To dhimmi no more...

Submitted by Nabil Ahmad (United States), Aug 1, 2009 at 22:21

The depth of your ignorance is troubling.

First of all, I have never been a "tablighee"...that's a whole lot of rubbish. Second of all, I'm not an Arab. Thirdly, I have no Hijazi masters and was never taught by any mullah. My biggest source of inspiration was my father when it came to coming up with rational and logical explanations for just about anything. I have read the Qur'an cover to cover more than once.

Please spare me the Arabic stuff that you have quoted here. Give it to me in plain English. This is an English-language website. I don't write ... here in my native language here, do I? So keep it in English or don't bother responding to my posts...you'll be wasting your time.

Abandon Islam? Are you stupid? Do you have a better alternative? Oh, I'm sure you do...probably "anything other than Islam". Well, give me something more specific. And tell me why it's better.

You seem to be really focused on the Jizya. The whole concept of Jizya existed in ancient civilizations and was in no way meant to be a form of oppression, allthough with time it became so. Islam does not revolve around the Jizya but on the Mercy and Compassion of the One True God.

You seem to have one hell of a chip on your shoulder against Islam. I feel sorry for you...but then again, if you're living here in the USA, you should be in good shape.

I have always been free as a Muslim. It is you who is trapped in your hatred of Islam and Muslims. Emgaging in a meaningful conversation with you would bear no fruit for either of us. You sound like one of those 3rd-world fools who come here to the USA and bring the problems that you had in your home country with you to this country. I'm sick and tired of the likes of you who pretend to be "Americanized" but whose minds are still small and exist in their respective home countries.

I am here to tell you that I will stay in this country as long as I want no matter what stupid foreigners like you have to say to me. My faith in God is between me and God. If I feel that I can serve God better in this country as a Muslim, what the hell is your problem? It is you who should go back to your own damned, filthy little country, wherever that may be, and keep your crap to yourself.

I am a Muslim and am a free person under God living in America and happy to be doing so. Now be a good boy or girl and leave the talking to grown-ups like your daddy and mommy. OK? Have a nice day.

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