For Americans.....Honestly...What will be your first impression when ........................?

Question

Honestly...What will be your first impression when someone introduces himself to you and says my name is Mohamed or Ossama?

And do you think you can tolerate other cultures or not?

Yaz...Thank you for the numerous facts and information you gave in your answer and I wished to give you the best answer , but although it seemed a great answer it is realy far from the question I asked.I only wanted the impression of meeting someone different than your culture!

Thank you very much for your time and for the great work.

I had many great answers and I found it realy hard to choose a best answer....Thank you every one for the great answers and I think I have to put the question to vote.

Thank you everyone again.

Answer 1

We tolerate other cultures all the time.

Muslims are free to worship, demonstrate openly, preach openly, and even openly convert people into Islam here.

How much more tolerant than that can we be?

When will Christians be given the same rights in Muslim countries?

Peace!

Answer 2

I don't have a problem with anyone based on their names or cultures or how they look, my problem comes when there is a communication problem and neither of us can properly understand what the other is saying.

If you come to America or have a job where you have to deal with a person who's only language is English, then I believe you should learn how to speak and understand it more fluently.

My doctors are not from America but they did learn the native language well enough that there is not a problem communicating with their patients.

Answer 3

Sure pal. One of my instructors is muslim, and we agree professionally, and dont let the other crap get in the way. And my girlfriends half brother is Iranian, and we havent had any problems getting along. My problem is with the muslim ( or nay other group for that matter) who uses religion as an excuse to kill innocent women and children, or who try to force their views on everyone else. I'm a Christian. I dint tell the muslims they should convert, and I dont appreciate radical muslims telling me i need to convert or else. I'll tolerate the ones that can be tolerated, but the ones who want to get pushy can get pushed right back.

Answer 4

Where I live, almost all the doctor's around my area, aren't from the US. Other cultures run gas stations (not to be funny, its true), they sell jewerly, and they are very nice people. Not everybody from the middle-east is a terorist. I do business form a lot of people from the middle-east. I dont believe they are terrorists.

Answer 5

It does not bother me. I feel I must be meeting someone who is a Muslim and someone I may learn something from, and enjoy.

I love other cultures--especially ones from the Mediterranean and Mid-east. I seem to be drawn to them. This is where the people are from where I go to Synagogue. They are great people!

Answer 6

My fist impression will be that I am meeting another human. The guy that runs the convenience store is Adfat. Nice guy too. When they lived in NYC, my parents apartment was considered the UN by my brothers friends. Hell, we has it all there and everyone was welcome. We had some pretty heavy discussions on occasion.

Answer 7

normal as long as he does not look like ossama the one on tv or mohamed the one on tv. i don't have to jude becasuse many people have the same name with them

Answer 8

you know i'm little tired of this 'stereotype' imposed by eurotrashers.

it's a name... so f'ing what.

where i live there's a huge mix of races and culture... it's like that almost all over the states.

the only one's who have a problem with it are those who believe in any of this are foreigners who have a bee up their bonnet about americans.

Answer 9

My doctor is Mohamed! And I trust him with my health! I think it's worse being a Juan or Pablo.

Answer 10

No one should judge people according to their name!

NewCatholic: non-Muslims under Islamic Shari`ah do possess special rights irrespective of whether they constitute a minority or a majority. Islam makes it clear that Muslims are not allowed under any circumstances to burn holy places or books of non-Muslims or to abuse them.

It was in 622 AC, that Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, introduced the Charter of Madinah, which in fact was the first ever written constitution in the history of mankind. It gave the people the right of protection, security, peace and justice; not only to Muslims, but also to the Jews who lived in the City of Madinah, as well as the allies of Jews who were non-Muslims. It recognized Jews as a separate political and ethnic minority, and allowed them to practice their religion quite freely. In fact, Jews were considered on an equal bases as Muslims under the Islamic State.

One right in particular is the freedom of religion. There is sometimes a misunderstood view, that if any non-Muslim lives under the rule of Islam, he/she would be curtailed in their religious freedom. There is no compulsion in Islam to accept Islam as your faith. It is a misconception to say that Islam is spread by the sword, with forced conversions. That never took place.

The Jews were given a free hand to practice their faith. The interesting right that the Jews and the Christians were given because they were the main minority living under the Islamic state, was their right to have a holiday, the Jews on a Saturday, and the Christians on a Sunday. Interestingly enough, in many Western countries, up till now, Muslims are still struggling to have Friday as their public holiday. Only what they are given now in some Western countries is just an extra hour for lunch so that they can partake in their obligatory Friday Prayer. But under an Islamic state, Shariah stipulates that if a Jewish person or a Christian person wishes to have a holiday, to have time off on their particular religious day, they should be given that.


There also exist the rights of non-Muslim minorities. They would be protected from any external threat from any other nation. But perhaps more importantly for them, they would be protected from more internal threat, persecution and prejudice.

In most Western countries, whatever the law of the land is must be followed without any recognition to one's personal beliefs. However, an Islamic state is much more flexible in this. Non-Muslim minorities, in certain matters of personal law, such as marriage, divorce, inheritance would be able to implement their own religious laws and would not be subject to Shari`ah-law.

Another interesting fact in Islamic history is that although Muslims are prohibited from entering into manufacturing, selling and consuming alcohol, whereas the ruling is not the same with non-Muslim. If there was a non-Muslim minority in an Islamic state who wish to do so, and do not involve Muslims, they would actually be given this right.

This points out that the concept of human rights in Islam has often been given a much negative view. I would urge all readers, Muslims or non-Muslims, to study the concept of human rights in Islam. To research that Islam is in fact not the violator of human rights but rather the champion of it."

while Muslim Personal Law is not recognized in the West, the Personal Law of non-Muslim minorities has always been recognized in the Muslim world. Second, while throughout Europe and America, Muslims are not permitted to make the call to prayer (adhan) on loud speakers, church bells ring freely in the Muslim world. Third, the wide spread of anti-Islamic prejudice in the Western media is both a cause and a consequence of the underlying intolerance. Fourth, hate crimes are a fact of life in the West. As just one small indication, nearly two-dozen incidents of vandalism have taken place against Mosques in the peaceful USA during the last seven years, not to mention hundreds of attacks against individuals.

To simply kill anyone who chooses to follow a religion other than Islam is against the fundamental teachings of the Qur’an. Freedom of conscience is a fundamental principle of the Qur’an that is clearly stated in many Qur'anic verses