Do you believe all of Islam requires burqas and all the other stuff you object to?
No my former hair stylist (irony here) is Muslim. His wife does not wear a burka although his sister in law has now found Allah and wears a hijab and feels all who do not are damned.
It's seems to be an Allah thing.
I'm not talking to "some on here." I'm talking to you.
I was told by the Christians who ran the Indian school that my conduct had damned me. What's your point? That your friend's family are fundamentalist wackaloons? OK, fine. But does that justify discrimination against Muslims who are not fundamentalist wackaloons?
My point is that by my definition, I know Muslims who are balanced and unbalanced that exist within my world. My point is the ones who are balanced have broken awake from their Muslim roots. When and if they return to those roots...voila, they become what I would term unbalanced. That has been my experience.
I started out all doe eyed and tolerant. Watching my girlfriend suffer with her family, seeing my former hairstylist go through hell with his in-laws when they found Allah, and then other violent events which have taken place such as my guy being 40 minutes ahead of the bomb at Boston has made me sit back and begin to ponder this religion they call Muslim.
I am quite willing to take an individual on their personal behaviour. I do that with all people. I am however leery of Muslims overall because of how they behave. I am also leery of right winged Christians and right winged Republicans...they seem to all be of the same ilk.
I would point out that what your friend's family is trying with her is essentially emotional blackmail, and that it's hardly any different from Christians who reject their children for "living in sin."
Exactly and I don't like those people any better. They are unbalanced and need to be curbed in their right to restrict others. If they act with group think, I will respond to them as a group. That is my point.
You can't legislate family interactions. At some point kids with intolerant parents have to draw their own lines. It's called "growing up."
Yes there is of course always hope for the future. When kids break away from the religious intolerance of their parents. I have to say however, my parents were Christians and Roman Catholics....I learned how to be tolerant of others from them. They died Christian... it kind of skews my view but none of us are perfect.
Fairness? That's like claiming "it was okay to steal the lawnmower your honour, it's not fair that I didn't have one"
i think you are totally confused about our discussion, but that's okay... you can view her being cut out of her inheritance because of her refusal to wear a hijab as greed...no problem to me...
