christian vs moslem

[cherubim]

I was on holiday and went onetime visiting a village which is populated by so called devout moslems,but according to christian minorities those moslems are extremely fanatic.I with a friend came visiting a moslem woman to get an information about something,this moslem woman looked at my necklace with a crucifix attached to it and uncomfortably she asked me if I was a christian and I said yes,this woman didn’t say anything afterwards.Did you ever experience it,a so called hostile attitude toward christians?

Pax Dominum

 

[blessedstar]

I was on holiday and went onetime visiting a village which is populated by so called devout moslems,but according to christian minorities those moslems are extremely fanatic.I with a friend came visiting a moslem woman to get an information about something,this moslem woman looked at my necklace with a crucifix attached to it and uncomfortably she asked me if I was a christian and I said yes,this woman didn’t say anything afterwards.Did you ever experience it,a so called hostile attitude toward christians?

Pax Dominum

Yes I have experienced it and also experienced heavy efforts to convert me to Islam. On the other hand I have also been treated well by Muslims and they have been respectful of my faith.

However I have been treated worse by people in my own family for my faith; so why should I complain? I just forgive it and let it go and forget it between us.

All in all it doesn’t matter; I go quietly about Catholicism that I believe in and stay firm in that and don’t worry if I am hated for it.

They treated Jesus much worse than I have ever been treated so what do I expect? I can’t expect anything other and am not going to spend my time being upset by it; equally I don’t let it disturb my faith.

And who am I to judge?

 

[MelanieAnne]

I was on holiday and went onetime visiting a village which is populated by so called devout moslems,but according to christian minorities those moslems are extremely fanatic.I with a friend came visiting a moslem woman to get an information about something,this moslem woman looked at my necklace with a crucifix attached to it and uncomfortably she asked me if I was a christian and I said yes,this woman didn’t say anything afterwards.Did you ever experience it,a so called hostile attitude toward christians?

Pax Dominum

According to the Koran, non-Muslims are considered virtually a lower life form. As such, you were being shunned. This would be considered proper behavior within their community.

 

[tomarin]

Did you ever experience it,a so called hostile attitude toward christians?

my travel experiences in turkey, indonesia, india (large muslim minority) and malaysia have been on the whole positive. i would think most of the muslims there take one look at me and assume i’m christian because of my appearance (i’m white), although i was a secular person when i did all my travelling.

in turkey at least they will often ask “what religion are you” as a conversation opener and i had the feeling that they couldn’t understand how someone could have “no religion”. so i had to say christian even though i wasn’t at that time a believer, just for the sake of giving an intelligible answer.

most of the muslims i’ve encountered have been kind and hospitable but there are good and bad people in all countries and religions and islam does cover a fifth of all the world’s population so it’s difficult to generalize. a palestinian, a nigerian muslim and a malaysian would all be pretty different, i imagine.

i never got the impression anyone thought i was a “lower life form” – although i’d be curious to see which passages in the qu’uran say that in order to investigate it further.

 

[LDNCatholic]

I haven’t experienced much hostility from Muslims, very little in fact and I live in an area with a very large Muslim minority and have quite a few Muslim friends. I see more hostility from seculars and pro choicers etc.

 

[PKoucheravy]

I’ve been on three short deployments to Muslim countries and other than the people who were trying to kill me while I was there I’ve had pretty good experiences.

In Afghanistan, upon seeing my tattoos (I have the sacred hearts tattooed on my back), I got into a lengthy open discussion on the differences between Christianity and Islam. We were just trading beliefs and talking. Granted, this conversation occurred between myself and six Afghan interpreters educated in Kabul, so they’re only typical of their social standing.

In the Afghan villages faith came up with a sort of smiling indifference. The provincial police, for example, asked us to stop a convoy for evening prayers, and when they saw my rosary later they smiled and went about their business. The police chief fed me, let me stay in his house and was very happy to discuss Muslim culture.

In a rural part of Iraq I showed a crucifix to a child and he grabbed it from me and was eager to show me all he knew about Christianity - he did the sign of the cross, some bows at the waist and held the cross up high to show me he knew what this was about. All the other kids saw this and started following me around doing the sign of the cross and laughing. I think they were happy to be showing off for the big white Christian.

In an old Saddam army barracks in Baghdad I found a paper icon of the Blessed Virgin hanging on a nail about nine feet up. I took a photo and left it there. It was old and tattered, but very beautiful. I think it was left behind by an Eastern Christian Iraqi soldier prior to the invasion.

Like I said, the Muslims who aren’t trying to kill me over there are pretty cool.