uaekid wrote:Why a Jew can grow his beard in order to practice his faith?
But when Muslim does the same, he is an extremist and terrorist?!
Why a nun can be covered head to toe in order to devote herself to God...
But when Muslimah does the same she 'oppressed' ?!
When a western women stays a home to look after her house and kids she is respected because of sacrificing herself and doing good for the household?
But when a Muslim woman does so by her will, they say, 'she needs to be liberated' ?
Any girl can go to university wearing what she wills and have her rights and freedom
But when Muslimah wears a Hijab they prevent her from entering her university?!
When a Child dedicates himself to a subject he has potential
But when he dedicates himself to Islam he is hopeless ?!
When a Christian or a Jew kills someone, religion is not mentioned!
But when a Muslim is charged with a crime, it is Islam that goes to trial ?!
When someone sacrifices himself to keep others alive, he is noble and all respect him ...
But when a Palestinian does that to save his son from being killed, his brother's arm being broken, his mother being raped, his home being destroyed, and his masjid being violated -- He gets the title of a terrorist
is it the media ?
is it all political ?
or is it you who can't think individually anymore ?
I can't believe that I am feeding the troll, but this thread irritates me. Do you really feel so sorry for yourselves as Muslims? These points made by uaekid, from some cut and paste email likely, are so full of crap.
1. Who says that a beard makes someone a terrorist? I don't think the average person walking on the street thinks so. There are plenty of Muslim guys walking around with beards in Canada, and they aren't being attacked, beaten, arrested, put in internment camps because they are a perceived threat. If you want to blame the religious profiling taking place at airports etc., blame the terrorists that have attacked and murdered people. Arab or Muslim/looking people with beards and other signs of their faith are going to be singled out for questioning in certain places. That is a fact of life now, courtesy of Al Qaeda and other Islamic radical groups. I'm sure it is terrible to be suspiciously treated and held up when travelling. I can sympathize.
2. Nuns are only a small percentage of the religious population, whereas many Muslim women are covering. Covering is not part of day to day dress for Christians in Christian countries. I don't think many people care about covering hair, but for a woman to cover her whole face so that no one can see who she is, and communicate properly with her, is just a completely foreign concept to people who don't trust when they can't see someone's face. Are others not allowed their cultural norms too?
3. Some working women who don't have families think that all women who choose to stay home with kids need liberating, regardless of their religion. No one else cares if a woman stays home or not and what her religion is. Get real!
4. In those universities where they ban hijab, they also ban the wearing of other religious symbols, so tell the whole story. The purpose is to put everyone on an equal footing and try to protect groups from being singled out according to their faith. I don't agree this needs to be done, but so far only France is doing this is, not any other country. Even then, one or two countries hardly makes the whole rest of the world guilty.
5. Dedicating yourself to Islam for what? A career? Who thinks it is bad for someone to study to be a Imam, Priest, Minister or whatever religious leader who will lead a place of worship? No one, because it is a perfectly respectable career. I know lots of people who have devoted a lot of their personal time to religious study (in many faiths) and no one thinks they are hopeless, except maybe the atheists, but they are a minority. So again, what on earth are you talking about?
6. When a Christian or Jew commits a crime it isn't mentioned? What do you mean? What country/countries are you talking about? In my country (Canada) the newspaper reports that you as an individual has been arrested, not your race, religion etc. Anyone who commits a crime goes to court and jail if sentenced. Again, it isn't only Muslims filling courts and jails! (In the US, do you want to talk about how many blacks and hispanics are in jail? I think they'd be pretty pissed at Muslims whinging about their treatment in the justice system.)
7. Your last point is pretty much the only valid one on the list. It sickens me when some people believe that any acts of self-defense by Palestinians are acts of terror. However, while some of their actions have been to protect their families, other actions, like sending mortars and rockets into civilians areas in Israel, do qualify as acts of terror. (But it isn't all Palestinians doing it.)
Please people, stop circulating such stereotypical, self-pitying bullcrap. Be proud that you are Muslim because it is just as great a religion as any other, and most Muslims are peace-loving and kind people, as are those of other religions. All groups of people have some biases about religions and cultures that are foreign to their own, including Muslims. If some of you want to keep encouraging an "us" vs "them" mentality go ahead, but it does nothing to help people understand each other and create more tolerance.