Feb 2025 – Page 5 – SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR)

US: Trans Erasure – Protests at Stonewall National Monument – “LGBTQ” changed to “LGB”! (16.2.2025)

16/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

“The transgender community threw the first bricks that launched the contemporary LGBTQ human rights movement,” said State Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal.

“It was trans women of colour, trans women like Sylvia, Rivera, Marsha P. Johnson, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, trans women that put their lives on the line, that stood on the front lines of this revolution. They are the reason why we have the rights that we have today, not just for trans people, but for LGBT people in general,” Stonewall Inn Gives Back Initiative board member Angelica Christina said.

“We’re going to do everything we can, especially with our nonprofit that fights for equality all over the globe, Stonewall Gives Back Initiative, to make sure that people know that we’re not going to tolerate this. Progress and civil rights, LGBTQ rights have never been made by being silent, and we’re not going to be silent,” Stonewall Inn co-owner Stacy Lentz said.

Spain: Russian Foreign Ministry – ‘Rights Violations of Russian Citizens Abroad’! (16.2.2025)

16/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Factors such as media coverage with a strong critical narrative of Russia, the massive arrival of Ukrainian refugees – Spain granted temporary protection to some 210,000 citizens between 2022 and 2024 – and the activity of Ukrainian nationalist organisations have influenced this context. In addition, statements by some Spanish officials have stoked the controversy. In June 2022, for example, the mayor of Madrid, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, in a conversation with some pranksters, supported the need to “punish Russian bastards”, according to media reports.

Islam: Interactional Acts of Worship [عبادتك التعاملية]! (16.2.2025)

16/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Do not think that religion is about praying, fasting, reading the Quran, paying zakat, performing Hajj, and uttering the Shahada, and that’s it? No..!!

These acts of worship (ritualistic acts of worship) are obligatory duties for which you will be held accountable, but you will not reap their fruits and achieve their goals unless your (interactional acts of worship) are correct. They will not be correct if you are unjust, negligent, hurt, lie, and curse.

ا تتوهم أن الدين هو أن تصلي، وتصوم، وتقرأ القرآن، وتزكي، وتحج، وتنطق الشهادة، وانتهى الأمر ؟ لا ..!!

هذه العبادات (عبادات شعائرية) وهي فرائض ستحاسب عليها، لكنك لن تقطف ثمارها ولن تحقق أهدافها إلا إذا صحَّت (عبادتك التعاملية) لن تصح اذا ظلمت، وقصرت، وأذيت وكذبت وشتمت..

Adrian & Gee Valentine Cards! (15.2.2025)

15/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

Until this year, I was completely unaware that February 7th is “Rose Day” in the UK! This falls just before St Valentine’s Day (Fedrusty 14th). I think many people conflate these two rituals as roses are often given on the 14th. I suspect there is an involved explanation for all this – perhaps pre-Christian (Pagan) verses Christian, etc. Whatever the case, Shakespeare seems to have known both these dates. Both dates are designed to renew assertions of love and affection between men and women.

PLA Airforce - J35 - Will Blow Foreign Planes Out the Sky!

China: Australian Fighter Jet Expelled from PRC Airspace! (15.2.2025)

15/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

It should be noted that the Australian military aircraft chose not to take the clear path but instead intruded into someone else’s territory in the South China Sea, he said.

He added that China’s expulsion of the aircraft was entirely reasonable and lawful, beyond reproach, and a legitimate defence of national sovereignty and security.

“We urge Australia to abandon its risky and reckless behaviour, strictly restrain its front-line naval and air forces, and not act as a follower and enforcer, stirring up trouble in the South China Sea to the detriment of others and itself,” he said.

China: Chinese Student [Zhuang Menghan – 庄梦涵] Killed in US – Police Say Suspect “Asian Male”! (15.2.2025)

15/02/2025 Adrian (釋大道)

At the press conference, the investigator in charge of the case released some details of the case: “The woman who was killed was Menghan Zhuang, a 23-year-old Chinese citizen, who was found at her home by her roommate at 6:45 p.m. on February 4. Investigators believe Ms. Zhuang was murdered by a man she knew, who she let into her apartment the night before she was killed. “At the moment, the investigator is focusing his attention on this person.” During the investigation, investigators found that the man had arrived at the scene the night before the crime, and the video showed that the same man had left her apartment through her second-floor bedroom window on the same afternoon that Ms. Zhuang was found dead. ”

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