my Muslim friends
November 26, 2023 at 3:34 pm
(This post was last modified: November 26, 2023 at 3:35 pm by SeniorCitizen.)
I have a young Iraqi friend (who is not religious). His mother is a Shia, and practices her religion ... his father is an out and out Communist. I've met his parents ... and they obviously have a loving relationship, despite his father saying things like (in her presence): "Mohammed was a schizophrenic". She apparently doesn't get upset about him saying things like this.
I was friendly with a young Saudi woman who came here with her husband, who was a wealthy businessman. Shortly after they arrived she told him that she'd never believed in Islam. He divorced her immediately. When I met her she was living in a refugee hostel ... but happy to have her freedom. During a conversation I had with her her phone rang. After finishing the call she grinned at me and said: "They think I'm mad". It was someone from her family.
She showed me pictures of her wedding ... there was no doubt that she'd been married to someone with wealth. She'd planned her "escape" from Islam by marrying a man who would take her with him when he came here on business.
In the 70s I lived in a large squat in London. There was two Muslim girls there, from Algeria and Egypt ... and two Jewish girls. from Yemen and South Africa.
I was also acquainted with a man who was a senior member of the staff at the Egyptian Embassy. I actually had a talk with him at the Embassy ... with people coming in and out and acting very subservient towards him: "This goes on all day" he said ... with a grin on his face.
He was an atheist: "Islam is a terrible religion".
I was friendly with a young Saudi woman who came here with her husband, who was a wealthy businessman. Shortly after they arrived she told him that she'd never believed in Islam. He divorced her immediately. When I met her she was living in a refugee hostel ... but happy to have her freedom. During a conversation I had with her her phone rang. After finishing the call she grinned at me and said: "They think I'm mad". It was someone from her family.
She showed me pictures of her wedding ... there was no doubt that she'd been married to someone with wealth. She'd planned her "escape" from Islam by marrying a man who would take her with him when he came here on business.
In the 70s I lived in a large squat in London. There was two Muslim girls there, from Algeria and Egypt ... and two Jewish girls. from Yemen and South Africa.
I was also acquainted with a man who was a senior member of the staff at the Egyptian Embassy. I actually had a talk with him at the Embassy ... with people coming in and out and acting very subservient towards him: "This goes on all day" he said ... with a grin on his face.
He was an atheist: "Islam is a terrible religion".
