The other day while the hubby and I were out to dinner he was playing and browsing with my phone, when he suddenly burst out in laughter. I asked him what was so funny when he replied that my call list looks like the United Nations, I took the phone from him and started to laugh also. Basically any given day on my phone you can see the names Rachel, Taqwa, and Marie (lol).
Rachel is my jewish orthodox co-worker being that Islam and Judaism share many fundamental beliefs we naturally gravitated towards each other at work. We both observe the same dietary laws, we both fast, and both dress modestly. So needless to say we have become very close since we relate to each other the best in a very waspy work enviornment lol.
Taqwa is my BFF she was one of the first sisters I became friends with upon my conversion, we gravitated towards eachother because she is African/American and I am African/Caribean so we understood eachother only as sisters of color could. She also married an arab and we both have children the same age. She has taken a radical turn to the right and has become salafi since getting married ( I must add that she was born muslim her parents converted during the Malcolm X movement in America). Needless to say we are still close and talk everyday.
Marie is my cousin being that I am of French Canadian and Haitian desecent all of my family member are Roman Catholics and I am the only one in my family to apostate from the church. She is my closest cousin since childhood and my sons Godmother ( only in the word, not in the church I chose to give him a godmother for cultural purposed not religous).
So there you have it everyday I am in contact with a hasidic Jew, a salafi Muslim, and roman Catholic how funny is that. While I do not always believe or agree with the things that they believe, I ALWAYS RESPECT their right to their own belief. So many times across these blogs I have come across people with blind intolerence for anyone who dosnt share their way of life or thinking. We share this planet with over a billion others we are not all going to share the same beleif systems or way of thinking but we do have to learn how to share this planet respectfully.
If we put as much energy into critisizing ourselves instead of others we would be in a better place as a world wide community. Let the Almighty be the judge and juror (INCHALLAH AMIN).
Rachel is my jewish orthodox co-worker being that Islam and Judaism share many fundamental beliefs we naturally gravitated towards each other at work. We both observe the same dietary laws, we both fast, and both dress modestly. So needless to say we have become very close since we relate to each other the best in a very waspy work enviornment lol.
Taqwa is my BFF she was one of the first sisters I became friends with upon my conversion, we gravitated towards eachother because she is African/American and I am African/Caribean so we understood eachother only as sisters of color could. She also married an arab and we both have children the same age. She has taken a radical turn to the right and has become salafi since getting married ( I must add that she was born muslim her parents converted during the Malcolm X movement in America). Needless to say we are still close and talk everyday.
Marie is my cousin being that I am of French Canadian and Haitian desecent all of my family member are Roman Catholics and I am the only one in my family to apostate from the church. She is my closest cousin since childhood and my sons Godmother ( only in the word, not in the church I chose to give him a godmother for cultural purposed not religous).
So there you have it everyday I am in contact with a hasidic Jew, a salafi Muslim, and roman Catholic how funny is that. While I do not always believe or agree with the things that they believe, I ALWAYS RESPECT their right to their own belief. So many times across these blogs I have come across people with blind intolerence for anyone who dosnt share their way of life or thinking. We share this planet with over a billion others we are not all going to share the same beleif systems or way of thinking but we do have to learn how to share this planet respectfully.
If we put as much energy into critisizing ourselves instead of others we would be in a better place as a world wide community. Let the Almighty be the judge and juror (INCHALLAH AMIN).
i like this post!
ReplyDeleteFunny as it sounds, being in contact with each of these people probably keeps you balanced. I think its beneficial for each of us to be able to relate to the others who claim to worship the same God we do, even though we each have different ideas and theologies.
ReplyDeleteSalaam!
ReplyDeleteYou wrote: “I ALWAYS RESPECT their right to their own belief. So many times across these blogs I have come across people with blind intolerence for anyone who dosnt share their way of life or thinking. We share this planet with over a billion others we are not all going to share the same beleif systems or way of thinking but we do have to learn how to share this planet respectfully.”
I agree with you that we should be respectful towards each other faiths. In the same time everyone is responsible to do his/her sincerest to learn and to practise the instructions to Elohim/Allah.
The Quran teaches that Torah (called “Tourat” in Arabic) is the word of ha-Sheim (the Creator). It teaches it has been redacted, but there are no proofs of that statement. It teaches to follow Mosheh (called “Mousa” in Quran), so it is important to know that according to Torah, Mosheh taught that one should follow the mitzwot (commandments) in Torah, including not eating shellfish; and that one should keep Shabat (including not working on Shabat). A perfect Creator implies He does not change. Some Yehudim (Jews) teach that only Yehudim are obligated to keep the mitzwot in Torah, but that contradicts both logic (see the beginning of the ”Muslims”-page in www.netzarim.co.il) and Tan’’kh (the Jewish Bible).
All the best,
Anders
Ameen!
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