RE: Whats your experience with Muslim neighborhoods and Muslims in your country ?
January 30, 2015 at 1:25 pm
Most of the Muslims I know are Somali Bantu refugees. They are among the nicest, most hospitable people I've ever known. They have maybe part of a neighborhood in low-cost housing--the kids talk about getting out of because of the gang activity in the neighborhood. Their parents work hard and have high expectation of their children, who study hard.
http://www.wistv.com/story/16107596/year...e-thriving
On the other hand, the local Imam is an Egyptian fellow who is quite the fire-and-brimstone type, the Bantus have become a little bit more conservative under the guidance of the local American mosque than they were when they got here. The young girls have started wearing hijab where they previously only wore scarves. I don't find him particularly more obnoxious than some of the local Pentecostal preachers who admonish women not to wear makeup or jewelry or pants or cut their hair.
http://www.wistv.com/story/16107596/year...e-thriving
On the other hand, the local Imam is an Egyptian fellow who is quite the fire-and-brimstone type, the Bantus have become a little bit more conservative under the guidance of the local American mosque than they were when they got here. The young girls have started wearing hijab where they previously only wore scarves. I don't find him particularly more obnoxious than some of the local Pentecostal preachers who admonish women not to wear makeup or jewelry or pants or cut their hair.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
