tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385205961037530446.post9139275743076530230..comments2024-01-01T23:41:52.452-05:00Comments on Staring at the View: Thanking Out Loud About Da'waQuotable Quotes:http://www.blogger.com/profile/10875865758846571469noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385205961037530446.post-62845905653013752292010-04-15T12:54:42.245-04:002010-04-15T12:54:42.245-04:00So Saudi insanity is typical of the Muslim lifesty...So Saudi insanity is typical of the Muslim lifestyle? Hardly!<br /><br />In reality, there is considerable push-back against the Saudi lifestyle among Muslims worldwide, and this reaction is strongest in the Middle East itself. Saudi Arabia can go to a place like the southern Phillipines and buy credibility with new mosques and work visas... but Middle Eastern nations have their own rooted Islamic histories and feel much freer to call out Saudi BS.<br /><br />Now, in your entertaining anecdote, do you think your Saudi friends more objected to this Yankee wannabe's Islam or his pathetic aping of a retrograde lifestyle which is the object of much Muslim ridicule?<br /><br />When I said that not all Muslims were missionary-minded, what I meant was this: many Muslims come from places where religion is seen as an integral part of a person's inherited identity, which should not be changed. They are happy with their Islam, and they think Christians, Sabi'is, and Jews should be similarly happy with their religions. They do not have a positive view of conversion in any direction.<br /><br />This attitude conflicts with the Western individualist ideal, for sure-- but it also undercuts any caricature of a monolithic, menacing Islam.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05785048565629818536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385205961037530446.post-24321923362247669802010-04-15T06:56:38.469-04:002010-04-15T06:56:38.469-04:00Thanks, Seraphime. I wanted to throw in a bit of h...Thanks, Seraphime. I wanted to throw in a bit of humor, although unfortunately it's all true. The kind of thing that makes you want to laugh and cry at the same time.Quotable Quotes:https://www.blogger.com/profile/10875865758846571469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4385205961037530446.post-40460991701291324162010-04-15T00:02:55.224-04:002010-04-15T00:02:55.224-04:00Ha...ha....ha...
it's really hilarious
I bet y...Ha...ha....ha...<br />it's really hilarious<br />I bet you're right!observant observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01854462112422242194noreply@blogger.com