Moderate Muslims
Discussion
PRTVR said:
Be honest, open day are not the normal going on of what ever establishment you visit, when the company I work for had a open day everything was polished to within an inch of its life and everybody was on their best behaviour, same if you go to a school open day, I still think the idea is a good one, but is nothing more than a controlled snap shot
You know how churches generally tend to be full of old boring people? Mosques are pretty much the same.You know how you get the once-a-year brigade turning up for midnight mass? Mosques are pretty much the same.
Countdown said:
PRTVR said:
Be honest, open day are not the normal going on of what ever establishment you visit, when the company I work for had a open day everything was polished to within an inch of its life and everybody was on their best behaviour, same if you go to a school open day, I still think the idea is a good one, but is nothing more than a controlled snap shot
You know how churches generally tend to be full of old boring people? Mosques are pretty much the same.You know how you get the once-a-year brigade turning up for midnight mass? Mosques are pretty much the same.
PRTVR said:
My perception is slightly different, Islam is not just a religion, its a total life commitment,
It really isn't. The vast majority of people I went to Mosque with have grown out of it. The level of "commitment" ranges from "devout believer" to "attends mosque only on Eid and sit at the back playing angry birds"PRTVR said:
look at the young people heading out to Syria, their beliefs must be strong to even consider such actions, walk through Birmingham and observe the dress code of Muslims, its not just the odd one or two, I think you are stretching it a bit to compare it to a church congregation.
As above, there is a spectrum, and some are more "visible" than others. I can guarantee that I will see far more "muslim" men/women wearing western clothes than dressed in religious gear such as Burqas. [Bear in mind that people wearing salwar kamiz or sari aren't doing it for religious reasons] 
All religions have a spectrum of how seriously people take them. The problem with Islam is that some people, if and when they decide to take it more seriously, don't join a monastery or a kibbutz, they join ISIS or the Muslim Brotherhood. They agitate for political domination or fabricate stories to paint themselves as victims of persecution and hamper counter terrorism operations.
The fact is that this is deeply ingrained in the religion in a way that it simply isn't with Christianity or Buddhism.
Until we can face this fact and identify the genuinely peaceful Muslims we're just feeding political and potentially violent Islam.
The fact is that this is deeply ingrained in the religion in a way that it simply isn't with Christianity or Buddhism.
Until we can face this fact and identify the genuinely peaceful Muslims we're just feeding political and potentially violent Islam.
Alpinestars said:
I don't disagree with that but it's always damned if you do, damned if you don't. Most places of worship are open to all "24/7" in any case. Given the bad press Muslims get at the moment, what would you suggest?
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