Thanks, Irrelevant

Submitted by Lina (United Kingdom), Apr 6, 2009 at 17:34

Thanks for responding and also for the information. It's interesting what you said about the contradiction between Islam and Turkey. Actually, I think that alcohol consumption in the middle east, not only in Turkey, is more common than people think. I was in a pub in a French ghetto recently & it was full of Algerians drinking beer lol! There is a problem I think, regarding unavoidable social interaction such as dating and drinking, which conflicts with Islam. Young people especially, are more impressionable and more prone to participating in "haram" activities. Doesn't make all of them hypocrites, everyone experiments or makes mistakes.

I think it's safe to say that the moronic behaviour discussed on here definitely isn't a Turkish thing, nor a muslim thing, but rather a case of the morally-challenged. You can find people like that all over the world, of all orientations, shapes & sizes.

As for soul-searching, well it does occur a lot amongst muslims, although it's forbidden in Islam, so no one ever really talks about it. It's either This way or No way. The worst religious discrimination occurs in places like Egypt & UAE, but even in Egypt there is quite a large christian community, & they're not hiding under rocks either (!). Religion is extremely limiting, & too Black & White for my taste, therefore I can understand your viewpoint. What annoys me is when people compare Islam with Christianity, etc. as if one religion is holier than the other, when in fact most mainstream religions are quite similar. Honestly, from my experience some Catholic men can be just as chauvinistic, judgemental etc. as Muslims. So the religious argument that's tossed around on here is irrelevant in my opinion. Well good luck wherever you land up in terms of religion, what matters to me is being at peace.

I should probably be a buddhist (:

Thanks again

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