Do Muslims make good neigbors?
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Better neighbors than Christians...\n\nChristians will try to ban you from watching certain tv shows, stop you from reading some books, prevent you from buying some albums, and from having control over your own body.
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in my personal experience, Muslims get along with Catholics very well.  I have found Catholics to be polite, kind, well behaved and well natured.  They don't have hate in their eyes or condemnation for my faith in Islam.\n\nThat is also true what Allah says of the Christians in general:\n\n"and nearest among them in love to the believers wilt thou find those who say, 'we are Christians'.  Because amongst these are men devoted to learning and men who have renounced the world, and they are not arrogant."  (Sura 5:85)\n\nAs a religion, beleive it or not, Islam would find many things in common with JUDAISM\n\n:)\n\nJazakallah khair sister.
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Do Muslims remain misfits in western society? I am not at all sure that they do. Sure there are some Muslims who do not seem to like western culture and values, but can this be applied to the whole of the Muslim world? I don't think so. Many, many Muslims live and enjoy their lives in the west. In our society they are free to worship as they please and live their lives as they wish. This is a strength of our western culture that I believe most Muslims thoroughly appreciate. Yes there have been people who claim to be Muslims who flew planes in to the World Trade Centre, planted bombs on packed Spanish commuter trains and blew up London tube trains and buses, but these are a twisted minority and do not represent the vast majority of peaceful law abiding Muslims living in our midst. It is my understanding that the holy Qu'ran instructs Muslims how they should conduct themselves when living in foreign countries and I think most adhere to this teaching. Only learning and knowledge of each other and our different beliefs will conquer ignorance. Don't give in to ignorance. That is truly a sin.
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I doubt that is the case. There are hundreds of thousands of Muslims living in America (which is  a "non-Muslim" country...i'm not really sure what you mean by that)!
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yes and no.\n\nyes, they are allowed in that theirs no rules against it.\nNo, in that i would suggest trying it if your interests lie outside joining the Muslim faith.
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some beautiful inspiring muslims...\n\n\nROB WICKS\n\n[In the following article, "NOI" refers to the Nation of Islam, which in spite of its name, is a group far removed from Islam. -Ed.] \n\nI grew up Baptist, in a family of ministers, in rural Mississippi. I went to college at Morehouse College in Atlanta, so I was exposed to the NOI, but I had the good fortune to become friends with an orthodox Muslim who explained to me the difference between NOI and Islam, and the lack of knowledge most NOI have of true Islam. Later, after I left school and began working, I got an internet account, and started to study some of the religions of the world. I had never really been a particularly religious person, due to my somewhat scientific nature. I always insist on proof. I started to delve deeper into Christianity, and studied it intently on the Web. I was somewhat disdained however by some inconsistencies in the Bible. I principally was troubled by the Trinity, though. I just did not see it. The one passage I saw as being most supportive (1 John 5:7) was partially forged. When I read Mathew 19:16-17, and Jesus (pbuh) says "Why callest thou me good?, it was clear to me that he was saying that he was not good, and only God was. But most of the Christians seemed to think Jesus was being tongue-in-cheek at this point. I found that I would have to be dishonest to accept this. \n\nThen fortune? smiled upon me. I hit a deer in my car. It was out of service for almost a month. During that time, I was unemployed, but had saved money, so I could live (I also have two roommates). I still had my internet account, and I decided to study more. After I had studied the Biblical contradictions, in addition to the inherent idolatry and unscriptural nature of the Trinity, along with other things, I rejected Christianity as a religion. Even Jesus did not seem to teach it, he taught belief in God. I went a time without any religion, thinking maybe it was all a sham. I have a friend who is in the 5% NOI, and I saw how much he hated religion, and I decided that I did not want to be like that. I believe that God kept my mind open and my heart from hardening against Him, and I studied Islam. Everything just seemed to fit: a reasoned faith which was very prayerful to keep us on the straight path, yet did not disdain acquisition of knowledge (the preachers back home loved to rail against education, as if ignorance is preferred by God). Islam seemed to be made for me. A good Muslim was the exact sort of person I aspired to be. After another month of study and prayer, I decided that if Muhammad (pbuh) was not a prophet, then there had never been prophets in the first place. The moment of decision came one night when I was reading the Qur'an and I read 21:30, and I read of God expanding his creation. Now, I almost became an astronomer at one point, and I still am interested, and these verses hit me like a sledgehammer. I became fearful of God, and wanted to worship him better.\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------\nCeline \n\nSalam Alekhum. \n\nI became Muslim almost three years ago, right after Ramadan in between the two Eids. \n\nMy spiritual search lasted over thirty years. I was born a Catholic and found many things I did not agree with: I believe in Jesus, but did not believe that he was the son of God, nor that he was God. I concluded on my own that he was a rabbi, since he was a learned Jew and a teacher. Because of this I went and studied under rabbis and learnt the Tanakh, the Torah and some of the laws of Judaism. I learnt the Kosher laws and the proper way of cooking, and the rules of being a woman. It became natural that men and women prayed separated as the women were together. Though Judaism was not the answer for me, I gained an understanding of its religious and spiritual ways. \n\nI then looked into women spirituality but found that it was lacking something, it was not always monotheistic in practice becau
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Yes.. I have read the Koran, I have chatted with some of the OK muslims, and yes I understand that there are a few good ones.  But the bad ones outweigh the good ones.  Their Koran does include the verses about killing, raping, and was written by a pedofile.  No one can deny this.  What is the big deal of trying to convince us that there are not a lot of bad ones out there.  Hitler did a lot of bad things and there were a lot of bad Germans at that time, but not all were with Hitler.  So what is the point??  You are trying to whitewash Islam and it can't be done.  Leave the good ones alone and let them be good.  They really should seperate themselves from the rest of Islam.  The peaceful Muslims should invent another name and go ahead with that and let the bad ones go their way.  If the peaceful Muslims continue to associate themselves with the bad ones then they will all be colored with the same brush.  The things that they do, cutting off hands, feet, taking out eyes for Islamic legal punishment.  There is no denying this.  Muslims dis-assocaite yourselves with these folks!  Become western muslims or something like that.\nLast year they discovered TWO Islamic terrorists cells in Lodi CA in the mosques there, how many times have you read that about the Baptists??  Give me a break, dis-associate.\nWHY DON'T THE MUSLIMS PROTEST IRAN GETTING NUKES?? They are silent.  \nWHY DON'T THE MUSLIMS PROTEST. OSAMA BIN LADEN??  They are silent.\nWHY DON'T THE MUSLIMS GO BACK AND FIGHT TO HAVE PEACE IN THEIR LAND?  They are not there.\nI am not talking about the ones in Iraq that are trying to do the right thing, I am talking about the ones safe and secure in the US complaining.
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Not a problem, the vast majority of Moslems are hardworking and peaceful.\n\nAs usual, it's just a minority of loud mouthed idiots who give the majority a bad name.\n\nUnfortunately, the right wing press try to whip up anti immigrant hysteria, but most people know better than to believe it.
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It depends on their mentallity.Those muslims, who loves his nation more than his religion,will support India in these cases.Otherwise they will not support India.
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Not a Muslim, but I've seen the impersonation before, and it is usually so transparent.  I "called" someone on it just the other night, telling them I didn't believe they were Muslim, rather impersonating one to try and give Muslims a bad name.\n\nThanks for the tips!
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A very good question. I'd also like to hear answers to this from Muslims, PLEASE.
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For me, living in the US as a muslim, I think it's pretty easy. In all my 15 years of living here, I honestly haven't met one person who discriminates, hates, or just doesn't like me because I am muslim. It's just the media and a couple of uninformed people that try to scare you about us muslims. Yes, there are some bad people out there that do bad things and call themselves muslims, but every religion has it's goods and bads. Take christianity for example, priests molesting children, Jews bombing Palestinians, Muslims flying planes into buildings, theres just good and bad in EVERY religion. Oh boy, I've gone off topic again, haven't I?
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I have mixed feelings about Islam to be perfectly honest.  I think it has the potential to be a great religion, but its followers have some things they need to work out.  It is a fact that there is terrorism among Muslims, and this is a major problem.  It is a fact that there is a lot of hatred of Jews among Muslims, and this is very wrong.  But it does not have to be that way.  There are wonderful Muslims who are peaceful and loving.  I just wish there were more of the good ones and less of the bad ones, and I wish that the Qur'an and Hadith were easier to interpret in a peaceful manner.  The fact is, there are verses in the Qur'an and Hadith that seem to me to support violence, if one wishes to seek support for violence.  I think this is problematic.  It can be solved, because the same thing is true of some other religions but they do not interpret the violent verses of their scriptures in a violent way.  They have reinterpreted them with an eye to peace.\n\nI have studied Islam a little.  I have talked to Muslims, read the Qur'an with some commentary and Hadith (al-bukhari), and I have read a few books on Islam, by both Muslims and non-Muslims.
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No, I've been very lucky. If anything, once people know more about my religion after I explain things to them, they usually have high respect for my beliefs. I haven't been made fun of, just annoyed sometimes by people's ignorance. That's about it. However, I don't really blame them for not knowing about Islam. They live in a society where it is still quite unusual to them. Our job is to educate them, and let them know about our beliefs. I enjoy talking to people about my religion. The worst thing they'll do is act like they're not interested, and then I won't push the issue. I have almost been bullied by someone before, but stood up for myself, and put them in their place. We ended up respecting each other, and had no future problems. Sometimes, you have to stand up for your beliefs. As far as being called a terrorist, lol! I am so used to hearing that word, that I've become immune to it. As long as we know that is a lie made up by the government, and that we are peaceful, then we will project that to others, and they will want to be our friends, Insha Allah. That is the attitude I approach others with. If they don't want to like me because I am a Muslim, then I really don't think they matter any way. Salam.
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DR Zakir Naik  of India knows Quran, holy books of hindus, christians etc (the "etc" are not confirmed) by heart and can give pretty good arguments and points on behalf of Muslims. he is using his abilities to preach Islam.
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coz people do not know the difference between Islam and Muslims ... islam is for sure a good religion, and if there is a bad muslim this dosn't mean that Islam is bad or all muslims are bad
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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.