Just thought I’d share this. (Musulmanca via tumblr) “My mother and I argued in the car about our opinions on the recent horrific Paris events. She once again revealed her heavily developed islamophobia and I burst into tears over the things she said. Don’t get me wrong, she wasn’t insulting the religion. She doesn’t know anything about the religion. But she was making generalizations about Muslims and putting them into the same category as the terrorists. And I’m still crying about it. She kept on telling me over and over “They force the women to cover themselves! They live barbaric lives and many of them will kill anyone who isn’t like them! I’ve never had a Muslim friend invite me over their house. Why? Because I’m not Muslim and they don’t want non-Muslims in their house.” She also repeatedly told me that a person doesn’t need to be part of a religion to be a good person. That is true. There are bad and good people in every religion. But I’ve fallen in love with the teachings of Islam. I’ve found God and meaning in Islam. And I want nothing more than to be a good Muslim and by doing so prove my mother wrong on every assumption she has ever made about the religion. I want to be a Muslim who loves everyone, who shows people how peaceful Islam is, I want that more than anything I’ve ever wanted in my entire life. Every bad word my mother said about Muslims today was an insult to myself. And Islam teaches me that I must be patient with her and respond with peace. So I will respond with peace.”
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 07:41:31 +0000
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