You misunderstand me, Hisham

Submitted by Straight_Talk_Luigi (United States), Feb 16, 2010 at 16:01

Yes, I remember you.

No, my post was not a generalization about all Muslim men, and I specifically was referring to the men discussed on here.

As such, Hisham, I need to point out that a double standard exists, that being a man who calls himself a Muslim, expects his wife to follow all the rules of the Qu'ran and Hadith while he goes off and cheats on her or does whatever.

To be sure, a lot of other religious men who are not Muslim do the same thing.

You are a regular poster, but you are not one of the men discussed on here. I have said several times that there are good Muslim men, but you're not likely to find them on the internet. Besides, most Muslim men will marry Muslim women.

It was not my intention to suggest that ALL Muslim men are the same, and I've said on here that bin-laden and others like him are not real Muslims.

Listen, you can be a conservative Muslim and a good person. The two are not mutually exclusive.

The Western media is mostly a conglomeration of anti-religious bigots who will take shots at religion whenever they can.

You also will not find me criticizing women who want to dress modestly. I would not have a problem if a woman you knew wore a veil.

I agree with you on religious conflict, and you'll find that the scammers and liars discussed on here might be mostly Muslim men, but that's not because these acts are exclusive to Muslims. They happen all over the world.

I guess you could make the argument that some men might want to use a woman to spread his faith, but I suppose you could find someone in every major world religion if you looked hard and long enough, so Islam really does not have much to do with what goes on here.

As far as choice goes, women come on here because they often are unsure what to choose.

Hopefully, that clears things up.

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