To Non muslims

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do you know any muslims in real life?

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Azy said:
Are we including those who call themselves Muslims but act otherwise?
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The benchmark for being Muslim is the declaration of faith - it is not up to us to judge who is a hypocrite and not internally.
 
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crayon said:
Is that something they request personally, or just some sort of recurring coincidence?
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A bit of both, I think. One school I worked at, teaching adults, received a lot of Saudi female students, and they wouldn't turn up to classes if a male was teaching. They would also be totally covered except for eyeslits when outside the classroom.

In other cases, some schools in Britain have a policy whereby female Muslim students are asked if they have a preference on the gender of the teacher. I'm not privy to those meetings, but in my places of work the results have always been as I have described: any Muslim females end up getting taught by female teachers. I know this certainly isn't the case in all schools in Britain - other schools I've visited are not always able to provide this, particularly when a large number of students are Muslim. There are only so many female teachers to go round.

And avoiding males completely is quite impossible, and not what Islam teaches- it teaches interacting on a purely professional and necessary basis, treating the opposite gender with politeness and respect during interaction. To completely shut yourself away from any male/female is unfeasible.
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Yes, I would have thought so. It's diffifcult to get a sense of where the boundaries are with Islam, when different people practise it in different ways.

I have found it interesting to hear what Muslim women have to say on the forum, and I presume it would be interesting to talk with Muslim women in real life, it just hasn't occurred in my experience.

Peace
 
crayon said:
I guess we are- it's not our place to judge others; unless they have outright denounced Islam, than they are muslim, whatever sins they commit (in general)
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Zafran said:
The benchmark for being Muslim is the declaration of faith - it is not up to us to judge who is a hypocrite and not internally.
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Then I know many but on the whole I can't say I'm fond of them. If I was to generalise about the Muslims I have met I would say they were devious, materialistic and xenophobic.
 
Azy said:
Then I know many but on the whole I can't say I'm fond of them. If I was to generalise about the Muslims I have met I would say they were devious, materialistic and xenophobic.
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are these muslims in europe, The US or any other place??
 
In other cases, some schools in Britain have a policy whereby female Muslim students are asked if they have a preference on the gender of the teacher. I'm not privy to those meetings, but in my places of work the results have always been as I have described: any Muslim females end up getting taught by female teachers. I know this certainly isn't the case in all schools in Britain - other schools I've visited are not always able to provide this, particularly when a large number of students are Muslim. There are only so many female teachers to go round.
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wow never heard of such thing even taking place in the UK - is this mainly in the south of the UK.
 
I know a lot of muslims, have family relations with lot of them. They are nice ppls without doubt.
 
salaam

OK 10 people have voted that they are close to muslims - intresting - keep it comming. It would be great if you could just post what you think of them. Manners etc.

peace
 
Zafran said:
salaam

OK 10 people have voted that they are close to muslims - intresting - keep it comming. It would be great if you could just post what you think of them. Manners etc.

peace
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Are you wanting us to do that, even if its internet?
 
Zafran said:
what do you mean

You dont have to give names out or where these muslims are - just your experience of muslims in reality.
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I mean, I never get to talk to Muslims in life, because none live here. So, do you want me to say what I think about Muslims in general through the internet?
 
Clover said:
I mean, I never get to talk to Muslims in life, because none live here. So, do you want me to say what I think about Muslims in general through the internet?
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No I was talking about the people the met muslims in real life - but if you want to talk about muslims on the internet you can.
 

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