10-31-2004, 08:31 AM
Ahh so many things she said there i can directly empathise with, this was an excellent post Umm. Hold up, lemme pick some bits out...
Quote:God, I converted to Islam because I believe in you, and because Islam makes sense to me."Did I really just say that?" I catch myself, bursting into tears. "What would my friends say if they saw me like this, kneeling, nose pressed to the floor?...They'd laugh at me. Have you lost your mind? They'd ask. You can't seriously tell me you are religious." Religious...
I still havent told my friends this yet belive it or not! I only have very few friends, none of them really close. I've always been a bit of a lone soldier but even my closest friend the one i was previously involved in music with, i still havent told. Although i'm thinking he is starting to suspect, that something is going on. I told him in a text the reason i havent been around is because i've become closer to God. I don't actually know what it is i'm afraid of. I told my Ex girlfriend who i was much closer to who i have a daughter with but, somehow telling my friend seems tougher, very strange. I think it's because he's Jewish, although not practicing he doesnt even belive in a creator. But his mother is very religious. But saying that, those kind of things have never bothered us before. So i know how Kathy felt here. My friend would laugh if i said i'd turned religious, i don't even know why i care so much, as Allah is infinately more important to me than my friend, sounds harsh but true. I think i'm waiting to be asked.
Quote:I saw Muslim women walking around the international centre and felt sorry for them. I knew they were oppressed. My sorrow increased when I asked them why they cover their hair, why they wore long sleeves in summer, why they were so ill-treated in Muslim countries, and they told me that they wore the veil, and they dressed so, because God asked them to.Poor things. What about their treatment in Muslim countries? That's culture, they would reply. I knew they were deluded, socialised/brainwashed from an early age, into believing this wicked way of treating women. But I noticed how happy they were, how friendly they were, how solid they were, how solid they seemed.
Shameful to say it but i felt the same a good few years back, i used to work at another place with a lot of Muslims. And i used to ask the women questions being as polite as i could but i used to think they cant be happy having to wear hijab. It didn't make sence to me why. Now i see they are the free ones, and the women who feel they have to show of their body parts / wear revealing clothes to reach a higher position in life or to gain some kind of twisted "respect" in society are the ones who are trapped. My respect for hijab wearing Muslim women is through the roof now. But i am embaressed to recall i used to think like this.
I better stop quoting now, or i'll be here forever but this, this i have to quote this...
Quote:<b>Islam asked me to use my intelligence to contemplate God</b>, it encouraged me to seek knowledge, it told me that who believed in one God (Jews/ Christians/ Muslims/ whoever) would get rewards, it seemed a very encompassing religion.
Science and the perfect laws Allah has put in place regarding <b>EVERYTHING</b> from the absolute perfect position of the sun, the exact amount of light we receive. The exact amont of water on the planet. Evoloution is a sham, almost most sensible people accept this now. So the fact that we are on this planet is from Allah / God only. It's just basic simple fact. Allah gave us perfect laws to discover in Atoms, Physics, Life, Death, The body how it works, Gravity the Universe. All these mathematically perfect laws lead us to Allah, that is why they are so. Once we realise this, life begins. I think giving thanks back to he who made us, and gave us all we have ever known, is the least we can do.
Sorry to go off on one but this was a brilliant post Umm, enjoyable read. Reminded me of me so much.