Cikos@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 1 month agoA jeweler friend of mine banned from /r/somethingimade because he recreate a ring found in a viking burial site with inscription "for allah" citing it promotes terrorism.lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up1776arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1760arrow-down1external-linkA jeweler friend of mine banned from /r/somethingimade because he recreate a ring found in a viking burial site with inscription "for allah" citing it promotes terrorism.lemmy.worldCikos@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square232fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month agoSecond point makes me think you are misunderstanding the post. They did not recreate a 1000 year old viking ring and carve “For Allah.” They recreated a 1000 year old “viking ring with the words For Allah carved in it.” The Viking likely getting the ring during a raid. Spain was Muslim-majority back then. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_raid_on_Seville
Second point makes me think you are misunderstanding the post.
They did not recreate a 1000 year old viking ring and carve “For Allah.”
They recreated a 1000 year old “viking ring with the words For Allah carved in it.”
The Viking likely getting the ring during a raid. Spain was Muslim-majority back then.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_raid_on_Seville