Do Muslims feel welcome on Mylot?

This is a fantastic answer, and great mylot practice on your part. I wish I could limit myself to such discussions, but I feel the need to defend those that people keep making a villain of, because it just doesn't seem right to generalize the way some narrow-minded people tend to.

Sometimes being a defender becomes difficult, I have found. When very new here I found lots of discussions about all the people from this country or that country being thieves and cheaters. I did not believe it and said so. People told me to stay out of their discussions because I am ignorant. I believe that the moderates generally persists and remain while the bigots foam at the mouth and wind themselves up into nothingness. At least I know that I am still here, and the others that were in that discussion left.There are too many interesting things to discuss for me to waste my time slamming someone.

Something with time offline I have learned that defending for me only leads to my disappointment, so I tried really hard to stay out of such discussions offline and online as I have enough negativity in my life where I have learned that the only one in the end that gets hurt is me. So something I do even online is hope that people can get along and if not I try really hard not to involve myself as those people move on to make others miserable and well I try to live in peace and hope that someday people will some how come around and if not well I simply just try to live in peace.

Yes. I know about uminoor. I also have become friends, and respond to some discussion. And you're absolutely right of Muslims, are very welcome in MyLot. I really feel it.

I really appreciate your commenting. I think what it boils down to is there are fanatics who do things in the name of their faith in every single religion.

@indahfth: Do you know Madam UmiNoor? The Bukisa writer and earner here in MyLot? She's a muslim too like you. I saw in her avatar she's also wearing a cloth in her head just like yours. She's very welcome here in MyLot and we love chatting with her because she's shares a lot of good online money making ideas. That shows muslims are welcome here!

Agreed - terrorists are terrorists. What did mylot admin do? I may have missed that? I was offline for a few months.

I think the same can be said for all religions. We have people here who commit disgusting crimes because God told them to, but no one treats Christians the way we ostracize Muslims.

Terrorist are simply people who are brainwashed into believing something that is not true, and that makes dangerous and hard to convince. Terrorist take Islam as a reason for the activities they do, and they take the religion so wrongly. I despise them for putting other Muslim people into danger.

I am in Kansas, heart of our country. I do not believe that any one religion should put its mark on public places. If this year they said we could have prayer in schools, it would need to mean Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Hindu prayer as well. I do not think anyone needs to disrupt the classroom by their prayer postures and requirements, so I am content with the idea that no one can keep me from praying silently at my desk. I would hope other faiths would do that as well.

This is a fair answer, and I appreciate your being so earnest and open about it. I am not sure where you reside, but in the states, we have a current bout of Islamophobia going on, and spreading like wildfire. It has become so bad and so intricate, that it has trickled into the most subtle portions of life. It brings me great sadness.

Some people think its true, which is the sad part. I don't know how the machine started, but somewhere, the Muslims/Arabs, or anyone even similar in appearance got tagged with the word "terrorist", and I can't explain why, or how, or how to stop it. This thread gives me confidence, seeing so many Muslims and friends of Muslims give great comments.

I guess I am referring to the outright comments that suggest we need to profile against Muslims, because the most recent publicized terrorist plots were all attempted by Muslims. We hide behind our anonymity here, and while we don't normally ask one another, imagine being a Muslim reading so many hateful comments. I really hope we haven't turned into that kind of person. The proverbial hater.

The avatar example was a really good analogy.

I thought about this, and I see your point. I am an atheist, and was brought up in Catholic school, so I completely disinherited that teaching. It actually sickens me, and I am quite vocal about it. But that is my view on the matter. Muslims have people who are very misinformed hating them, just because they are different than all of us. They have media sources saying to fear them on airplanes. I think that is where my anger lies. The vast amount of people hating them just to hate someone and because of unreasoned fear mongering, and the media propagating the hate, and quieting down random murders done by white or Christian people, and making a huge stink about those done by Muslims. It seems very slanted, and unfair, and biased.

Very cool. One of the things I like best about mylot is that we get to know each other by their words and beliefs, prior to knowing what they look like. It feels refreshing to be able to befriend people and learn from them.

Agreed!

Great point. And good happy thoughts.

This is the problem, the fundamentalism of 'Shariah' Law, when it is used as a tool for political and power gains. Shariah law as in true Islam is based on the basic tenet of Islam, PEACE, and LOVE. There is room for flexibility and mercy, and indeed it is encouraged to be applied. But unfortunately, in many countries the teachings of Islam are applied so babarically and ruthlessly that it makes Islam look bad when Islam itself does not promote this. Lets take women for example - Shariah Law only requires a head covering and covering of her bosom - nothing more. Men passing women, should keep their eyes down. Men and women are generally equal. In marriage, the man is only in authority as far as he is responsible for the families well being. But a woman is permitted to work, but she does not have to provide from her earnings to her family. In Islam, men and women in marriage are garments for each other, protecting each other from harm. Any woman who is raped in Islam is not shunned by the true Muslim as in the Quran, rather she is consolidated and counselled. Moreover, the rapist is the one who under Shariah Law, is guilty of grave sin and be stoned. Women in Shariah are supposed to be given the high status of been well looked after and adorned. She is the beauty of life which is cherished, not property or cattle which can be abused at the pleasure of the male. Unfortunately, many Arab countries, whilst implementing 'Shariah' have only nitpicked fundamentals and interpreted them in a very callous way. This is not Islam. For example, where in Islam are they not permitted to drive? Why do Saudis insist on this? The Taliban and their ruthless enforcement of full cover purdah and the male is superior policy - totally un-Islamic. Thieving - many people misinterpret the cutting of the hand. This is a deterrent more than anything, and not to enforced at a suspicion of theft. Unless people read the Quran, and look at many areas, such as the beautiful rights of women, only then will they see that many aspects of Shariah as applied by some Arabs are not just or correct in Islam at all. This is how to understand the Islamic faith better - the Quran.

Its not tangled to me because Islam applies to logic. i will seek those who are more knowledgeable to slove some matters but the results is always satisfactory to me. On 'confession and repent' No there is no option if a Mulsim chooses the path to paradise. He is acccountable for his sins to be cleansed according to how sinful he is. Unless Allah alone sees he/she fit to bypass the hell fires, then he/she is allowed to 'escape'. I do not mean to offend also but to cleanse the soul by confession and repenting alone does not seem logical to me. What if a Christian chooses to commit a crime and he so happens to escape punishment on earth. If he is to confess and repent, is he able to enter paradise? What if he chooses to commit crime again? On 'major oppression' Again I think these people are over zealous. To me, to keep and open mind is the way to learn and enrich my life as a Muslim. On 'arranged marriages'

If you mean in Singapore, I beleive there are no arranged marriages here but by Islamic context, if the parents want to choose their childrens marriage partners, the children have to be agreeable to whom they are to marry. On 'Jihad missions' I have no answer for this. I think that people on Jihad missions are driven by hate and they have allowed themselves to misinterprete basic Islamic laws. I cannot paste a link yet, in case it doesnt lead to the site, look up mylotter Gordana 's profile to get the link to Quran. http://www.e-quran.com http://www.e-quran.com/language/index.html To me the best way to clarify Islamic faith and Sharia laws is to get from a good Muslim. In my country there is the Muslim converts association. Perhaps you can find something similar to that. Even for me, it is important to get the right source on Islam. Islamic laws seem barbaric because sometimes we do not see the reason behind them. Loke I have mentioned earlier the level of 'barbaric-ness' is proportional to the crimes committed. Maybe adultery does not seem serious to some but Islamic Laws seem to symphatize with the one who is cheated on. On your question of Muslim women being covered from head to toe, i thought of Christians nuns in their habits. Before I explain, can you tell me why Christian nuns are dressed as such? I have some ideas to why they are dressed like that but just to be sure, can you tell me first? thank you.

I fully agree with you. My question was to find out when reading people's perceptions of them, do they feel like there is yet another place polluting the public with more false accusations? It must be so hard waking up to constant negativity.

I am very happy to see so many people comment in support of Muslims, and all religions, and happy to see Muslims commenting, too, and answering some questions I have. I may have missed some of the terrorism discussions because I started here long after 9/11. I hope that more people speak out about profiling terrorists. The ones that have gotten most publicity lately have fallen in the Muslim category, which only fuels prejudices further.

I meant, more or less, do they feel welcome? There are a lot of people who don't understand their faith, and make some pretty bad comments about Muslims in general. This thread has restored my confidence in people treating each other right.

Thank you for the warm welcome and response.

Thanks for your comment. :-)

It's a great point of view. Thanks for taking the time to post!

Can you elaborate? And explain the correlation between your comment and the question?