I was in Silicon Valley a fair bit in the early 2010s. I wasn’t a resident, but out of five close team members who were residents, I knew there was at least one Christian, a Mormon, a Hindu. I don’t recall any of them trying to hide or downplay their faith. I don’t think “Borderline Illegal” in the headline means what I think it means.
I think the point of that is that isn’t meantion Quran by name. One of those gotcha questions. But Al-Masjid Al-Aqsa (Farthest Mosque or Al-Aqsa Mosque) is in there.
Glory be to the One Who took His servant ˹Muḥammad˺ by night from the Sacred Mosque to the Farthest Mosque whose surroundings We have blessed, so that We may show him some of Our signs. Indeed, He alone is the All-Hearing, All-Seeing.
Juz 15 / Hizb 29 - Page 282
Made me mostly think of “A land without a people for a people without a land” thing. Or how much hasbara do you believe?
“There’s a really strong and growing subculture of people, especially in my generation—Gen Z—who grew up listening to stories of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, entrepreneurs who dedicated their lives to building life-changing companies,” says Will Gao, the company’s head of growth. “Kobe Bryant dedicated all his waking hours to basketball, and I don’t think there’s a lot of people saying that Kobe Bryant shouldn’t have worked as hard as he did.”
No, but I’m calling the Kobe Bryant tale absolutely bullshit. Bryant went to his practice facility in El Segundo and spent anywhere from between 45 minutes to 3 hours per day during the basketball season playing basketball, which included watching game videos, weight conditioning, and tossing basketballs during game day shoot around sessions. Bryant had a wife and four daughters, and he spent a number of day hours being a husband and a parent.
Some Gen Zs are either super gullible, or in Will Gao’s case, super manipulative.