RE: The problem with muslims...
November 3, 2011 at 5:01 pm
(This post was last modified: November 3, 2011 at 5:01 pm by Mister Agenda.)
I have many Bantu friends from Somalia, I helped with tutoring the children and helping them with their homework starting about a year after they arrived as refugees (oppressed minority in Somalia, sucks to be that when civil war breaks out) and that was about six years ago. I'm still involved, although the children rarely need my help regarding school matters anymore, I usually do something with some of them every weekend, even if it's just taking them to the library. Although clearly trumped by the tribal issues of the dominant clan Somalis, I've noticed the care the mosque takes in teaching that race and ethnicity are unimportant compared to being Muslim. An example is that some of the girls wanted to meet my gf, and one of the younger ones wanted to know her race...her older cousin admonished her, 'We don't ask that, we don't care about such things.' One of the young men is engaged to an Afghani woman, another Bantu wondered about marrying a white, and was told 'she is Muslim, that is what matters'.
Clearly, they are not entirely free of racial stereotypes, but also clearly, they have an ethic that moderates in favor of religious solidarity over ethnic and racial issues. OTH, their mosque is also teaching them that Shi'a are not really Muslims. So it goes.
Clearly, they are not entirely free of racial stereotypes, but also clearly, they have an ethic that moderates in favor of religious solidarity over ethnic and racial issues. OTH, their mosque is also teaching them that Shi'a are not really Muslims. So it goes.
