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Originally Posted by Holly
I can't wear my hijab around friends and family because they would know that I am a Muslim if I did.
If you are living in liberal democratic societies, your switching religion and dress style would not be grudged by anyone and you would have legal protection. But if you were living in Saudi Arabia (the citadel and bastion of Islam) and a Muslim there, you would probably be arrested if you were to convert to Christianity or Hinduism and display your new religious enthusiasm openly.
A fair point made.
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Originally Posted by Laila
Dear Holly,I suggest you think about the bigger issues around living your faith and being a good muslim, rather than get stuck on a dress code. When your family see you transformed as you truly live your faith they will be enrolled.
Great advice, Laila. True religion is not in the externals.
Peace Religion is both internal and external.
It is a transformation within. Look at Mohammad himself. He lived a magnificent, bold life and lived as he pleased and had Allah to support him all the way. (Moral: God's for those who do their own thing.) The same was with Jesus - the man who said "Let the dead bury the dead". And the earliest hero of them all - Krishna, with his 16,008 wives, routing the villains in war by merely advising his General etc. etc. It is we, 'followers' of all religions, who are freaks, who come out as worms when compared with those titans. I say, be a Mohammad, be a Jesus, be a Krishna. Let's not follow them, Let's follow them to attain happiness and success in both this life and the life to come.
let's be them and be better than them. Never can we be equal to them or better than them.The Prophets of God are the best creatures on the earth and that's why they were chosen.Let us follow today to lead tomorrow. Believe me, Mohammad, Jesus and Krishna - all are truly dead and gone. Let us learn from their lives and the lives of the best that were amongst us. Let us belong to no one but to ourselves. We belong to God and to Him we shall return.
Let us not be caught up with dress codes. Let us know, ultimately, came we nude and go we nude. Religion is Modesty.
It is a transformation within. Look at Mohammad himself. He lived a magnificent, bold life and lived as he pleased and had Allah to support him all the way. (Moral: God's for those who do their own thing.) The same was with Jesus - the man who said "Let the dead bury the dead". And the earliest hero of them all - Krishna, with his 16,008 wives, routing the villains in war by merely advising his General etc. etc. It is we, 'followers' of all religions, who are freaks, who come out as worms when compared with those titans. I say, be a Mohammad, be a Jesus, be a Krishna. Let's not follow them, Let's follow them to attain happiness and success in both this life and the life to come.
let's be them and be better than them. Never can we be equal to them or better than them.The Prophets of God are the best creatures on the earth and that's why they were chosen.Let us follow today to lead tomorrow. Believe me, Mohammad, Jesus and Krishna - all are truly dead and gone. Let us learn from their lives and the lives of the best that were amongst us. Let us belong to no one but to ourselves. We belong to God and to Him we shall return.
Let us not be caught up with dress codes. Let us know, ultimately, came we nude and go we nude. Religion is Modesty.
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Originally Posted by angellous_evangellous
***MOD ADVISORY***Please keep in mind that this is a Sunni forum, and only Sunnis can post their opinions here.Thanks,A_E
I would have liked to just say "Sorry for trespassing. I hereby withdraw." But I wish to add that I belong to no religion and I accept all religions as my human heritage. Nevertheless, civil society (or RF) cannot function unless it follows the laws in vogue. If we disagree with the law we may protest. But we have no right to be lawless. Saying thus, I withdraw from this forum and apologize for trespassing, for I am not exclusively a Sunni.
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