Im from East London (UK) and to be honest, its not very hard living here as a Muslim. i have never had a problem before, and inshallah i wont have. i think its more based on just the colour of the skin and not religion here in East London
I'm a fairly new revert. So I can say I have lived on both sides of the street. Since I have reverted I have lived in 3 different Towns/Cities in Texas.
When I first reverted I lived in Tennesee Colony, TX. There were only 2 Muslims in the town, Myself (a Revert) and a Man from Pakistan, who I met shortly after I reverted.
For a short period of time I lived in Palestine, TX (Yes, there is a city named Palestine in Texas) I did not know or meet any Muslims there.
During the times I was living in those 2 towns I went to one of the Masjids in Tyler. Tyler has a reasonably large Muslim population and there is very much cooperation between Muslims and non Muslims. All of the Muslims I met in Tyler worked in professional capacities. A few are active in the city government and serve on the city council. I saw no problems and I would say that the Muslims in Tyler are more economicaly advantaged than the average Tyler resident.
I have now been in Austin for a little over a year. Here it is very obvious that the average income of the typical Muslim is higher than that of the average non-Muslim resident. There are at least 6,000 Muslims here and for all practical purposes they are all either college professors, business owners, or in the medical field. Quite a few of the Doctors here are Muslim. Again the conditions and tolerance between Muslim/Non-Muslim is very good.
I should have added more about the ability to live as a Muslim. One thing has to be noted. Tyler, Palestine, and Tennessee Colony are dry towns in Texas in which there is no sale of alcohol or highly regulated sale. It is illegal to sell in both Tyler and Tennessee Colony. In Palestine the sale is highly restricted and limited to just a few stores. Drinking in public is illegal in Texas. In The 2 towns above there is very few haram activities blatantly exhibited. There are stiff laws governing public decency and restricted sale of anything that could be considered pornography.
Austin is a bit different there are some Bars and night clubs in the downtown section. But Austin is very spread out and many of the housing areas are very restricted as to what activites are permitted. A Muslim has no trouble finding an area that will not interfer with our life style and choices.
I should have added more about the ability to live as a Muslim. One thing has to be noted. Tyler, Palestine, and Tennessee Colony are dry towns in Texas in which there is no sale of alcohol or highly regulated sale. It is illegal to sell in both Tyler and Tennessee Colony. In Palestine the sale is highly restricted and limited to just a few stores. Drinking in public is illegal in Texas. In The 2 towns above there is very few haram activities blatantly exhibited. There are stiff laws governing public decency and restricted sale of anything that could be considered pornography.
Austin is a bit different there are some Bars and night clubs in the downtown section. But Austin is very spread out and many of the housing areas are very restricted as to what activites are permitted. A Muslim has no trouble finding an area that will not interfer with our life style and choices.
First of All Congratulations on your embrasing Islam, May Allah Help you and Pleased with you.
Secondly, thanks a lot for the detailed reply.
My recent focus is on Riba (Loan Sharking sort for money landing and most of the banking business)
What are you observations about these things.
Here, riba is everywhere and people are searching for riba free financial services.
where i live, being muslim means u get called a terrorist all the time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
then it is more important to know about your location??? you can share it will other if you like to do so. If you do not like to tell then no body forces you to tell.
A lot of that will depend on where you live. Riba is the most prominant and most common method available for most people Muslim and non-Muslim for most items.
Here in Texas it will depend a lot on what you buy. Up until recently (about 20 years ago) It was illegal to get a loan to buy Real Eastate. Under Texas law it is/was illegal to take a persons home to satisfy a debt. as a result nearly all real estate transactions were owner financing. It is illegal for a non-licensed entity to charge interest, unless they are a licensed banking institute in Texas.
The laws have changed somewhat in the past few years but many people still buy there homes at no interest through owner financing. Many others buy through rent to buy options, which means you agree to rent the home for say 20 years at an agree price and than at the end of the lease you agree to buy the house for a small amount normaly $100 to pay for the title transfer.
Where I live , In Kuwait, 90% r muslims. Being a non-muslim and an American was looked at strangely here. But after the gulf war in 1990 things have changed. Still some of my revert American friends tell their tales of being mistreated in public all the time.
Abt Riba, it's very common here as well. However, we have a bank Kuwait Finance House, which is extremely popular among Kuwaitis and is vastly used in Kuwait. It has riba free transactions.
Im from East London (UK) and to be honest, its not very hard living here as a Muslim. i have never had a problem before, and inshallah i wont have. i think its more based on just the colour of the skin and not religion here in East London
I live in a town in the north west thats quite heavily populated by asiam muslims so for me practising islam is not that difficult however every now and then you do get the odd racist remarks.
Im from East London (UK) and to be honest, its not very hard living here as a Muslim. i have never had a problem before, and inshallah i wont have. i think its more based on just the colour of the skin and not religion here in East London
Yep..that's true..I live in East London too and yep, there aren't much problems round here Alhamdulillaah...no racism or anything...mainly cos it's packed with "Muslims" anyways.
However...there is a problem with the youth in East London...they're not too much into their Deen and keep walking around with their trousers hanging low. :enough!: I guess that's the same for other areas too...
I,m a Muslim Living In Germany,
Islam is the third-largest religion in Germany, after the Protestant and Roman Catholic faiths.
There are three million Muslims in Germany, representing 3.2 per cent of the population.
1.9 million are of Turkish origin, mainly descendents of the postwar generation of guest workers imported to Germany to make up for its manpower shortage.
Most Muslims live in highly concentrated districts in the industrial towns of western Germany and in Berlin. Few Muslims live in eastern Germany.
i live in blackburn {England}, i guess for me its easy to practice islam, the community i live in is mixed with all sorts of people, muslims, christains, all from different backgrounds, most people keep themselves to them themselves, but none the less we all get on quite well, though you do get the odd race related fight, but thats to be expected anywhere.
I live in Maryland, USA. The majority of the people are christian caucasians...and we're like one of the 5 muslim families here....it feels weird being stared at everytime i step outta da house...but i dont mind...it makes me feel more special...
ermmmmmm welll considerin dis townz full of chavz wah u fink? bad.. nahh its aittee da chavz neva mess wid us lol its oryt i guess but uno.. der is room 4 improvemnt
very intresting topic,
i live in Bradford (England) where the majority of the population is pakistani, and it;s not very hard to practise faith here alhamdulillah, But at the same time, it;s very sad to see young muslim brothers and sisters, who come from good muslims families doing the wrong things even though they are in a good atmosphere to practise islam,
MAy Allah guide us all to the straight path,Ameen
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