Granted that the Muslim will respect your beliefs :)
2007-01-07 05:38:11 · 20 answers · asked by Jessi 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure. Why not?
2007-01-07 05:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by . 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Islam is not a very liberal religion, and I rather dislike the whole women being inferior bit. I think I could easily be a friend to someone who happened to be Muslim, but I couldn't build a friendship based on the atheism/ Islam contrast. I don't really think a Muslim could respect me being an atheist and still be Muslim. To respect atheism one must also respect the likelihood that you as a theist may be wrong about your own religious beliefs, and I've never met a theist who could do that.
2007-01-07 05:52:02 · answer #2 · answered by reverenceofme 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an Atheist...
This actually happened to me when I was deployed to Kosovo...(keep in mind that not all Serbs are Muslim and not all Albanians are non-Muslim). While on guard shift, I made friends with the 3 Albanians I worked with at the gate. Two of them were Muslim. The Muslim woman, after listening to what I thought about some issues, told me that I should be a Muslim, since some (I stress some) of what I thought agreed with what she thought the Koran says (everyone has their own 'interpretations'). The Muslim guy yelled at her, telling her to shut up and let people believe the way they see fit. I got them to both calm down on the matter...
Sometimes people say things that you would never expect...
Such as one of our Serbian translators who told me that if it were a perfect world, Kosovo would be part of the US, as a state, not a territory. I asked him whose point of view would that be and he told me his and that there were other Kosovars who felt the same. I still can't quite figure out why he would say that...
2007-01-07 06:03:12 · answer #3 · answered by MigukInUJB 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm an atheist and one of the men I respect most in my life (my academic advisor and a dear friend) is a Muslim. What does it matter? He and I get into it about spirituality all the time, and I need to respect his beliefs just as much as he needs to respect my lack of faith.
Atheists are the last people that should shun a friend for their arbitrary faith system.
*xors
2007-01-07 05:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by Curio 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't discriminate based on religion. As long as the person isn't a Fundie and is respectful of others, it doesn't matter what religion they follow. My best friend is a very religious Xian. We just don't talk about religion much.
2007-01-07 05:42:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am friends with a Muslim.
As for respecting my beliefs he thinks I'll go to hell and he's always trying to mock our mutual buddhist friend for worshipping statues.
2007-01-07 06:35:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. I have great respect for Muslims who are kind people. However, due to cruel treatment by many non-Muslims, I haven't met one yet who's not skittish about dealing with one of "us".
2007-01-07 05:41:51 · answer #7 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
many muslims i have met don't respect my disbelief in god
but i do have friends of every religion imaginable
because it's not about the religion, but the individual
2007-01-07 07:21:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course.
I wonder what people have been telling you that made you ask a question like this. It seems to reflect a misconception about atheists.
2007-01-07 05:48:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a Muslim and i have friends and family members who are atheists, Catholics, Hindus, Christians whats your point?
2007-01-07 05:45:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A "normal" Muslim yes but not one with radical views.
2007-01-07 05:40:33 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋