YOUR TOTALLY wrong

Submitted by Taliah (United States), Aug 14, 2007 at 18:10

I am a muslim woman, an american and black. I guess you can say I have three strikes against me when it comes to my closed minded american fellows. It is baseless to accuse a religion for what individuals choose to do in the name of religion. It is especially harmful for a person to rant and rave about a religion they have very little clue about and misinformation.

In college I took lots of religion courses on Christianity and it only made more proud to be an American Muslim, and also appreciate the similiarities of both monotheistic faiths. In all judeo-christian beliefs and islam, teach their followers to live a just life , one in which GOD is present in our actions, and that we are able to put others needs before our own.

The idea of stewardship is incumbent in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. I find it so abhorrent when people blindly degrade other people's beliefs without truly making a heart felt effort to read the text of these religions. John Espisito is a Christian and Professor at Georgetown and has authored many excellent books on Islam, i would challenge any one who has a biased view of this religion to read his books, and take the time to visit a mosque and speak to the women attending about their faith.

As far as marrying a man from an Arab nation, one has to be careful with whom they choose to make their bed with. In general, cross cultural marriages can be extremely difficult especially when the people do not share the same belief. Women should not be naive, but truly understand what it is they want out of relationship prior to initiating it. Look out for the signs , not all Arab men are dating women for paper work or to use them.

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