Monday, March 15, 2010
Islam, people, and faith
I would like to talk about one of the important things that one of the friends commented about. Why do some Muslims have more faith when they are in America rather than having faith in their own countries? I think that some people just want to act. For example they just want others to see that they have faith but the truth is that they don't they are the exact opposite of what they are doing. The other thing is that faith is not forced on them. Luckily in America people have the choice(most of the time) to practice their faith and rituals or just choose a religion that they have faith in. However, in some countries people are forced to follow a certain religion and in our case the religion is Islam. Their are so many negative things about this. One of the important negative thing is that this shows the world that Muslims are "extremists." I truly don't know what is it that when people have the choice to be "good"(I understand that good is different to everyone) they do but when they are forced to be "good" they don't. I would like to go into the psychological reasons for this but I'm not the person to do so.
2 comments:
I know this guy, well I don't know him. I just know of him. He's from Afghanistan and I would think he's a Muslim but i'm not sure. And I see him kissing girls at school. So that's a perfect example of what your talking about. Good post.
I think the people who choose Islam as their religion in western countries, first of all, they have a chance to compare it with other religions and then they become Muslim. However, people in Muslim countries do not have any choice but being Muslim.
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