Say something nice about a Muslim

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Once I was speaking to a Muslim friend of mine (a young women with whom I was attending university) on the phone, and at one point her parents came home while we were talking. She put the phone down for a few seconds to talk to them, and when she came back on she told me that her mother (who is also Muslim) had asked her to tell me she said “God bless you”. 🙂

I thought that was a very nice thing to do, especially since I hadn’t even met my friend’s mother, and she didn’t have to say anything to me, as I wasn’t in the room or anything.

The friend I’m speaking about is also a wonderful young woman - very kind, intelligent, and respectful of my beliefs. 🙂 She’s also not fanatical in any way. 👍
 
The muslim family that moved next door to my grandmother completely and wholly adopted her as “Grandma Julie” There small children would bring her things the woman of the house had baked, and their oldest son would cut the tiny postage stamp of a lawn she had whenever he happened to be cutting their own.

They would water her lawn as well, and were always sharing things from their garden with her. In turn she would make little dresses for the little girl, and let give them popsicles. Hy 80-something grandmother’s culinary tastes changed to include pita bread with every meal.

Islam itself - its belief system and the different sects of it, I am not so enamored by.

These folks were wonderful, gracious, kind people. About them I can say nothing bad.
 
I have given it a great deal of thought. I can think of nothing nice to say about islam. Islam has never done anything good for me. It has only attempted to harm me. Even the things that islam claims to have contributed they took from the greeks and byzantines. Islam has been overwhelmingly negative for me and the world in general.

How about muslims you say? Many I have met have been “nice”, until I heard the inevitable anti-semetic rant or discovered they supported Hamas or thought 911 was a Jewish conspiracy or thought St. Peter’s would make a wonderful mosque. On the surface they can seem nice, but when you get down to the core it isn’t that nice. Only muslims can change this and they show no signs of doing so.

So I guess at this point I can’t think of one nice thing to say about muslims. They should be ashamed of that, but if they have no shame over the other things I have posted here I will not hold my breath. If a muslim wants to know how he or she can change my opinion they are welcome to ask me.
 
cestusdei said:
I have given it a great deal of thought. I can think of nothing nice to say about islam. Islam has never done anything good for me. It has only attempted to harm me. Even the things that islam claims to have contributed they took from the greeks and byzantines. Islam has been overwhelmingly negative for me and the world in general.

How about muslims you say? Many I have met have been “nice”, until I heard the inevitable anti-semetic rant or discovered they supported Hamas or thought 911 was a Jewish conspiracy or thought St. Peter’s would make a wonderful mosque. On the surface they can seem nice, but when you get down to the core it isn’t that nice. Only muslims can change this and they show no signs of doing so.

So I guess at this point I can’t think of one nice thing to say about muslims. They should be ashamed of that, but if they have no shame over the other things I have posted here I will not hold my breath. If a muslim wants to know how he or she can change my opinion they are welcome to ask me.
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How about they are created in the image and likeness of God?
 
One of our Muslim members here, Meedo, seems to be a:) very nice person.
Unfortunately,😦 I have not observed the same from others…But I really do think that if all Muslims were more like Meedo, that I would be able to say quite a few nice things about them…
 
Hitler liked animals and wore a stylish mustache
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That last part is debatable… 😉

Something nice about Muslims :hmmm: … I have heard that they have a deep respect for Mary. Any one know if this is true? If it is true, then, hey way to go Muslims :clapping:

God bless
 
Those of you that know me know that it is really hard for me to say anything nice about anything or anyone…it’s simply not in my nature. Having said that I will have to say one of the most holy, loving and caring persons I have ever met was Muslim. His name was Moses and he was an attendent at the nursing home my Mom is in. I have never found anyone that lived their faith like Moses did. He really impressed me and I can only hope that I can someday be able to live my faith as well as he does his.
 
Im waiting for Mont and Jack to respond 😛

But on a serious note, I think their dedication to prayer is amazing.
And I know some muslims, and found they are nice people.
I just dont like it when they say to me ‘We all want to know who is correct in what they believe’ speeches.
I get bored of people telling me Jesus is just a prophet and not the son of God:(

But on the whole, the ones I know are nice.
 
cestusdei said:
St. Peter’s would make a wonderful mosque.
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St Peter’s WOULD make a wonderful mosque - it’s just much much MUCH better as a Catholic basilica 😃

So would the Suleiman and Selim mosques in Turkey be even better if they were Catholic, so would Hagia Sophia, so would St Paul’s and Westminster Abbey in London, so would the monasteries of Mt Athos in Greece, so would those gorgeous Orthodox Cathedrals in Moscow and St Petersburg …

Can’t hold it against people that they know and are a wee bit green-eyed about sublime architecture when they see it 😛
 
Zooey said:
One of our Muslim members here, Meedo, seems to be a:) very nice person.
Unfortunately,😦 I have not observed the same from others…But I really do think that if all Muslims were more like Meedo, that I would be able to say quite a few nice things about them…
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Thats how I feel about Mahmoud and Nadia. I wish the whole of the Muslim world were like them. Then the only thing the west would have to worry about would be how to decline a dinner inviation.
 
Roman_Catholic said:
That last part is debatable… 😉

Something nice about Muslims :hmmm: … I have heard that they have a deep respect for Mary. Any one know if this is true? If it is true, then, hey way to go Muslims :clapping:

God bless
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A kindly old Franciscan here in Ohio at the National Shrine of Our Lady told me an Egytian Fellow not only honered her, but came to her shrine to ask for work. When he found a new job, he signed over his first paycheck to the Shrine, placing it in the hand of the Franciscans.

Are you remembering them in your daily rosary?
 
They’d make a great husband for your nine year old.

(Aisha was nine)
 
Roman_Catholic said:
That last part is debatable… 😉

Something nice about Muslims :hmmm: … I have heard that they have a deep respect for Mary. Any one know if this is true? If it is true, then, hey way to go Muslims :clapping:

God bless
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The Quran mentions Mary more and in greater detail than the New Testament. And plenty of Muslims in Egypt believe in the Marian apparition(s?) of Zeitoun.
 
I can’t say anything nice about Islam
many Muslims are very moral, devout people, but their good qualities are largely in spite of Islam, not because of Islam
my neighbour is a lovely man for example, salt of the earth
 
Zooey said:
One of our Muslim members here, Meedo, seems to be a:) very nice person.
Unfortunately,😦 I have not observed the same from others…But I really do think that if all Muslims were more like Meedo, that I would be able to say quite a few nice things about them…
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Oh, yes, and he has also stated that God has always deemed some people to be worthless! :rolleyes:

Vickie
 
exoflare said:
No, it’s not. But could you please answer me?
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Ok, I’ll answer. We must have different definitions of uncharitable. For example, if I removed the word ‘Muslim’ from one of my posts and replaced it with the name of my mother or spouse I don’t think I would like the results very much. I didn’t love them as myself, as Jesus would have. I know I for one am ashamed at some of the actions and thoughts I have taken against them, both here and in the real world.

I didn’t mean to sound like I was judging, it was more of a confession. I appologize if I sounded like you SHOULD feel the same way I do.
 
Fidelis said:
If it were a rock-solid REQUIREMENT of our Faith as it is of theirs, we would probably be more zealous about it (though the ease with which some Catholics in our culture opt out of Sunday Mass and Holy days of obligation makes me doubt even that).

Christians have always excercised a lot of latitude in the area of our devotional lives based on personal freedom and our belief that God is more pleased with our prayer when we do it simply out of love for him. Where laxity abounds, however, this can be a two-edged sword.

As it is, the only Christians that are *required *to have daily prayer are clergy and some religious (in the Liturgy of the Hours).Truth be told, I kind of wish it were required for everyone (as a layperson, I pray the Hours on my own).
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Do you? I disagree with this last statement. Jesus separated church and state. A regulated prayer life is beautiful and harmonious in a monastic environment but should not be inflicted on a secular society. It simply wouldn’t work, as we’re already seeing with Muslim workers demanding time for washing and praying and suing their American employers when their demands are not met or when the employers get tired of all this and curtail their prayer times.

A Christian can pray any time any place and no one need even know he’s doing it! Remember what Jesus told us about prayer!

Vickie
 
Booklover said:
Do you? I disagree with this last statement. Jesus separated church and state. A regulated prayer life is beautiful and harmonious in a monastic environment but should not be inflicted on a secular society. It simply wouldn’t work, as we’re already seeing with Muslim workers demanding time for washing and praying and suing their American employers when their demands are not met or when the employers get tired of all this and curtail their prayer times.

A Christian can pray any time any place and no one need even know he’s doing it! Remember what Jesus told us about prayer!

Vickie
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yes, the demands for outward devotion are flawed - look at Somalia where the Union of Islamic Courts in some towns were going to punish people for not praying 5 times a day
yes the focus on the external shows me that Islam is “a form of godliness but without the power therein”
we have to resist the various demands of Islamists etc otherwise it will be illegal to preach the gospel (people have already been arrested in the UK after complaints by Muslims), make any negative comment about “Muhammad”, there may be limitations on selling alcohol etc etc
there was a very good leader in the (London) Times today about the motivation of the bombers convicted on Monday, Omar Khyam et al - saying it was nothing to do with foreign policy but deep contempt for non-Muslims and Western ways hence their comment about bombing the Ministry of Sound
 
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