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I guess I have been living under rock but something happened recently that shocked the heck out of me. Several muslims affiliated with my family were downright rude to my 75 year old mother and 85 year old father. My parents invited what we would call a very tolerant muslim to eat christmas with them, planning a menu etc to accomodate them. At the very last minute, after we tried to contact him, he finally answered the phone and then another muslim got on the phone and said Mohamed wont coming to your christmas dinner because its celebrating christmas and its against our religion. This wasnt even the muslim that was invited. Is it me or are muslims becoming more radicalised in the USA? I always have seen muslims participate in christmas dinners, attending things with non muslims and all of the sudden I guess the climate has felt so unfriendly to them that some are actually seperating away from American society completely. What bothered me is it wasnt the invitee who has been to 2 or 3 things with my mom, it was the fact another muslim who I know to be extremely salafi speaking in his place and bullying him not to eat dinner with christians, saying its condoning kuffar stuff.

I have been around muslims for about 10 years and my mom and I have had them to dinner and been around them. We found it very odd and in my opinion, its the bullying by another muslim that bothered me. Like saying to the muslim, hey you arent muslim enough if you let christians eat with you on christmas etc.

I just have never seen such weirdness in the last 10 years. ( for edification, this guys wife and the wife of his best friend wear niqab, arent allowed to watch tv etc...) Just food for thought. I think they have more rights to be be crazy religious here in the USA than over in France or Tunisia, where women cant even wear hijab at achool . Here you can walk around in a burka and as long as you are minding your own business, your phone may get tapped and your license plate may be written down, but no one will overtly bother you

Just sign me,

Wondering why a christmas eve dinner is being associated with the crusades.

PS , my mom is a professor and has travelled to Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and just never experienced this outright rejection of who she was. She had invited this person and they never politely explained why and when the call came in, it was not even from the invitee.

I am wondering what peoples opinion is on this and why it seems that some people are getting more radicalised and less willing to participate in things with Americans as far as holiday dinners , etc.

Its as if christians are getting reverse discrimination when there are mixed situation and its somehow funny or cool to be unkind or rejecting of american traditions. I am sure there are plenty of examples against this. Every muslim I have known through the years has always been gracious and attended holiday events. All of the sudden, its as if I am running into very radicalised muslims on a greater and greater basis who are acting much more seperate than what I remember in the past. Maybe its because they are perceiving the bias against them in our society

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I guess I have been living under rock but something happened recently that shocked the heck out of me. Several muslims affiliated with my family were downright rude to my 75 year old mother and 85 year old father. My parents invited what we would call a very tolerant muslim to eat christmas with them, planning a menu etc to accomodate them. At the very last minute, after we tried to contact him, he finally answered the phone and then another muslim got on the phone and said Mohamed wont coming to your christmas dinner because its celebrating christmas and its against our religion. This wasnt even the muslim that was invited. Is it me or are muslims becoming more radicalised in the USA? I always have seen muslims participate in christmas dinners, attending things with non muslims and all of the sudden I guess the climate has felt so unfriendly to them that some are actually seperating away from American society completely. What bothered me is it wasnt the invitee who has been to 2 or 3 things with my mom, it was the fact another muslim who I know to be extremely salafi speaking in his place and bullying him not to eat dinner with christians, saying its condoning kuffar stuff.

I have been around muslims for about 10 years and my mom and I have had them to dinner and been around them. We found it very odd and in my opinion, its the bullying by another muslim that bothered me. Like saying to the muslim, hey you arent muslim enough if you let christians eat with you on christmas etc.

I just have never seen such weirdness in the last 10 years. ( for edification, this guys wife and the wife of his best friend wear niqab, arent allowed to watch tv etc...) Just food for thought. I think they have more rights to be be crazy religious here in the USA than over in France or Tunisia, where women cant even wear hijab at achool . Here you can walk around in a burka and as long as you are minding your own business, your phone may get tapped and your license plate may be written down, but no one will overtly bother you

Just sign me,

Wondering why a christmas eve dinner is being associated with the crusades.

PS , my mom is a professor and has travelled to Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and just never experienced this outright rejection of who she was. She had invited this person and they never politely explained why and when the call came in, it was not even from the invitee.

I am wondering what peoples opinion is on this and why it seems that some people are getting more radicalised and less willing to participate in things with Americans as far as holiday dinners , etc.

Its as if christians are getting reverse discrimination when there are mixed situation and its somehow funny or cool to be unkind or rejecting of american traditions. I am sure there are plenty of examples against this. Every muslim I have known through the years has always been gracious and attended holiday events. All of the sudden, its as if I am running into very radicalised muslims on a greater and greater basis who are acting much more seperate than what I remember in the past. Maybe its because they are perceiving the bias against them in our society

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I am wondering what peoples opinion is on this and why it seems that some people are getting more radicalised and less willing to participate in things with Americans as far as holiday dinners , etc.

Its as if christians are getting reverse discrimination when there are mixed situation and its somehow funny or cool to be unkind or rejecting of american traditions. I am sure there are plenty of examples against this. Every muslim I have known through the years has always been gracious and attended holiday events. All of the sudden, its as if I am running into very radicalised muslims on a greater and greater basis who are acting much more seperate than what I remember in the past. Maybe its because they are perceiving the bias against them in our society

Why is it "reverse discrimination" if a Muslim chooses not to want to celebrate Christmas by attending a holiday meal? I think people have the right to celebrate, or not, whatever they choose. I think your comment (bolded by me) is, actually, very telling; rejecting an American tradition? Who made Christmas American? Aren't there American Muslims, Jewish, Christians, Catholics, Jehova witnesses, Budhists, Pagans, Atheists, etc. whose traditions (or non-traditions) are also American? Yet, you are calling a Muslim a "radical" because they chose not to attend a Christmas holiday meal...

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Why is it "reverse discrimination" if a Muslim choose not to want to celebrate Christmas by attending a holiday meal? I think people have the right to celebrate, or not, whatever they choose. I think your comment (bolded by me) is, actually, very telling; rejecting an American tradition? Who made Christmas American? Aren't there American Muslims, Jewish, Christians, Catholics, Jehova witnesses, Budhists, Pagans, Atheists, etc. whose traditions (or non-traditions) are also American? Yet, you are calling a Muslim a "radical" because they chose not to attend a Christmas holiday meal...

No its not that, its just the way an otherwise very open muslim who listened to music and always did things with Americans all of the sudden not wanting to be around anything christian when in the past, they were listening to american music, going to restaurants... Now the radio is haram and all their American friends not welcome... I understand

I found an interesting article talking about how christmas is haram

Allah سبحانه وتعالى has distinguished and honoured the Muslim Ummah by Islam. He سبحانه وتعالى made Islam her way of life, the source of her unique concepts and rules, and a comprehensive and complete system for all of her life's affairs.

Allah سبحانه وتعالى says:

كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللّهِ

"You are the best ummah singled out for mankind: you enjoin what is right (ma'roof), forbid what is wrong (munkar), and believe in Allah." [Al-Imran:110]

Since the abolishment of Islam, from life, as a ruling system, the state of the Ummah has been declining from one bad stage to a worse one. The Ummah is being ruled by Kufr laws, dominated by Kufr concepts, invaded by the West with its corrupt culture and repugnant promiscuity, and as a result, It has corrupted the Ummah's Deen, ethics and future generations. The Western beacons, symbols, concepts, and occasions have become those of the Ummah. The West has been aided by the rulers of the Muslims who have devoted themselves to keeping Islam away from life, to fighting off it's thoughts and concepts, thus molding the Ummah's to the West's desire.

Celebrating the Christian holidays, such as Christmas and the Christian New Year is part of the Western culture that is imposed on the Muslims. In imposing such culture, the West intended for the Muslims to accept and recognize the Christian rituals, and believe in the equality of Christianity with Islam. We pray to Allah سبحانه وتعالى that the Muslims do not start celebrating the Jewish holidays as they have been celebrating the Christian ones.

With great sorrow and broken hearts, we witness the killing, rape and the expulsion of Muslims, throughout the world, at the hands of the Western Christians - the enemies of Islam. At the same time, we observe some of the children of the Muslims expressing their loyalty to the West and being fascinated with its culture. They celebrate the Christian holidays, occasions, and prepare for their seasons. It is no longer appalling to hear that some of the Muslims host the Americans and the other Christians in their own homes to celebrate Christmas, New Year, and other holidays. Indeed it is no longer considered strange for this to occur since the Ummah does not have a caretaker who would foster her affairs with Islam, shield it from Kufr concepts, protect her deen, and rule her so that she may remain a distinguished Ummah, as Allah سبحانه وتعالى willed for her.

O Muslims!

Celebrating the holidays and the occasions of the Kuffar is certainly Haram. You are not permitted to do it. Nor are your rulers allowed to make these (Kufr) holidays as official holidays, since it is an imitation of the Kuffar.

Imitating the Kuffar in any of their religious affairs or in any gesture that distinguishes them as groups is forbidden. Al-Bukhari narrated in his Sahih (book) that Abu Saeed Al-Khudri رضي الله عنه reported that Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said: "You will indeed follow the ways of those before you, hand span by hand span, and an arms length after another. Even if they enter into a lizards hole, you will follow them. We asked, is it the Jews and the Christians? He صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم replied, Who else!"

This hadith condemns imitating them. It is a proof for the prohibitions of imitating the Jews and the Christians in their occasions, symbols, or any matter related to their belief.

Celebrating the holidays of the kuffar is an act of imitation which is forbidden in Islam. Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم warned us against it. At-Tirmidhi narrated that Ibn Abbas رضي الله عنه reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said: "He is not one of us who imitates other than us. Do not imitate the Jews or the Christians."

At-Tabarani and Abu Dawud narrated that Ibn Umar and Hudhayfah رضي الله عنه reported that the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said: "Whoever imitates a people, he is one of them."

Furthermore, there are many Islamic evidences that forbid the Muslims from having holidays other than Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adhaa. Al-Bayhaqi reported in his Sunan that Anas Bin Maalik رضي الله عنه said: "When the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم came to Medina, the people had two holidays from the days of Jahiliyyah."

He صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said: "When I came to you, you had two days which you used to celebrate in Jahiliyyah. Allah سبحانه وتعالى has replaced them for you with better days, the days of slaughter (Adhaa) and the day of fitr."

Also Imam Ahmad in his Musnad reported that Uqbah bin Amir رضي الله عنه reported the Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم to have said: "The day of Fitr and days of Tashriq are our holidays, the people of Islam."

These evidences are clear in forbidding the Muslims to have any Eid other than what Allah سبحانه وتعالى prescribed for them. Thus, they are not allowed to participate in or celebrate the holidays of the Kuffar, nor are they allowed to attend them, even if invited. Moreover, holidays, such as the New Year are filled with corruption and vice. Such occasions, where sins are committed and liquor is served, have become avenues to commit acts of fisq (disobedience). The official media uses its creativity to corrupt the tendencies and morals of the people by spreading the corrupt programs that contain nothing but vice in order to eliminate any sign of purity and morality.

O Muslims!

The Muslim Ummah is still being ruled by Kufr rules and dominated by Kufr concepts. The thoughts and sentiments of the children of the Ummah are still being molded in accordance with the corrupt Western values. Unless the Ummah rids itself from all of this corruption and works to establish the rightly guided Islamic Khilafah, that implements the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم, the situation of the Ummah will remain the same. The Ummah must establish the Khilafah in order to remove the injustice and corruption which has resulted in the loss of the identity and glory of the Muslims. Moreover, it has made them victims of the Kuffar and their agents, who implement the laws of Kufr which contradict with the Aqeedah and the Deen of the Muslims. It is to the Khilafah that we call you.

Allah's Messenger صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم said, "Verily the Imam is a shield; you (the Muslims Ummah) fight from behind him and protect yourselves with him."

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Why is it "reverse discrimination" if a Muslim chooses not to want to celebrate Christmas by attending a holiday meal? I think people have the right to celebrate, or not, whatever they choose. I think your comment (bolded by me) is, actually, very telling; rejecting an American tradition? Who made Christmas American? Aren't there American Muslims, Jewish, Christians, Catholics, Jehova witnesses, Budhists, Pagans, Atheists, etc. whose traditions (or non-traditions) are also American? Yet, you are calling a Muslim a "radical" because they chose not to attend a Christmas holiday meal...

Its not the rejecting, its just that I have witnessed an ongoing radicalization of formerly pretty open minded people and its not only scary, its confusing. What are we doing as a society to do this? The only thing I can think of is our invasion of Iraq and our support of israel. I just remember people in the past being alot more open minded....

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"Hanging in There", I'm sorry this has happened to you, but I think the best thing to do is realize that the actions of this individual is not necessarily Muslim, but just rudeness. I know several people have rejected my invitations in the past based on religion, color of my skin, and political beliefs. I can either be upset about these rejections or simply keep trying to invite people and share my life with them. Maybe instead of trying to ask about radical Muslims, just think of it as rude people who cannot seem to accept others regardless of their actions? Because after all, it only takes on person to change the world. Maybe the next invitation will be accepted and the world will be a brighter place? Happy Holidays!

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"Hanging in There", I'm sorry this has happened to you, but I think the best thing to do is realize that the actions of this individual is not necessarily Muslim, but just rudeness. I know several people have rejected my invitations in the past based on religion, color of my skin, and political beliefs. I can either be upset about these rejections or simply keep trying to invite people and share my life with them. Maybe instead of trying to ask about radical Muslims, just think of it as rude people who cannot seem to accept others regardless of their actions? Because after all, it only takes on person to change the world. Maybe the next invitation will be accepted and the world will be a brighter place? Happy Holidays!

Well one time my son was in a show at the church and I had 2 muslim friends that I invited in the church to watch him and they went and both were kind of frightened to go inside. Afterwards, the girl ( who is my arab daughters 1st cousin, a Moroccan said to me Hey that wasnt so bad. I dont know what they thought was going onside.. maybe a koran burning or something. It was just very odd. My brother went inside and so did my father ( a mosque) and neither of them were muslim at my sons funeral and my mother was very hurt that not one person came up to her and offered her condolences as my childs grandmother. I had to explain to her that the muslims that attended his funerals were salafi and very strict but my mother is still upset at what happened.

Anyway, this is a woman who has sat in Jordan with Queen Ranya on an ambassadorial goodwill trip and is as patient as patient can me. I cant help but see that in my opinion, many are becoming alot more radicalised than lets say 1999 when you never ever saw that much division or conflict between religions. My guess is that muslims are becoming frightened because of what they perceive as prejudice or profiling but what they dont understand is the more intolerant they become of Americans, the worse it its. How can you live among Americans and not know them? You dont have to drink at a christmas party but you can attend and be polite and be gracious about American culture and traditions and not becoming isolated and unfriendly

On a happier note, I have been reading throughout the news about some mosques that have been feeding people on christmas day. What a wonderful way to show the true tolerance of Islam

muslims in canada sponsor christmas dinner

I have been reading different things. I have seen several different fatwas. One says never go to a christians house on christmas or participate. Then I read that the sultans of dubai just built the largest christmas tree ever.

I just never met really any completely intolerant muslims of christians and their holidays, like wouldnt enter a christians house or allow a christian spouse to decorate, but I have lately. I have been meeting completely intolerant people that I just didnt know existed. I think its alot to do with heritage. Moroccans have had to live all their lives around tourists and foreigners than lets say someone else from mena. I will say that the fear of christians and christmas is making my head spin

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www.xmasisevil.com is a piece of work. Its made by the same people who burned the poppies given out when british troops returned home and spit on them.

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I know alot of Muslims who reject partaking in "american" traditions simply bc they are worried about what their muslim friends will think.

Sofyan celebrates Christmas with me and my family. Not for religous purposes but bc that is something that is a part of my family and since they are his inlaws, he chooses to do so. I dont see the harm in it. We even get Zaid presents from "Santa Claus" lol

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I know alot of Muslims who reject partaking in "american" traditions simply bc they are worried about what their muslim friends will think.

Sofyan celebrates Christmas with me and my family. Not for religous purposes but bc that is something that is a part of my family and since they are his inlaws, he chooses to do so. I dont see the harm in it. We even get Zaid presents from "Santa Claus" lol

I think its who they hang around. If they hang around open minded muslims, they are sometimes too open minded about too much. If they hang around crazy mean salafis then you have to deal with the whole haram alik, burn the christmas tree and yell at the christians thing. All I can say is that it shocked the hell out of my normally unshockable 75 year old mom who has had dinner with imams and is quite worldly. Her only impression was if they cant be polite and kind to Americans, especially older people, then in her mind, they need to get their butt back home. She said I RESENT MY TAX DOLLARS SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO HATE THIS COUNTRY< ITS PEOPLE AND TRADITIONS.... I know it sounds harsh, but when your 75 year old college educated mother wants to give a group of salafi muslims the whatfor, maybe someone should listen. Her granddaughter is an arab, from Morocco a place she has visited and remembers fondly and she doesnt have any patience for crazy harsh western hating muslims. Its ok to have a religion but being abusive to the people who live here and worked all their lives and then to immigrate here and act like some crazy taliban weirdo is in her opinion just not what we want here in the USA

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I think its who they hang around. If they hang around open minded muslims, they are sometimes too open minded about too much. If they hang around crazy mean salafis then you have to deal with the whole haram alik, burn the christmas tree and yell at the christians thing. All I can say is that it shocked the hell out of my normally unshockable 75 year old mom who has had dinner with imams and is quite worldly. Her only impression was if they cant be polite and kind to Americans, especially older people, then in her mind, they need to get their butt back home. She said I RESENT MY TAX DOLLARS SUPPORTING PEOPLE WHO HATE THIS COUNTRY< ITS PEOPLE AND TRADITIONS.... I know it sounds harsh, but when your 75 year old college educated mother wants to give a group of salafi muslims the whatfor, maybe someone should listen. Her granddaughter is an arab, from Morocco a place she has visited and remembers fondly and she doesnt have any patience for crazy harsh western hating muslims. Its ok to have a religion but being abusive to the people who live here and worked all their lives and then to immigrate here and act like some crazy taliban weirdo is in her opinion just not what we want here in the USA

Let me emphasize that she is the grandmother of an arab and has always embraced muslims but she is on her way to the uk right now and she doesnt like whats happened there either with muslims telling british soldiers they are killers in the streets and booing their parades. Our countries were built by our parents and frankly I dont blame both the british and the american elderly for being totally pissed

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I think its who they hang around. ....

it's possible this is simply who *you* hang around. you do somehow seem to be a magnet for undesirable friends, no?

it's also kind of disturbing that what seemed to be a very innocuous merry xmas thread is really about all... this.

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I'm not sure I'd classify this way of thinking as "extremist" or "radical". My husband is accustomed to celebrating the secular aspects of christian holidays with my family, but I would imagine that if my MIL were still visiting at this time, she would probably feel very uncomfortable at such a gathering. This is not because she is some sort of crazy person, but rather, because she takes her religion very seriously and is not particularly familiar with the concept of "celebrating diversity" or what have you.

If I were a religious person, I might be loathe to celebrate a holiday of another faith, even if only the secular aspects. Which I guess is one of the reasons I'm not a religious person.

it's also kind of disturbing that what seemed to be a very innocuous merry xmas thread is really about all... this.

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I guess I have been living under rock but something happened recently that shocked the heck out of me. Several muslims affiliated with my family were downright rude to my 75 year old mother and 85 year old father. My parents invited what we would call a very tolerant muslim to eat christmas with them, planning a menu etc to accomodate them. At the very last minute, after we tried to contact him, he finally answered the phone and then another muslim got on the phone and said Mohamed wont coming to your christmas dinner because its celebrating christmas and its against our religion. This wasnt even the muslim that was invited. Is it me or are muslims becoming more radicalised in the USA? I always have seen muslims participate in christmas dinners, attending things with non muslims and all of the sudden I guess the climate has felt so unfriendly to them that some are actually seperating away from American society completely. What bothered me is it wasnt the invitee who has been to 2 or 3 things with my mom, it was the fact another muslim who I know to be extremely salafi speaking in his place and bullying him not to eat dinner with christians, saying its condoning kuffar stuff.

I have been around muslims for about 10 years and my mom and I have had them to dinner and been around them. We found it very odd and in my opinion, its the bullying by another muslim that bothered me. Like saying to the muslim, hey you arent muslim enough if you let christians eat with you on christmas etc.

I just have never seen such weirdness in the last 10 years. ( for edification, this guys wife and the wife of his best friend wear niqab, arent allowed to watch tv etc...) Just food for thought. I think they have more rights to be be crazy religious here in the USA than over in France or Tunisia, where women cant even wear hijab at achool . Here you can walk around in a burka and as long as you are minding your own business, your phone may get tapped and your license plate may be written down, but no one will overtly bother you

Just sign me,

Wondering why a christmas eve dinner is being associated with the crusades.

PS , my mom is a professor and has travelled to Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and just never experienced this outright rejection of who she was. She had invited this person and they never politely explained why and when the call came in, it was not even from the invitee.

I am wondering what peoples opinion is on this and why it seems that some people are getting more radicalised and less willing to participate in things with Americans as far as holiday dinners , etc.

Its as if christians are getting reverse discrimination when there are mixed situation and its somehow funny or cool to be unkind or rejecting of american traditions. I am sure there are plenty of examples against this. Every muslim I have known through the years has always been gracious and attended holiday events. All of the sudden, its as if I am running into very radicalised muslims on a greater and greater basis who are acting much more seperate than what I remember in the past. Maybe its because they are perceiving the bias against them in our society

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since you asked, here's the answer - It's You.

My husband and I - both Muslims - organized my (Christian) family's charity gift giving activities this holiday season. We also delivered them to the organization with some of my (Christian) family members & spent the day at the church and social service agency where one of my family members works (and where we sponsored several families to ensure their children had Christmas gifts this year).

My husband and I spent Christmas Eve last night with my mother, where she opened the Christmas gifts we had for her, and where my husband taught her to dance Moroccan style a little.

Today, we made a chicken vegetable tagine xmas dinner for one of my friends who couldn't spend time with family due to work this holiday. My husband commented that he was happy to make others happy on their holiday.

So, I also have to agree with the person who observed that you tend to associate with/attract undesirables. If you free yourself of that habit you are likely to have a much happier life. One in which you won't spend your time on Christmas complaining about someone not wanting to come to your party!

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