Question for Muslims

[joshua72]

Hello everyone,

I am not Muslim, I am a Christian.

I am not here to inform you of Christianity; but to learn from you about Islam.

I started to read the Quran to learn more about Islam, but there are still questions I do not have answers for about Muslims.

My questions:

Do Muslims hate christians? How do they think of us?

I want to make friends of Muslims, but I do not know if they feel the same.

The reason I ask is because there are many reteraurants owned by Muslims in a very muslim-populated city (every business there is owned by muslims and only muslims live there).

But I was wondering how they would think if I were to go there, to one of their resteraunts. Would they not like it? I only want to go there to eat because I really like their food, but I do not want to go there if they rather I didnt.

Also, how does one pray 5 times a day to Mecca? Are there certain times set for praying? What if you are in class or at work during these times?

And is Arabic a difficult language to learn? I would like to learn it, but I do not know where to begin. I could buy books to teach me, but without knowing anyone who speaks it, it would be hard to get the proper pronounciations.

Thanks in advance for any answers!