For the Muslim Community: No offense meant, but I have a question.?
90916
hi Tina.i am muslim and i want to thank you for being understanding person about Islam....muslim people like christians and jews..come from diffrent countries and diffrent coloer,culture,education....there are good and ofcourse there are bad.....we are humman like you,\nbut if you read the history of the Midell East ...and you see the current events now in it...may you will understand why we feel so angry and we are under attck...from the Westren Woarld...espcially USA the leader....so it will always USA to blame....of course that not right or fair...but what happen in the Middel East made a big mountains of hate and misunderstanding...
597212
I got the joke... it's not all bad.\n\nBut I don't know if it is such a good idea to joke about this. It may seem strange to us today that there should be ANY limit on free speech. But this is THE BOTTOM to push if one wish to engage a Muslim in a death dual.\n\nThe law of their religion is full of sins punishable by death. Not unlike our religion BTW. The difference is that, they still feel obligated to carry out that punishment.
369980
You are so right.  I need to see more Muslims (or any Muslims for that matter) stand up and make a noise against the atrocities you mention.  I am sick and tired of the childish attitude that I have seen where if you mention one of the crimes Muslims have committed they just point the finger back and say, "Well, look what you did!"  I'm sick of this.  I would like for them to say, "yes, we have a serious problem and I'm sick of it too!  We must stop the violence in our ranks."  But they do not stand up and say this.  It annoys me.
953618
In my opinion the answer is NO. But you better be careful saying anything about the muslims because it would seem that  yahoo dosen't like  it when you point out the obvious shortcomings of this group of people. I answered a question asking if anyone had ever heard an Arabic song? I had and on public t.v. but yahoo repremanded me for saying that I had because the song was very ...not nice..and sung by a little kindergarden girl. So be careful.
990463
How would you know that someone is a Muslim just by looking unless you happened to see them praying?\n\nIf you want to know what I think of Muslims, I have no opinion of the ordinary Muslim. They are people just like the rest of us. It's the fanatical ones who kill in the name of Islam that bother me.
1172752
At this moment in time, it is Politically Correct not to insult Islam for fear of alienating this section of the community.  What gets me is that this seems to make it open season on every other religion.  This is wrong!  Why, because in open debate you should be able to tear apart the base lines of anything in an argument (as long as its valid or be willing to accept that someone else may be right/you are wrong) without facing the threat of a suicide bomber trying to cosy up to you just so he can get to heaven and enjoy some virgins.
1181217
--->Is it impossible to get an actual answer?<---\n\nYes actually because you are overlaying a Christian/Western understanding of justification/salvation onto a foreign system.  You cannot do that!  The question is not "are you saved" for a Muslim but rather "are you Muslim?" and "are you being obedient to the Qu'ran/the will of Allah?"\n\nThere is really no need to think about "forgiveness" or being forgiven, just about being Muslim.\n\nThat is why the appeals of Protestant Christianity (which is the "are you forgiven" / "are you saved"....non-Protestant Christians don't ask the questions that way) tend not to work, because there is nothing to be forgiven about if you have. submitted to Islam.  The whole question just doesn't make sense and can be viewed as insulting to Muslims.\n\nYou have to find a different approach if you want to make any headway in a discussion with Muslims over Christianity vs. Islam.
707633
this is absolutly not truuueeeee...i m muslim n ihave muslims friends n i treat them very well cuz they r my brothers n sisters in Islam...but also i have non-muslims friends n i treat them in a very nice way cuz our religion is telling us to do sooo...it doesnt mean that cuz they r not muslims i should treat them bad...also it's a duty on me to treat muslims very good...
625730
I am Muslim, a convert from christianity. I understand fully, I have had the same problem. My mom is a christian and very pro-Israel. She knows that I am Muslim but she forbids me to wear a Hijab or openly practice my religion. She had threatened to kick me out of the house other times for how I vote in elections so, I don't debate my religion with her. I agree with what the others said here that it is those radicals that give us a bad name. But I also think it is because of just pure ignorance of the truth mostly this ignorance is spread by the media.  It even extends to just being Arab or supporting the Arabs. I am originally American but I think of myself as an Arabist. I was in 10th grade english and the teacher announced to the whole class that I was with the Arabs. I didn't expect that but maybe it was because the teacher was Jewish but the whole class looked at me and I thought that I was going to be beaten up by how some of the kids were looking at me. This was shortly after 9/11 too. But above it all, I found happiness, I am happily married to an Egyptian Muslim, and will be making the Hajj in November, Inshallah. Those cartoons were overly offensive and shows why there is still the whole rift between East and West. Regardless of what those people say or do, keep your head up high and never allow them to get to you. Their fate like everything else is in Allah's hands.
316986
well said, baryoshaa..\nI commend your feeling.\nBut, i asked this not to justify any of religion or to hurt any religion including Islam.\n\nbut... all of your statements about "Would it be fair to blame all Christians for what Adolfe Hitler did to the jews, and all those who refused to join christianity?" and so on.\n\nisn't that what most "muslim" in yahoo answers did? -notice i put quotation- (as a sign of trying not to generalize)\nI've seen that actions all the time done by many of the yahoo answers participants who claimed to be muslims..\n\neverytime any q start to argue about validity of islam, many of them always resort to "Christian BAD BAD BAD..."\ninstead of just genuinely answer the q.\nwhy they assume the asker is Christian?\n\nLike what you did...just now.\nIsn't it possible that the people who question them are kids or some ignorants who could very well be muslim (who doesn't do his homework in reading the Quran).
744504
Right now when people hear "Muslim" they instead think "terrorist."  I know better than this, but unfortunately, you're going to get a lot of ignorant answers to this question.\n\nThe Muslims I have known have been very loving, very sincere about their religion.  They behave very kindly towards others.  I notice two other things about them:  one is they tended to be a little more superstitious than I expected.  Another is that they tended to not hang out a lot with non-Muslims.  \n\nTake care
786913
I too have studied the Islamic faith and I must say some of it is very good indeed honesty dont eat before your neighbour to takes ones life is to take the life of all mankindetc. But pissing in your clothes etc is very very funny. Killing the infidel unless he pays you well that is laughable A muslims lets you live because you give him money . Whoops you leave the islamic following and you can be killed and the Muslim that does it  cannot be punished.
117216
if you were to check out Muslim History you would see that it started off as a religion of violence. Mohamed converted much of the areas of todays Islamic world through violence. I am  not saying that all Muslims are violent and radical, but i am saying that the majority are showing the true colors of their religion. I think it is right to stand up for what you believe but not with violence. "Actions speak louder than words." "Lately" you have just seen more of what this religion can be about (It condones 'Holy war' and suicide). For all of you moderate, nonviolent Muslims, I am sorry. I do not mean to include you in this.
1171079
assalamualaikum ! may ALLAH shower us and all mankind with Bountiful HIDAYAHS so that we can live a meaningful life in the sight of the ONE Creator ; ALLAH azzawajalla .\n\nI have noticed your ZEAL to protect ISLAM and it is a commendable act . by answering to questions posted by "insane islam" .\n\nthou as a brother to another brother , i like to remind my self while forwarding this TABLIGH to you and us all muslims that ALLAH is AL-MALIKUL HAQ-UL MUBIN . ALLAH is controling everything including our faith and may ALLAH protect me , you and all muslims and mu'mins from kufur . amin .\n\ni just don't think "insane islam" is paying any attention to the answers that was provided for his questions . again only ALLAH can help  us all from any cruelty that our enemy is inflicting us .
898968
heheheheehe! I can take a joke. your questions are very good Lo! I sincerely do not know what to tell you! infidel is such a strong word you know.....
210375
To be honest with you I don't know. I am not familiar with the religion. Would I discriminate against a muslim? No, I have no problem with people just because they don't share my beliefs.
1164056
Being Native American, I can assure you that it's not just Muslims and Aftro Americans who have been stepped on.\n\nI treat people the way they treat me. I know some Muslims and they have been great friends of mine. It really is sad that so many people remain ignorent and judge many by the actions of a few.\n\nGod bless you and your family.