Someone said to the Prophet, "Pray to God against the idolaters and curse them." The Prophet replied, "I have been sent to show mercy and have not been sent to curse." (Muslim)
Re: Difficulties in attending interviews as a muslim
Still, there are many ways, like aamir-saab said, to go around questions without neccessarily lieng.
For example if i was asked if I enjoyed this new year. I would say, for example;
Yes, i was glad to see my family that day. [very vague answer, but it's telling the truth.]
Anyway, inshalah you will get a good job should you make the effort. Pray to allah, only he gives, only he takes.
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An employer should not discriminate job applicants on grounds of religion, so muslims should not be afraid to say they do not celebrate the new years' eve beacuse they're muslims!
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the best thing to do in an interview is to be calm and confident.. pls get this book
I think if you'd told them what you had actually done, i.e had dinner, slept early. I caught the twilight zone marathoon, prepared for such and such, whatever it is you'd actually done, it would have been better off than saying I don't celebrate because I am a muslim.. I assure you had you been a non-muslim and said I dodged my duties spent the day getting drunk would have been looked upon just as suspiciously!
Text without context is pretext If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him
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sometimes its nice to give dawah where possible but at times like these perhaps its just better to refrain from giving a lengthy explanation, and say for example you said you don't really celebrate new years day, and the interviewee may decide to question "oh why not?'' then maybe you could've said that we as Muslims don't hold any significance to the start of the 'new year', and then your answers are acknowledged without the person you're talking to feeling uncomfortable for whatever reason.
i personally think its better for them to be curious rather than telling them without knowing whether they're really interested or not and when you say things in a way they know you're approachable you will find that curiosity and interest does develop and gives a nice opportunity for dawah
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Random sort of related question.
I was thinking about this the other day. I don't work yet, but when I do, I'm obviously going to have to do an interview. If the interviewer is a man, how do I go about not being alone with him in the room?
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It depends on your field..
usually there are two or three people interviewing you at the same time, and it is after you have taken a tour of the company or the hospital or lab etc along with fellow applicants.. the place is open and hardly a room, but judging from the last poster everyone's interviews are different..
Text without context is pretext If your opponent is of choleric temperament, seek to irritate him
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yeah such questions are interesting.
once I was asked how I celebrated christmas, I just said 'just got some cards from the neighbours, nothing special' and people didn't mind this answer at all.
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