analysis of an Islamic and Jewish Saying
Planting a Tree in the End Times: An Analysis of an Islamic and Jewish Saying
It is reported in the Musnad of Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal (d. 855 AD) and in the Musnad of Al-Bazzar (d. 905 AD) that the Prophet Mu...
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September 23, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Talk of the Evangelicalist revenge fantasy known as the Rapture put me in mind of this instruction from Jewish & Islamic traditions about how to respond to the impending end of the world: bliis.org/essay/planti...