Livin in a non muslim country!

[glo]

to Muslims living in non-muslims countries, i can understand that you can practise islam if you want to, people cant keep you from that.but dont you people feel like losing your identity?

I think that's the reason people try to stay close to 'their own kind', as far as possible.

When I look at the demographics of our town, there are pockets of people of the same ethnic origin: there is a Somali community, a couple of Pakistani ones, a Polish community, an Italian community etc.
I don't think that it is the Council who houses people in such a way (in fact, they try to do the opposite and keep housing estates diverse) - it is the people who are (understandably) actively looking to live with like-minded people.
It also makes it much easier to create facilities for the need of the community - shops, places of worship, a commonly spoken language etc.

Add-on:
I meant to add how impressed I am by the many positive impressions and experiences people have, living in non-Islamic countries.

 

[aamirsaab]

Brother, I also felt exactly the same way when I was there for umrah. I think this is the general feeling of any muslim who travel to makkah and madinah.

Makkah/madinah are honestly now my favourite places on this planet (well, makkah is first and madinah is second favourite ). I honestly didn't want to return - nothing in this country comes close to matching that feeling you get after praying infront of the Kabah 5 times a day, 7 days a week, subhanallah (I am absolute serious; for those who haven't gone for umrah yet, please do). And I was actually more sad to leave Saudi to go home then when I left home to go to saudi.

Inshallah, I will go again next year.

....I meant to add how impressed I am by the many positive impressions and experiences people have, living in non-Islamic countries.

There's this general misconception that all muslims in the UK hate living there. In some cases that is true but not in all. If one looks objectively (and as I illustrated in my last post), it's very easy to practice Islam here.

But Makkah is still better IMO .

 

[glo]

But Makkah is still better IMO .

No matter how easy it is to practice Islam in the UK, it is bound to be easier still in Saudi.

 

[Aisha20]

Well.. in my country we dont have muslim schools (Alhamdulillah this year opened one but still for kids) thats why we cant wear hijabs n dat at school but uniform (skirts and tshirts); we dont have muslim restaurants so we get bored eating fish when going to a restaurant as well as we cant eat in fast food restaurants like McDonalds, KFC & company haha. We dont find muslim clothes so we have to ask it from India, UK or Saudi when some1 goes to hajj or umrah. And the list continues...

 

[zakirs]

we dont have muslim restaurants so we get bored eating fish when going to a restaurant as well

i have this problem too .. but Alhamdulillah India has a sizeable amount of muslims 15% ? .. so its not difficult to find one

 

[Faseeha]

Well.. in my country we dont have muslim schools (Alhamdulillah this year opened one but still for kids) thats why we cant wear hijabs n dat at school but uniform (skirts and tshirts); we dont have muslim restaurants so we get bored eating fish when going to a restaurant as well as we cant eat in fast food restaurants like McDonalds, KFC & company haha. We dont find muslim clothes so we have to ask it from India, UK or Saudi when some1 goes to hajj or umrah. And the list continues...

South Africa is a non muslim country, but its the complete opposite, we have plenty of islamic schools and there are madressahs in almost every town. Our public schools also have uniforms but we are allowed to wear matching hijabs. As for halaal restaurants, almost all the frenchises in the country have halaal branches, and most supermarkets store halaal products. We also have plenty of stores which sell islamic clothing and products, so its actually quite easy to practise islam here.

 

[Somaiyah]

Salam,
I don't like living in Sweden at all. We have mosques, sure, good educations and salary and stuff like that. But when it comes to the people I haven't met many who sympatise with the Muslims in a way than to otherwise feel sorry for you that you're so oppressed or just hate you for being so brainwashed (oppress you more?). People stare, they comment loud, they spit, some are physical violent etc. No, I wouldn't say Sweden is a good non-Islamic country at all for a Muslim to live in. Just yesterday I was almost driven over by a person who saw me from far away, he just didn't feel for stopping even though I was half over the street (he was a skinhead so I believe he was more than that too). And today I heard that all Muslims should die. I love this country oh yeah.

 

[Rabi'ya]

I live in UK. Alhamdulillah I have veryvery little trouble practising my religion here. In my city we have a great community although in other places I know it is different.

Problems you want.....hmmmm
1, used to be getting halaal meat in my mums small town in the middle of the countryside but now the supermarket stock it
2, used to be wearing full hijab in front of family and friends, but everyone is fine now.
3, I think Muslim schooling really needs addressing in our local community but if I'm desperate I could always up and leave to another city.
4, the amount of companies who are not ethical....this is not really an Islamic problem more a personal problem. I believe as a Muslim we should be very ethical about what we buy as our pence or pou nds can have significant damage on people in other countries. one by one we can make a difference.