the non-muslims in this site

[Ramadhan]

Questions (or many times, contentions) about Islam from non-muslims in the forums actually help me motivated to learn a lot more and much deeper about my own deen, and in turn they strengthen my eeman.

 

[Caller الداعي]

true bro good point

 

[glo]

Great point, naidamar.
I was going to ask the very same thing.

Personally, I find people asking questions and challenging my faith very helpful in my own spiritual growth.
There was a time, just after I became a committed Christian, when I found those questions and challenges threatening - but as I have matured in my faith I have come to realise that those questions help me deepen my own understanding.

Sometimes I may wish to cloister myself away and only surround myself with people who share my faith ... but that doesn't seem to be the time, place and purpose God has destined for me.
My faith is challenged every day - by friends and family, at work, by the society I live in etc, etc. Only if my faith can stand up to these challenges, is it strong enough! I am also learning new and beneficial things from other faiths and worldviews.

I have learned to appreciate those challenges. So much so that I feel an ever growing desire to engage more in interfaith activities.

So I hope that many Muslim members here appreciate us non-Muslims and our views and questions - even if we were never going to convert to Islam.

As for the OP's question, I guess non-Muslims come here for different reasons.
Some come to learn more with possible view to converting.
Others to understand Islam better and to relate to Muslims better, without necessarily wanting to convert.
Others to challenge Islam.

Whatever our intentions, we are here at the invitation of the forum - and we represent the wider world and all humanity.

 

[Humbler_359]

Basically, I would say there are different kinds of non-muslims coming here.

1. Non-Muslims are interested learning about Islam despite medias, propagandas, and misconceptions in many questions.

2. Non-Muslims (ie. Christians)....describe their own belief to criticize Islam wrong and many arguments/exposures.


There is NO need to tell someone to become Muslims by force any means, it is OUR duty in this Islamiboard to explain and guide them clearly.

"There is no compulsion in religion, for the right way is clearly from the wrong way. Whoever therefore rejects the forces of evil and believes in God, he has taken hold of a support most unfailing, which shall never give way, for God is All Hearing and Knowing." (2:256)


Peace be upon you, Wasalam!

 

[A-Believer-25]

I would say many Non-Muslims are here to learn more about Islam. :statisfie

 

[Woodrow]

I would say many Non-Muslims are here to learn more about Islam. :statisfie

I believe most of them are. Although many come with no intention of accepting Islam, it is good they desire to learn the truth about us and not just follow the stereotypical views.

 

[Asian man]

Now that I think of this, I don't really care if any non-Muslim becomes a Muslim or not because I don't even know you people personally.

 

[Supreme]

so far i have seen many non muslims in this site, but they haven't become muslim yet. What is the point of a non-muslim being here if he or she isn't gonna become muslim.

I did not come here, and have no intention, of converting. I did come here, and have every intention, of learning.

 

[zakirs]

Now that I think of this, I don't really care if any non-Muslim becomes a Muslim or not because I don't even know you people personally.

OK this is RUDE.whats with the attitude bro ?

 

[A-Believer-25]

I believe most of them are. Although many come with no intention of accepting Islam, it is good they desire to learn the truth about us and not just follow the stereotypical views.

That's true. I do hope more people accept Islam, inshallah.

 

[Eric H]

Greetings and peace be with you Asian man;

Now that I think of this, I don't really care if any non-Muslim becomes a Muslim or not because I don't even know you people personally

Getting to know us non- Muslims only takes time, if you try, then you might be pleasantly surprised.

In the spirit of praying for a greater interfaith friendship and understanding

Eric

 

[Raphael]

Greetings and peace be with you Asian man;



Getting to know us non- Muslims only takes time, if you try, then you might be pleasantly surprised.

In the spirit of praying for a greater interfaith friendship and understanding

Eric

Do you think this forum has helped you understand Muslims?

 

[Muslim Woman]

Salaam/Peace

... What is the point of a non-muslim being here if he or she isn't gonna become muslim.

I have no intention to become a Christian but I joined 2/3 Christian forums and was active there till the forum was closed or I was banned.

In my daily life , I don't get much chances to meet Christians or other non-Muslims . So , it's nice to meet them online :statisfie

 

[Eric H]

Greetings and peace be with you Raphael;

Do you think this forum has helped you understand Muslims

Yes, and it has given me hope, that people of different faiths can get on with each other.

In the spirit of praying for a greater interfaith friendship

Eric

 

[Raphael]

Greetings and peace be with you Raphael;


Yes, and it has given me hope, that people of different faiths can get on with each other.

In the spirit of praying for a greater interfaith friendship

Eric

What do you know now that you did not know when you joined? If I can ask?

p.s "In the spirit of praying for a greater interfaith friendship" is that your signature line now?

 

[Woodrow]

Perhaps a better and more open question would be:

Why do we want all of these non-Muslims on this site?

1. Da'wah I believe it is safe to say each Muslim here wants every non-Muslim to revert to Islam and this is a venue in which we can speak of our love of Islam and tell non-Muslims why we are Muslim. But most of us want any reversion to be of the persons own free will and to be a choice made between them and Allaah(swt) If the Arabs had closed the sharing of Islam to be with Muslims only. Islam would be a very small religion limited to a small country in the Mid-East.

2. Basic knowledge of how to coexist with non-Muslims. As the world shrinks more Muslims will be forced to live in non-Muslim countries. It is best we learn and practice how to do so peacefully and how to treat non-Muslims fairly

3. To clear up misconceptions about each other. We will always disagree, but we can learn to disagree about facts and not what each thinks the other believes.

4. They make the forum interesting and it does cause each of us to learn more about our own beliefs so we can discuss them intelligently with non-Muslims.

 

[Supreme]

'More Muslims will live in non Muslim countries.'And vice versa. Soon, countries will be so globalized and their populations so diverse, there may be no such thing as a 'Muslim' or 'Christian' or 'Hindu' or whatever religion country any more.

 

[Raphael]

'More Muslims will live in non Muslim countries

True

And vice versa

*cough*

 

[Woodrow]

True




*cough*

Already in today's world every Muslim country has sizable non-Muslim populations. Even Saudi and Iran have non-Muslim communities. Dubai is probably the extreme. While Dubai citizens are 100 percent Muslim nearly 90% of the people living in Dubai are Non-Muslim resident aliens.

 

[Raphael]

I hear Iran has a sizeable Jewish community.