Cikos@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 2 days 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.worldimagemessage-square228fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1720arrow-down1imageA 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 · 2 days agomessage-square228fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJankatarch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-214 hours 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