Have You Had A Conversation with A Muslim?

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Lon

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It would be interesting to me to hear about any conversations that members have had with Muslims. I personally do not know any Muslims but would welcome having a general discussion about Islam and their thinking about the more radical of their faith.
 

I have had many.... AND I have had several about faith but mostly about customs and worship.. Not once did we discuss the more radical interpretation.. How many Christians do you know that would want to discuss the Abortion Doctor assassins.. Or the Westboro Baptist church and their views on gays?
 
Yes Lon, I have had many conversations with Muslims. Some of them are colleagues, others are refugees whom I support on a professional basis. They are moderates, some of them direct victims of ISIL, all speaking out against the wanton perversion of Islam by these vicious barbarians.
 
I have two daughters in law that are Muslims,the eldest has been in my family for over twenty years, the younger one (her sister) will not be fasting through Ramadam, she will eat anything of a pig, they both also enjoy a glass of wine or three with their dinners.:)

One lives in London and the other one lives in Belgium, obviously with their respective husbands and children.:)
 
One of my parents good friends immigrated from Lebanon many years ago. Still a Muslim but Westernized in every way. Except for a disturbing conversation he had with my Dad one day defending "honor killings" as a perfectly logical addition to child raising. Well he lost me right there. But that is not a Muslim thing. It's a cultural thing.

Where we live most of the service stations and liquor stores are middle Eastern owned and staffed. I feel bad for these guys. Besides the work they have to do you know they are targets. I'm friendly with several of them. But after any major attack and especially recent events you can sense the fear. I want to hug them and say " It's okay, it's okay, I know it wasn't you".

At the station down the way the owner is Sikh. You know the kids coming from school toss insults...if he were black would they get away with that? I just want to charge out of my car sometimes and give those little monsters a lecture on common decency. Then again you don't what they hear at home.
 
Yes, Lon. I talk to Muslims whenever I meet them, including when commuting on the train. I post on some Facebook pages where Muslims and nonmuslims discuss current affairs and I have supported their right to establish a mosque in my district. The last worker we engaged at the child care centre is Muslim and I was on the interviewing panel. She is a convert. Apart from the most recently arrived migrants, it is very easy to talk to them. They are Australians in every way and we have a lot in common.
 
I have 3 step grandchildren from a precious marriage whom are Muslim, we never discussed religion, faith were never an issue. Their father is a wonderful hard working man. Personally I think it rude an insensitive to inquire about one's faith. I have a friend who is Jewish, he went to be a Rabbi.
 
Being in the healthcare profession, I have worked with people of the Muslim faith for years. There have been occasions when we have discussed religion, but as I stated up thread, it was more about customs and practices and not so much ideology. I always have been fascinated with customs and practices.. I find that most people love to talk about themselves and will gladly offer insight into their lives if asked in a friendly way. I've only had one conversation when I felt that the other person was trying to convince me to read the Quran and consider Islam.. that was a Neurologist. However, he quickly backed off when I asked him to.
 
Probably,I don't know for sure. Never have I sought out a Muslim to discuss religion with. There is a Pakistani family that owns the general store and gas station down the road. I assume they are Muslm just because of their nationality,but I don't care enough to ask. They seem to be decent people trying to make a living. The short conversations I have had with them,(mostly the father) have been about local issues, not religion.
 
I usually don't have religious discussions with anybody, unless I know them really well. I think they can too easily get pushy and intrusive. None of my business what others believe unless they start trying to shove their beliefs down my throat or ridicule my beliefs.
 
Not only have I talked to a Muslim, I've had classes of them.
This is at a community college where I was employed, and when the Shah of Iran was in power. We had several hundred of them.
I had some interesting experiences and talks with many of them, and had some of them as great friends.

The Muslims are just like everyone else, some good, some bad. But that's true even in my neighborhood.
 
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