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I don't want to know any. I don't believe there are any peaceful Muslims. I think there are two kinds, those who strap on bombs and those who say they deplore the act but quietly support it.
At least you admit that you're prejudiced.
And I think most of the country, including our Toddler-in-Chief, agree with you.
And have no clue what they're talking about.
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This wasn't included in the polls. I have family members who are Muslims. My sister's last husband was a Saudi Arabian and she had two children with him-in the US.. Those children have spouses (one from Egypt and the other born in the US to Palestinians), so the grandchildren (my great-niece and nephews) are also of middle eastern descent. They consider themselves Muslim-American and moderate Muslims, I guess you'call it.
From all indications, my Muslim family members are hardworking contributing members of their communities, and the younger generation are as interested in knowing about their irish-american (our side of the family) heritage as they do about their middle eastern
roots. They're also warm and welcoming to us as members of their extended family.
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I only know three. I cannot stand two of them, (one went from being a Christian white girl to a Muslim after she married a Muslim man. I have no problem with that, but when she started yapping about how superior of a religion Islam is, she became this goofy annoying individual. It is laughable, really. ) The third Muslim I know is okay.
I have to constantly tell myself that I know nothing about Muslims and Islam, I cannot use my own experience to judge the entire group. Doing so is not fair.
I have a lot of combat Marine friends who don't trust Muslims. But this is understandable because after all, we are who we are through experiences.
Most of us (myself and my friends) just want to coexist with people we know nothing about. There is no mad love, there is no hate either.
To be perfectly fair, I know far more than TWO born-again fundie Christians who do this crap nonstop if you let them.
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I am friends with a wide variety of muslims. Everything from american born black muslims to arabic muslims from Iraq to European muslims from Bosnia. Most of us worked together and some from school. I even attended an open house "all faiths" event at one of our local Islamic Centers.
The muslims I know (more as family friends, parents worked around the world, and we know people of all faiths and cultures and races, thats how I grew up)- are upper middle class, progressive thinking (for ex- the girls, which I got to know, went to college and are professionals) families like any other upwardly mobile American family- live in boring suburbs, shop at Costco, have 2.5 children, and are paying their mortgages...
That's funny you say that. After stating I was friends with a few now, one being a friend I work with, I remembered my college friend who was Egyptian and Muslim. On our breaks we decided to fly to Vegas and a few of her friends who were living in Egypt decided to come and flew in to JFK to join us. They requested a room facing a certain way and in between partying like mad women went up to said room to pray on schedule. I always thought it was so odd that they were probably breaking every "muslim" rule while in Vegas yet they still prayed when they were supposed to.
LOL, it must be human nature. My sister, who converted to Islam when she married her second husband, a man from Saudi Arabia long ago, has children, grandchildren, in-laws, outlaws, etc who are all of middle eastern descent or were born there, an d are all practicing, at least moderately, Muslims. She also lives and works in an area populated with many Muslims, and has a number of Muslim friends. Apparently her kids and their spouses don't wear hijabs, except to attend the mosque, where women are expected to do so, but my sister says she knows many women who do wear tradtional Muslim dress (hijabs and modest clothing, I guess, don't think there are too many burkas there. She was telling me that she still gets taken aback when she sees a woman dressed that way, as is considered pious and out of respect to the religion, let loose with a string of profanities or verbal attacks and name calling in response to something she's unhappy about. Just something that doesn't jive with that picture, but I think it's human nature coming through.
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