Why is it, when I speak of what we as muslim women do in "islamic" countries, people like to spout "go live there and then say that". WHy is it when in that very same question when I state we did this in those countries and nothing happened to us, the people ignore that? When I was visiting Pakistan, and even lived there for months at a time, I had the same freedom of speech I use in the US. I refused to participate in many traditions that were not islamic, and stated that as my reason as well, and nothing happened to me. I was invited to dance many times at the weddings, but refused and said in front of everyone "no, because I am a muslim woman, and I am not about to dance where men can see me". I went shopping, with just the other women and no men, many times, even in Quetta.
Why do people want to ignore the facts and believe what the media shows them, of a desert and people dressed in rags? Most muslims are not living like that, so why keep using the stereotype?
2007-06-14 11:29:33 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Allah has said in the Holy Quran, (I think in Surah Baqarah but am not really sure..) that "they see but they see not, they hear but they hear not"
I think these were the people Allah was referring to.
It is just that people want to believe so much against Islam that they r not ready to even hear the truth any longer. Because they are afraid, for if they hear the truth and then accept it, their power might go from them. For eg. look at George W. Bush. He has almost all his powers fighting all those poor people in Iraq and Afghanistan. N people like him have trained their citizens not to believe the truth........
I think u r gettting my point.
2007-06-14 16:23:46 · answer #1 · answered by Knowledge Seeker 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Why are Islamic countries so dead-set against freedom of speech? Go and buy a Cosmo in the UAE and you'll see that about half of it will be censored out. Same with tv, nothing "un-Islamic" is allowed to be broadcast. Does Islam strike you as being a religion of thought-control?
2016-05-20 22:14:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right in some ways, and I appreciate that. In other ways, you're extremely wrong.
While people here do seem to have a ridiculous perspective on Muslim countries when it comes to behavior, in terms of freedom of speech (public freedom of speech, and press freedom), most Muslim countries are pretty severe.
Even in Morocco, considered one of, if not the most liberal Muslim country (no Shari'a, King's wife doesn't wear hijab, laws that give women more freedom than Islam does), there is very little press freedom. In Egypt, bloggers are being jailed for writing on the internet - same in Iran, Tunisia, Bangladesh.
So, while you're right that Muslim countries are modern, people have cell phones and go shopping - people do NOT have the same freedoms as you do to speak what's on their mind. Instead of denying that, why not fight against it if you have ties in Pakistan?
2007-06-15 01:27:44 · answer #3 · answered by nomadic 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It's a 2-way street isn't it. Seems that being human makes us doubt and criticize what we don't completely understand.
The media is a powerful tool and a lucrative one as well. If you want to read a good book, read "Culture of Fear" by Barry Glassner.
Just imagine how much money the convenience stores made when there was that anthrax scare and everyone was being told to run out and buy plastic sheets and duct tape. haha
2007-06-14 11:37:06 · answer #4 · answered by Mike Miguel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why as a muslim women are you not wanting to dance where men can see you when you have clearly posted a picture of yourself, or some scantily dressed female, as your avatar on the internet where men all over the world can see you....
I am not dissing you or your religion, it just seems odd that you would do such a thing and then make a statement like that...
People tend to believe what is fed to them...all religions follow that tenet...and it is easy to believe what the media feeds them when they see pictures of females being stoned to death for falling in love with someone their families don't approve of...indeed a father and uncle have just been convicted of an honour killing here in the UK.
Hmmmm...thumbs down for speaking the truth as I see it, which, after all is what freedom of speech is all about,...and you have changed your avatar....maybe my comments struck a raw nerve somewhere with someone!
2007-06-14 11:37:03 · answer #5 · answered by sarch_uk 7 · 1⤊ 4⤋
I live in a muslim country and have no freedom denied to me here. I live the same here as I did in the USA.
By the way, I also wonder about your not dancing and such but then showing a picture of yourself naked here.
2007-06-14 12:54:26 · answer #6 · answered by ~~∞§arah T∞©~~ 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
What would they do if you said you were going to become a christian or (probably much worse according to the Koran's teaching) a hindu ?
The "no compulsion in religion" advert presented to the world might not match reality methinks.
2007-06-14 11:37:50 · answer #7 · answered by Cader and Glyder scrambler 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
It's very easy for people to keep stereotypes ... it's not so easy for those same people to admit that they are wrong.
2007-06-14 11:35:19 · answer #8 · answered by Done Cryin' 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋