have you ever experienced islamophobia?

[LaSorcia]

For those ones we can blame about everything. But why Mahmoud Abbas is on the list? He is Muslim himself. How a Muslim can spread Islamophobia against Muslims? Or Karzai?

Because shaytan often tries to destroy believers from within the ummah. Not saying that this person is bad, I don't even know him. But I have experienced evil trying to cause discord within the community of believers from inside the community.

 

[LaSorcia]

I remember this one time a random guy on the street came up to me, making disguisting islamophobic comments. And then tried to hit me with a chair.

That's disgusting. I'm both sorry and angry that a man attacked a woman like this and that a non-believer attacked a believer. What kind of man thinks he is making progress for whatever he believes in by attacking a woman?? Pathetic.

 

[crimsontide06]

There was this guy who called me a terrorist in high school...

Now he suddenly in the last few months has changed his name to a girl name, has long blonde hair, dresses in girl clothes, wears lipstick and has had sugrery on the way to becoming a "woman."

Now he posts how Trump is a bigot....etc.

 

[ardianto]

Since I live in Muslim majority country I never experienced Islamophobia. But I found a kind of worry among non-Muslims if they must live in area that full of 'conservative' Muslims. I know it from conversation with few of my non-Muslim friends.

 

[HappyMuslimaa]

I had an advisor at my university and they were so amazing and helpful and eager to help me, they always smiled and made conversation about classes or whatever when we passed eachother on campus etc. Bottomline was this person was great.
After I reverted (it was obvious, as I am a female and I decided to wear the veil) I was never contacted by this advisor, and during one of the meetings I had set up, this person did a complete 180. The entire time they stared with this ice cold face, did not say one single word to me and barely made eye-contact. They only nodded their head and hardly helped me with the issues the meeting was considering. I kept up my usual friendly approach, even if I passed them on campus they would give me this stink eye and abruptly stormed by as if they were trying to voice their disapproval.
No hateful words were thrown but it was so blatantly obvious that it did shock me. If this was not a business/teacher/student/career relationship or environment I am sure opinions would have been voiced. I ended up getting a new advisor due to neglect and the lack of ANY communication with my previous advisor.

To this day I cannot believe that a person could be so two-faced towards something and have such a disrespectful, to say the least, reaction to another persons choices.


Another occasion I was at a family picnic by this lake and me and a sister went down to skip rocks. As we made our way down, there were a few people on the other side fishing and one of them was sort of near and the group shouted at the lone person "They're coming at you!! RUN!" (The sister I was with did not speak English) so I kindly returned this comment with a wave and a smile and continued. The lone fisher joined the group. And later as we were skipping stones they shouted again repeatedly "It looks like they are throwing bombs!!" And they were laughing. I was more scared of them than they were of us I'm sure. I tried to ignore them, we ended up leaving the lake. I'm not sure if they anticipated one of us understanding english, or if they were simply shouting for their own entertainment.

 

[noraina]

More times than I can count to be honest - alhamdulillah nothing I can't handle, it's really been limited to verbal comments.

But preferably it shouldn't happen at all, it isn't nice being sworn at in the streets. And sometimes it can be difficult to hold your own tongue.

I find Islamophobia is mixed with racism a lot as well - some people seem more affronted by my ethnicity than anything else, I've had a lot of people say 'filthy Kurd' or whatever, and the thing is I'm not even Kurdish or Iraqi ignorance really.

My friend is hilarious though, she replies back to every Islamophobic comment directed at her, lol, I don't know how she does it.

 

[EgyptPrincess]

More times than I can count to be honest - alhamdulillah nothing I can't handle, it's really been limited to verbal comments.

But preferably it shouldn't happen at all, it isn't nice being sworn at in the streets. And sometimes it can be difficult to hold your own tongue.

I find Islamophobia is mixed with racism a lot as well - some people seem more affronted by my ethnicity than anything else, I've had a lot of people say 'filthy Kurd' or whatever, and the thing is I'm not even Kurdish or Iraqi ignorance really.

My friend is hilarious though, she replies back to every Islamophobic comment directed at her, lol, I don't know how she does it.

Cos she is a ghetto girl who ain't gunna stand for people chatting rubbish

I think a lot of people who throw abuse at us think we won't do anything, especially if we're wearing a niqab and they think we're timid and weak. It's best to stand up to them and they'll probably be a bit taken back and won't expect it. Or you could just smash a brick over their head like sister [MENTION=38888]muslimah_B[/MENTION]

 

[Serinity]

No.. Not really..

I am Muslim, but don't "look" Muslim (or should I say, eastern.)

It does anger me tho, when they make fun of Islam, the Hijab, the Beard, those who recite the Qur'an, and so on.

But responding with emotions will just fuel the fire. Respond intellectually.

And Allah SWT knows best.

 

[noraina]

Cos she is a ghetto girl who ain't gunna stand for people chatting rubbish

I think a lot of people who throw abuse at us think we won't do anything, especially if we're wearing a niqab and they think we're timid and weak. It's best to stand up to them and they'll probably be a bit taken back and won't expect it. Or you could just smash a brick over their head like sister
@muslimah_B

Kudos to the sisters who do that If it is a random person on the street I just like to pretend I haven't heard them and walk away. Very rarely they'll get any response out of me, it's happened a few times but only when they really push their luck.

If worst comes to worst I could bash them with my bag - it's probably as heavy as five bricks lol.

What annoys me is people who are from other countries themselves and tell me to 'go back home' in their broken English. Nothing wrong with not knowing English but when this country isn't exactly their own home there's no point in dictating who can stay in it. And I'm like 'Excuse me, I'm *born* here and yes English is my first language and I have a British passport.'

 

[EgyptPrincess]

Kudos to the sisters who do that If it is a random person on the street I just like to pretend I haven't heard them and walk away. Very rarely they'll get any response out of me, it's happened a few times but only when they really push their luck.

If worst comes to worst I could bash them with my bag - it's probably as heavy as five bricks lol.

What annoys me is people who are from other countries themselves and tell me to 'go back home' in their broken English. Nothing wrong with not knowing English but when this country isn't exactly their own home there's no point in dictating who can stay in it. And I'm like 'Excuse me, I'm *born* here and yes English is my first language and I have a British passport.'

It's a good job guns and pepper spray etc are banned here because some people would honestly just get shot, especially if I'm in a bad mood haha ;D

I guess we should have patience with them, alas they're heading for hellfire anyway.

 

[muslimah_B]

It really just is ignorance, and mostly men bullying women thinking we are weak, dont know how to speak english etc,
I get it everyday i go out.. from people staring at me, to under the breath comments, to shouting, fighting, or throwing things at me then running (youd expect way better from multi cultural london/ britain)

Sometimes you can just ignore them especially the "bin bag or ninja" comments... like honestly is that the best they can come up with lol you can just come up with a witty comeback which makes them shut up and go on about their business
"Well my bin bag looks way better than whatever you have on"
"Oh its meant to be a skirt i thought it was belt"
(You know silly funny things like that nothing tooooo offensive lol )

Everytime it's done to me its been by men either trying to fight or argue with me, coz apparently im a "terrorist, iraqi, not born here, and cant speak english properly"
1. I dispise all terrorists
2. Im not iraqi and where im from is none of your business
3. I was born here went to school and college here and can speak and articulate myself better than you.
(Let them walk away in shame lol)

The moment you let them intimidate you they will carry on and do it to others, so yes sometimes you have to say something and be firm with them
(Its harder to actually do it in a proper way and not punch all of them and tell them about themselves in the most offensive way possible to make them cry, i find it hard then i remember im in a niqab people are looking i cant swear and be violent lol)
Luckily they cant see my face, as i look like i want to kill them... Alhamdulilah for niqab lol
(No but honestly i dont condone violence ok )

 

[EgyptPrincess]

(No but honestly i dont condone violence ok )

Some people just ask for it though

Lucky for me I've not really had any abuse thrown my way but if I ever saw a sister getting hassled I'd put him in his place. I suspect most of the people who get loud are weak men who are not man enough to mouth off to our brothers so they do it to us. Funny enough I don't think it's the kufr women who get loud, it's always mostly the men.

Alhamdulillah this is why it's recommended to have your husband / guardian present when going outside. I think some Muslimahs have it worse than others though, depending on where you live. Where I live it's pretty chill.

 

[Cpt.America]

My sister got harassed by a woman on the subway for wearing hijab

 

[muslimah_B]

Some people just ask for it though

Lucky for me I've not really had any abuse thrown my way but if I ever saw a sister getting hassled I'd put him in his place. I suspect most of the people who get loud are weak men who are not man enough to mouth off to our brothers so they do it to us. Funny enough I don't think it's the kufr women who get loud, it's always mostly the men.

Alhamdulillah this is why it's recommended to have your husband / guardian present when going outside. I think some Muslimahs have it worse than others though, depending on where you live. Where I live it's pretty chill.

Yea some of them definitely deserve a good beating and being put in thier place.
They pick on women, elderly, or anyone if in groups
I rarely get women saying things to me, its usually been under their breath or between themselves "safety in numbers" thing lol
I remember watching this video of a man insulting Allah in the worst way i think in a chicken shop or kebab shop and this guy just knocks him out cold, and i was clapping at the screen and thought well you shouldnt have insulted Allah

There was another video about a pregnant sister who couldnt speak english properly, and this women keep harrasing her the whole bus journey and no-one never said anything to her to stop and she had a small child herself.
If i was there i would definitely have to hold myself from slapping her, i cant stand anyone bullying people its disgusting

 

[crimsontide06]

She could have asked her "Do you treat Nuns this way?"

My sister got harassed by a woman on the subway for wearing hijab

 

[Cpt.America]

She was too shocked at the time and she told me she had started crying.
I wish I was there at the time, but she goes to uni in a different state.
It was surprising because the woman was a minority herself (African American)
And because my sister was with a group at the time.

 

[Bhabha]

Islamophobia is racism.... Period.

 

[Mustafa16]

one time, a girl came up to me in the 7th grade and said, "so I hear you're from turkey, a Muslim country? I hear they burn bibles in Turkey because they're Muslim" and when I told her otherwise she just made fun of me, and in the 5th grade, I told a kid I was Muslim, and he ran away shouting, "run!!!! he's a Muslim" and a guy asked him what that meant, and he said, "it means a terrorist,"

 

[Scimitar]

Lost my job due to Islamophopbia back in 2001... and the maddening thing is, the guy who sacked me was a supposed Muslim who wanted to brown nose the top tier management.

Scimi

 

[Scimitar]

Islamophobia is racism.... Period.

WHAT?



You are ignorance then, coz last time I checked, Islamophobia was a particular type of Xenophobia targetting Islam and Muslims, and Muslims come in all colours... so how exactly is it racist?

Like I said, you are ignorance.

Please people, this is like the tenth time today I've had to write "grow some brains".

Scimi