Do you actually know any Muslims?
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I know loads. Due to the fact that I went out with a Muslim Pakistani girl for ten years. I met her Muslim friends, Family, cousins etc during that time. None of them ever expressed extremist views. They were the most friendly people I have ever met. They reminded me of cousins of my mother who are all from South Wales. The vast majority of them are wonderful.
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Yes. I did. I went to a Mosque with her. It was only for her sake. Her family disowned her because I wasn't a Muslim. It was surprisingly quick and easy. I felt guilty because I'm an Athiest. But I did it because I was heartbroken at seeing her cry a lot because her mum wouldn't talk to her. I felt even worse because the guys at the Mosque were so nice.
I wouldn't say the "vast majority" are wonderful, they are human after all. Some are decent some are ar$eholes, in pretty much the same proportion as any other race, creed or colour.
Not all Muslims are terrorists and not all Muslims support these evil acts.
The rise of the right in this country should be a concern for us all.
Bucket loads of them down here.
A newsagents 2 mins from me is owned by muslims and they seem nice enough.
I'm all for diversity, i wouldn't discriminate against anyone, any colour, any religion.
But then i`ve always treated people the same way i would like to be treated myself, and have rarely had issues with any group of people.
yes. Hard to understand isn't it? It's a cultural thing. It's to do with family pride. I don't get it myself. It took me two years to say oh FFS, had enough of this, lets just go and get married Islamically. I only did it so her parents would accept her back. But then I met them and they were really nice people.
All her friends and cousins accepted me from the start, even her sister.
But you have to bare in mind, her parents were first generation Pakistanis. They didn't come here having grown up with Western values.
Not at all, especially in Glasgow.
That's true, there are tons of them up that way now, and I spotted increasing numbers in Edinburgh too while there over last Christmas.
I have to say it's a shame that it's taken the action of a minority of despicable people to vilify an entire religion
My dad tells me it's not that different to the days when the IRA were prominent. I think many Irish people living in Britain had to suffer similar levels of backlash.
My mate who is Jewish although not practising, fell in love with this girl who's dad was Egyptian and Christian. He had to convert and get baptized, the whole 9 yards, he still doesn't believe in it, but that's the price of love. Otherwise the dad would not have given his blessing or his financial backing lol.
That's true to an extent. However now the terror and bombings have subsided, I think the Irish and English have a much better relationship. I suspect the same kind of thing would happen globally if the rise of Islamic terror attacks also subsided.
well there is one difference. During the days of the IRA, they called it IRA terrorism, not Catholic Terrorism. Now they call it Islamic Terrorism.
ok that seems kinda odd to me but whatever. i mean are you a fully practicing and devout muslim now all of a sudden? what are your opinions on atheists now that you converted? and why would you allow anyone to change your beliefs just like that? whats the point in believing in anything for one just to change it all just because the prettiest girl happened to come along into one's life?
hope you dont mind me asking this, just that you kinda put it all out there.
That's because it wasn't Catholic terrorism. They were nationalists fighting for the reunification of Ulster and the Republic of Ireland, some of who were not even religious. The IRA wasn't trying to murder people because they were not Catholic.
There was a big wedding once with one of the family members and 'Sam' (never knew his Muslim name!) came round after the wedding with platters full of various Indian foods they'd had at the reception.
Even though the other neighbours never had anything to do with them he made sure everyone had a platter of food.
Decent folks and good neighbours.
The Irish were treated like vermin in the days the British army were murdering people in northern Ireland. My father was in the RAF, his father managed to fight for Britain in two world wars, yet he was still refused access to a hotels and jobs in the 1970`s because he was Irish.
Unbelievable days.