Will It Bother You If You Find Out That 1 of Your Close Friends Converted to Islam?

Question

just curious to know how the young ppl in America look 2 muslims now.

DO U have personal experiences with muslims u like 2 share?

do u really think that Islam only lasted that long by the power of sowrd?

Have u ever tried to read any unbiased book about islam?

Do most of the american ppl agree with Pat rebertson and Ann Coulter views about Muslims and ARABS in general?

Do u know the difference between an arab and a muslim?can u tell from thier looks????

please feel free to say whats on ur mind.

Answer 1

First, you can never tell who is a Muslim by their appearance. Most Muslims are NOT Arab, and some are as white as you and me. AND there are MANY ARAB CHRISTIANS.

I have many Muslim friends and I happen to enjoy their company. Most of them are very kind and generous and will do anything for you (including force feeding you as soon as you walk into their homes). I think that people need to realize that there is a far cry between Islam and Terrorism and that ignorance only makes the ones who believe they are the same look like bigots.

I have read many book on Islam, read the Quran... I have also read many books on Christianity, read the Bible... I have read books on many different religions because I think it is important to be armed with knowledge before you make a judgement about a persons faith.

As far as the sword, you would have to go back into the history of Islam and see the conditions that were the times. People are converting every day to Islam now, and they are not being pressured at all.

It is easy to dislike things you don't know or understand. I recommend that everyone visit the religious center of many different religions and talk to the people there (You would be amazed how wonderful a mosque is! Or how beautiful many churches can be! It just takes a few minutes to walk in and pay a visit and meet people of different faiths that you may have never had the opportunity to meet before!)

Answer 2

1.It wouldn't bother me at all if one of my friends converted to Islam.
2. I've met a few Muslims and they've always been nice people.I've lived most of my life in Kentucky and North Carolina. There are few Muslims to be found in either of those places.
3. I think Islam has lasted this long in the same way Christianity and Judaism has lasted this long; by the faith people have in God.
4. I've not read many unbiased books on Islam, but I have read parts of the Holy Qu'ran.
5. I don't agree with anything Pat Roberson says. I don't think his views are that of most Americans.
6. Yes, I do know the difference between an Arab and a Muslim. An Arab is from Arabia...and a Muslim can be anyone from anywhere. Islam is a religion not a region. Muslims are not limited to just being Arabs.

I have no prejudice against anyone from the Middle East nor anyone that is Muslim. Unlike many people, I know how to separate the bad members of a group from the whole.

Answer 3

I'm 16, and I wouldn't care one way or another if one of my friends converted to Islam.

Although most terrorists are Muslim, most Muslims aren't terrorists, so I believe it's wrong to label all Muslims as terrorists.

The only Muslim (who I know was Muslim) was a foreign-exchange student at my high school last year. She was really nice, and really smart.

No, Islam has lasted for so long because there is something about it that draws Muslims to it. Without that element, any religion, Islam included, would fail.

Yes, I've read parts of the Qur'an. I don't know if this fits the description of "unbiased" about Islam, because it's pro-Islam. But if more people in the Western world would read the Qur'an, it would clarify many common misconceptions about Islam.

I don't know what Ann Coulter and Pat Robertson have said about Muslims, but given the things that Pat Robertson has said in the past, it's just a waste of time to even listen to him, much less believe what he says.

There's a very slim difference between an Arab and a Muslim, because most Arabs are Muslim. The difference is that being Arab is an ethnicity, while being Muslim is a religious belief. I don't know if I could tell from just their looks. I would be able to tell by their looks, in addition to their accent, and what they told me about their religious beliefs.

Answer 4

If it gave my friend a sense of peace, purpose and direction in life I would be thrilled for her. Islam is not about violence, fanaticism is. I think ignorance breeds fear. People need to take the time to familiarize themselves with this religion. Re Roberts and Coulter, are they not christian fanatics in the sense that they promote a war between religious sects where people are killed? You will find good and bad, yin and yang in everything. The way you process that information depends on what side your on.

Answer 5

I am a Muslim, so i can't fully answer your question. But i'm a Muslim but i'm Australian, i don't wear a hijab because i don't believe in it (but i respect it) and a lot of my friends (infact alot) are non muslims. I've never really been discriminated against because of my religion as i look like everyone else, but my friends do give me wondering looks when news of terrorism in the name of Islam hits and i have to explain that this is not Islam, and they are not Muslims. But i feel that them having me as a friend has given them a better, non-ignorant understanding of Islam and having them as my friends has given me a better, non-ignorant understanding of non-Muslims. Not all Muslims are Arabs and it bothers me when people refer to Western v Islamic culture as i am western in nationality and culture but just happen to be Muslim. religion and culture are two different things, they don't have to be dependent on each other. Infact i find that most so called Islamic nations are the worst at practising their religion and use it to support out-dated, oppressive traditions, that are really un-Islamic. While on the other hand the western world is far more compatible with the values of Islam (religious tolerance- "you have your religion and i have mine", equal rights for women, the value of being educated, tolerance for other people, no extremism or violence but a social and personal quest for peace) than most of the so-called Islamic States. Except in one area.....the sexual objectification of women due to all the plastic surgery, need to impress a man, Paris Hilton wannabes, strippers, value of a woman placed in how she looks, how skinny she is, how tanned she is, how big her breasts or butt are but not what says and knows. This is very much part of our western culture, but i say OUR because once again you can be Muslim and from the west and you are just as responsible for these things existing in your culture as the non-Muslim.
P.S Islam was not spread by the sword, esp in comparison to Christianity....the Crusades, Inquisition, Colonialism, ancient Rome, witch hunts and trials etc. Yes they may have been rare pockets but generally it was spread by the word and people who practised other religions were free to do so. What is going on today is unacceptable and a case of religion being used as a mask for politics.

Answer 6

I am a white American of predominantly German descent. I grew up in a poor Catholic family in West Virginia. I attended university on scholarship, but flunked out, and went back later to graduate after earning my tuition and fees unaided.

I am a Muslim, alhamdulillah.

I am the only Muslim I know, in real life.

Answer 7

Let people worship who and where they will.
An Arab can choose to worship as he wishes in most any country except their own. In an Arab country and some others, (like Communist China) if you do not worship what the Muslim or communist leaders dictate, you die a violent death.

Answer 8

NO.

I once had a muslim karate instructor, very nice.

I also had an Islmaic friend, he talked about his hatred for Islamic Radicalists and how he was discriminated for his religion.

Answer 9

properly sorry yet that jobs been taken via the taliban who apparently love blowing up harmless human beings in markets at syria and afghanistan. i think of theyre suffering sufficient precise now. So cool down. properly tbh i think of precise now islam hate the taliban better than christians precise now or atheists.

Answer 10

mm..y shud it anyways ...y do u have this perception tht all muslim are bad?basically islam is a peaceful religion ,,,yet some go to extremes...it is a good religion .