What is it like to be a Muslim Where You Live

[dilkadr]

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.

Thanks dear,

i am pleased to know about the status of the Muslims

 

[amirah_87]

Third person here from E.London.

The area I live in has its fair share of Whites, Blacks & Asians. It's Quite fairly proportioned.

I'd say it's ok to live here, I know quite alot of people who've moved from various parts of London to be part of the muslim communities down here Walhamdulillaah.

We do get verbally abused from time to time( the same old "Ninja" lines). But it's never turnt into anything physical walhamdulillaah.

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...:?

Allah Yahdeehim :exhausted

 

[dilkadr]

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...

Fantastic, that the spirit. in fact it is easy to manage few people. Here in Karachi it is bing crowd of people all walks of life and variety of practices. it is also interesting to live here.

 

[dilkadr]

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 Karachi, Pakistan here every second person is Muslim but still I feel we are note as good Muslim as we could be. Here, we have 100% freedom to do whatever we like to do and we are mis-using this luxury - I feel many of us are doing wrong things which are not in accordance with Islamic Teachings not even in accordance with basic humanitarian ethics.

Anyways life is like that...

 

[dilkadr]

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.

But for all other it is riba loans.

That is interesting...
Finance and Commerce is of my special interest

 

[dilkadr]

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.

Thanks a lot my friend,

Could you please shad some light on the identification of riba - i mean what are the attributes that make a riba or riba-free transaction....

You contribution will be appreciated.

Fee Amman Allah

 

[dilkadr]

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.

north west of where, US or some where else.???

 

[dilkadr]

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.

that's great...
the discussion is going great too

 

[dilkadr]

Third person here from E.London.

The area I live in has its fair share of Whites, Blacks & Asians. It's Quite fairly proportioned.

I'd say it's ok to live here, I know quite alot of people who've moved from various parts of London to be part of the muslim communities down here Walhamdulillaah.

We do get verbally abused from time to time( the same old "Ninja" lines). But it's never turnt into anything physical walhamdulillaah.



Allah Yahdeehim :exhausted

why people are moving to Muslim Community areas, is there anything special about it???

 

[dilkadr]

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 really amazed to know that Muslims are the third largest community there in Germany...

 

[jannat]

i am from manchester, UK, Its alhamduillah k i guess. i learnt there is good and bad everywhere , in non muslim countries and muslim countries. i have noticed the non muslim youth have alot of misconceptions abt islam and i feel racism is on the rise, due to the events these extremists have carried out. pakistan is seen by non muslim youth as habouring terrorists, i know this because my sister was tellin me at school , some students are calling pakstanis, 'terriorist', which is unfortuante.

beside incidents such as this, i think alhumdullilah, the muslim community in manchester is good. i wanted to know what it like in pakistan, because it supposed to be an 'islamic country', is it really like that. i was born there so i am quite interested in whats happenin in PK.

i pray that allah tala blesses the muslim ummah inshallah,

 

[nevesirth]

You know it, you wrote it. :skeleton:

LOL, SEEMS WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER ALOT WILBERHUM!!

WELL I WSNT TRYING TO BE NEGATIVE. OK LET ME EXPLAIN MYSELF A LIL BIT FURTHER. SEE I LIVE IN A MAJORITY CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY, AND I GET HARRASED FRM IGNORANT PPLE NOT FOR BEING 'MUSLIM' BUT SIMPLY FOR 'LOOKING MUSLIM'.IM USED TO BEING ASKED SILLY QUESTIONS LIKE' BIN LADEN WHT U DOING IN OUR COUNTRY? WHERE ARE U FRM? IF THE U.S GETS TO KNW U R HERE, THEYLL COME PICK U UP. THEY NEVER SEEM TO SEE PAST THE MUSLIM LOOKS, SOME EVEN OPENELY CALL U A TERRORIST AS IF IT WAS A COMPLIMENT.
IM NOT SAYING ITS RLLY BAD, BUT IT GETS ANNOYING AT TIMES,U GET SUSPICIOUS LOOKS FROM SECURITY WHEN U WALK INTO A BANK, LOL
ITS NOT THEIR FAULT THOUGH, ITS THE WRONG STEREOTYPING OF MUSLIMS BY THE MEDIA THTS TO BLAME AND MAYBE THE ACTIONS OF A GROUP OF MUSLIMS.
WELL ITS NOT SO BAD AFTERALL, I JST WANTED TO MAKE A STATEMENT, MAYBE SOME PPLE MISUNDERSTOOD CUZ IT WSNT COMPREHENSIVE!!!!!!!!!!

SALAM!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Nσσя'υℓ Jαииαн]

I live in NY and Alhumdulillah I haven't experienced anything I do get stares even in my town area, I mean i have lived in the same place my whole life! Only when i started Hijab though. But thats about it. And usually I'll get people asking me questions. So i like it when they ask

 

[north_malaysian]

Now, I'm living in Kulim, State of Kedah, Malaysia for 4 years.

Previously I live with my grandparents in Teluk Bahang, Penang Island, Malaysia for (5 years), then in Gelugor, Penang Island, Malaysia for the next 20 years.

And I've studied in International Islamic Univesrsity Malaysia (Matriculation Centre in Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur and Main Campus in Gombak, Selangor).



* TELUK BAHANG, PENANG ISLAND *
It's a town situated by the sea with a population of 50,000 people. 70% of the population are Muslims, and the remaining 30% are Buddhists, Confucians, Taoists and Hindus. (There are no Christians living there).

It has dozens of mosques (mostly belongs to Shafiite Muslims, 1 mosque for the Hanafites and another one for Salafis), two Chinese temples and one Hindu temple.

Most of the Muslims are Acehnese (people of Aceh, Indonesia) followed by Malays, Tamils, Javanese, Yemeni Arabs, Indonesians, Bangladesh and a handful of Chinese.

Majority if the Muslims work in public and tourism sectors, 90% of the seafood restaurants are owned by Muslims.

* GELUGOR, PENANG ISLAND *
It's a university-town situated by the sea. Famous for Penang Bridge and Universiti Sains Malaysia. Most of the people living here are university students and professionals. It has a population of over 100,000 and 60% of the populations are Muslims. The remaining 40% are Buddhists, Hindus, Christians, Baha'is, Confucians, Taoists, Sikhs, Non Religious, Satanists and Atheists.

It has 20 mosques, 4 are big mosques (we call it as Masjid Jamek). Dozens of churches and handful of Hindus and Chinese Temple. It's reported that the Satanists have 2 lodges here.

Most of the Muslims are Minangkabaus (another ethnic group from Indonesia), Malays (from all over Malaysia), Tamils, Malayalis, Arabs, Javanese, Boyanese (from Indonesia), Banjarese (also from Indonesia), Bataks (from Indonesia too), Chinese and immigrants from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and Arab nations. There was a Japanese
Muslim too living in my neighbourhood.

Muslims in Gelugor are the most successfull Muslim community in Penang as there are good education provided here. Most of Penangite Islamists live in Gelugor.

* KULIM *
It's a town situated on the mainland, 40km away from Penang Island.. the weather is cooler and fresher. It has a population of 100,000 people of which 60% are Muslims. The remaining 40% are Buddhists, Hindus, Confucians, Taoists, Christians and Sikhs.

It has not less than 50 mosques, maybe 80. 2 churches, a handful of Chinese temples, 1 gurdwara and 20 Hindu temples.

Most of the Muslims are Malays, with some Tamils, Cambodians, Thais, Chinese, Arabs and immigrants from Indonesia, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt and Iraq. I've seen some Spaniards in the local mosque too (who is working in Malaysian Spanish Institute).

Most of the Muslims are factories workers, lots are Professionals (mostly engineers) and civil servants.

 

[rozeena]

4m bham n its great bein a muslim here, well da area i live in is mostly apna ppl anyway

 

[syilla]

1. Easy to get food. But don't be surprised because not all food is halal. Just becareful when going to restaurants especially chinese and mamak stall.

2. Rules and regulations sometimes are not according to alquran and sunnah.

3. You can find statues and monuments :S and there is even fatwa in Malaysia saying is haram but they can't do anything about it. :S

4. Cause here summer every day, don't be surprised on how the girls or guys are wearing. Just close your eyes or look elsewhere.

5. Most of the muslim men still stares at beautiful girl...thinking that is not haram but feast for the eyes. :S

6. Masjid is everywhere and don't be surprise there is only 10 ppl doing the jumaah :S

7. The girls and boys are constantly together (dating), holding hands but no kissing -al hamdullillah. And don't be surprised if most of the muslim parents here says is okay to have girlfriend or boyfriend.

well...i've alot more to say...but to be continued. Time for asr prayer. wassallam

 

[dilkadr]

Salaam Syilla,

That is what going in Karachi, and we have to live like good Muslims among all of these unislamic attituteds.

May Allah Help all of us

 

[dilkadr]

I live in NY and Alhumdulillah I haven't experienced anything I do get stares even in my town area, I mean i have lived in the same place my whole life! Only when i started Hijab though. But thats about it. And usually I'll get people asking me questions. So i like it when they ask

thats good,
asking spreads knowledge about Islam.

 

[dilkadr]

i am from manchester, UK, Its alhamduillah k i guess. i learnt there is good and bad everywhere , in non muslim countries and muslim countries. i have noticed the non muslim youth have alot of misconceptions abt islam and i feel racism is on the rise, due to the events these extremists have carried out. pakistan is seen by non muslim youth as habouring terrorists, i know this because my sister was tellin me at school , some students are calling pakstanis, 'terriorist', which is unfortuante.

beside incidents such as this, i think alhumdullilah, the muslim community in manchester is good. i wanted to know what it like in pakistan, because it supposed to be an 'islamic country', is it really like that. i was born there so i am quite interested in whats happenin in PK.

i pray that allah tala blesses the muslim ummah inshallah,

Well, first of all Salaam from Pakistan. I was born and rised here. I like my country in general and my city and town in particular.

if someone want to see what does freedom mean, should come to here and see. however, this great luxury have been miss used a lot.

still there are poeple at both extremes, western and eastern. you can see men with turbans, and cloths above their ankles and women in head to toe covering at the same time you can see guy drinking alcohol on the street and girls/women wearing skin tight cloths (western (jeans / t-shirt) and eastern (shalwar kameez) as well)

in past 20 + years things have been changed so much. freedom is prevailing to both good and bad things.

May Allah bless us with courage to live in this open world - where doing wrong is easy and doing good is so difficult

 

[Musaafirah]

Am from Bristol. In the particular area I live in, the children are ignorant I guess, and always have some comment to throw at me..either that or they stare..but kids will be kids I guess, it just angers me that parents don't bother to teach their kids manners..worse still is when they actually encourage their kids behaviour. The reason isn't because I'm muslim I guess, but because I'm Asian..
However, there's a part in Bristol that has many Asians and Muslims and I feel so much more comfortable there than I do where I live now..