A little ticked

[Together4ever 1]

ahh just_waiting I am sorry to hear that! I don't know whether to be mad at these people or to pity them as I usually do. One day we will look back and see this whole journey from a different perspective ~ for our loved one will be sitting beside us!! I know what you mean about stress!! It is like being on a constant roller coaster!

I am tired of stupid people. I have decided that if anyone says anything to me.. well from now on I am going to speak MY MIND.

Yep. I've done a lot of soul-searching as the result of everything associated with this journey and have come to one conclusion...

If you can't be true to yourself, you can't be true anything.

(And yes, I am also sick of people.)

[lostinlove228 0]

Wow there is a lot of people here facing work discrimination here. Sounds like a lawsuite to me. Now I am not a person to go around filling Lawsuits, But it is to the point that you guys are being harrassed at work and losing your jobs over your freedom of religion.

I am lucky enough to live in an Area where there is a large population of Muslims and people are more exposed to Muslims. Although you will here a lot of coments, it's not comments like the above. It is usually questions about things they don't understand. I think we need to show people that we are not going to sit buy and be Mentally and emotionally raped by there ignorant, Dumb, Sh*t for Brain A$$e$. Sorry but when I here coments like that it ticks me off.

I know that being someone who has a Hijab on I get stared at when I Go places outside my community and I am sure coments are being made.

[Jenn! 918]

Look at any newspaper today, and you're almost sure to find at least one article with the words "bomb", "terror", and "Muslim" all in the same headline. I think unless a conscious effort is made by the reader to separate these terms, it is inevitable that people begin to associate.

Sublminal messaging at work....

Edited June 15, 2006 by jenn3539

[Together4ever 1]

Look at any newspaper today, and you're almost sure to find at least one article with the words "bomb", "terror", and "Muslim" all in the same headline. I think unless a conscious effort is made by the reader to separate these terms, it is inevitable that people begin to associate.

Sublminal messaging at work....

Yes and basically the Arab or people from the ME/NA are being placed into the position that African Americans wrongfully were decades ago... AND NOW ITS PERFECTLY OK TO DO THIS. This is what sickens me beyond compare. Sorry I am not in such great spirits these days and bigotry, blindness, disregard for human-ness just makes me ashamed of what this country is becoming. Sorry if that stepped on some toes. Remember this is just my opinion based on the things happening around me. I want to feel proud to be American, but as they say "pride comes before the fall." I will be happy being dutifully human instead and just keep praying like crazy I can just be with the one I chose to spend my life with.

[joyeann 0]

You know, I am just fed up with all the idiots that are out there. I figure that if they are so ignorant I am not going to belittle myself by even being friendly. If they want to say something stupid, well then I hope they understand they are going to get a stupid reply. So! From now on, they can all just pi$$ off.

I personally don't care anymore what anyone says. It just simply blows my mind that people are so stupid. But then again.. the ones that make these comments have never been out of their state much less the country. I guess with that you would expect some narrow mindedness. Yep, it is pity that I feel. Must suck to be so stupid.

You know, I am just fed up with all the idiots that are out there. I figure that if they are so ignorant I am not going to belittle myself by even being friendly. If they want to say something stupid, well then I hope they understand they are going to get a stupid reply. So! From now on, they can all just pi$$ off.

I personally don't care anymore what anyone says. It just simply blows my mind that people are so stupid. But then again.. the ones that make these comments have never been out of their state much less the country. I guess with that you would expect some narrow mindedness. Yep, it is pity that I feel. Must suck to be so stupid.

[hafiz 1]

thats right!

[kerewin21 2]

I personally don't care anymore what anyone says. It just simply blows my mind that people are so stupid. But then again.. the ones that make these comments have never been out of their state much less the country. I guess with that you would expect some narrow mindedness. Yep, it is pity that I feel. Must suck to be so stupid.

Think of what they're missing out on in this world.

[amal 4]

I wanted to share something I'm not too proud of...Before I met my husband, I was one of those stupid people.. Not to the extremes that most others are..but I was afraid to get to know him and I was also afraid to go visit him coz I didn't want to be "blown-up".. Yeah he's from Jordan and they are allies of the USA but at the time I didn't know it. All I knew was what I saw on tv and heard from the papers and co-workers. It took a long time to get close to him and to actually believe him...BUT the difference between me and the other "stupids" out there is that I did open my mind to a new belief of a culture and a new thought to the way all GOOD ppl of Islam really are.

The reason I am admitting this is because ... to address the "stupids" I have to remember myself when I was one of them and how I felt. I try to address their stupidity as my husband addressed mine....I try to explain what I can in the best way possible and pray to God that some of it soaks into their heads. It's so hard though coz man-o-man do I get mad. Especially when they say stuff like.."how can you be married to a man who doesn't worship the same god as you".... it's like..uhh hey...stupid..it's the same god..just different name...HELLOOOOO...

I have also said many times that if the media is going to say "muslim group did such and so" then they should say "christian group did this and that" "mormons did this" etc etc etc... they shouldn't single out one religion... they are definitely discriminating and (correct me if i'm wrong) but isn't this country supposed to be free from discrimination???

I have decided that I'm still proud of America BUT am not proud of America today...I'm proud of what America is supposed to be and the dreams we had when this country was built... I don't tell people up front that I'm American when I meet them ... but in my heart I hope this country gets back on track and becomes what it is supposed to be. I know, I know , it will never happen but a girl has to have dreams, right??

amal

[Together4ever 1]

I wanted to share something I'm not too proud of...Before I met but isn't this country supposed to be free from discrimination???

I have decided that I'm still proud of America BUT am not proud of America today...I'm proud of what America is supposed to be and the dreams we had when this country was built... I don't tell people up front that I'm American when I meet them ... but in my heart I hope this country gets back on track and becomes what it is supposed to be. I know, I know , it will never happen but a girl has to have dreams, right??

amal

DITTO!!!!

[iceyspots 0]

I am so very glad that I am not the only one that feels this way!! Everything on tv starts with

"Islamic terroists........"

"Muslim terroists........"

It is just sickening. The whole reason for it is that they need something to attach to 9/11 and pull the viewers in. Oh yea and everyone is so damn patriotic uh huh. Do you remember when 9/11 happened and you could barely find a car that didn't have some kind of american flag on it? Look now...where did all the flags go? 9/11 has been forgoten and the only thing that has stayed with Americans are the words, Islam and Muslim. If you were to go out on the street and ask someone what country these men came from, they wouldn't know. All they would know is they were from an Islamic country. I am truly tired of stupid people.

I brought the holy book in to work so that I can read it on breaks and lunches and a supervisor told me that it gives her "goose bumps". I told her that I was sorry for her ignorance and maybe she should do more than watch CNN. Personally i just wanted to slap the sh$$ out of her, but hey, i need the job.

Ok, well I am done venting ~ for now. Thanks for your support!!

I think Fox News is the idiots choice

Edited June 15, 2006 by iceyspots

[Aymerlu 3]

I wanted to share something I'm not too proud of...Before I met my husband, I was one of those stupid people.. Not to the extremes that most others are..but I was afraid to get to know him and I was also afraid to go visit him coz I didn't want to be "blown-up".. Yeah he's from Jordan and they are allies of the USA but at the time I didn't know it. All I knew was what I saw on tv and heard from the papers and co-workers. It took a long time to get close to him and to actually believe him...BUT the difference between me and the other "stupids" out there is that I did open my mind to a new belief of a culture and a new thought to the way all GOOD ppl of Islam really are.

The reason I am admitting this is because ... to address the "stupids" I have to remember myself when I was one of them and how I felt. I try to address their stupidity as my husband addressed mine....I try to explain what I can in the best way possible and pray to God that some of it soaks into their heads. It's so hard though coz man-o-man do I get mad. Especially when they say stuff like.."how can you be married to a man who doesn't worship the same god as you".... it's like..uhh hey...stupid..it's the same god..just different name...HELLOOOOO...

I have also said many times that if the media is going to say "muslim group did such and so" then they should say "christian group did this and that" "mormons did this" etc etc etc... they shouldn't single out one religion... they are definitely discriminating and (correct me if i'm wrong) but isn't this country supposed to be free from discrimination???

I have decided that I'm still proud of America BUT am not proud of America today...I'm proud of what America is supposed to be and the dreams we had when this country was built... I don't tell people up front that I'm American when I meet them ... but in my heart I hope this country gets back on track and becomes what it is supposed to be. I know, I know , it will never happen but a girl has to have dreams, right??

amal

[joyeann 0]

amal I think we have all been in the situation that we don't understand something. But you went the next step and put away your fears. Most would not even venture to do that!!

I truly believe the difference is that we chose to learn from it, we delve into the truth. Most of the people that I know and call "stupid" is because they choose not to want to learn anything different. Their truth is what they see on TV ~ these are the things that they turn around and pass on.

Those of us that have married the "foreigner" have taken the truths to heart. I hardly doubt that a lot of these people would be able to see past the lies and their own prejudices to find the love that we have. I consider us so very lucky that we are the one that have gone "outside the box" and found true love. It is usually a hurdle to overcome the cultural and the religious differences, but well worth it!

Some people don't know better, some are simply narrow minded, and some are stupid. Why do I always come across the stupid ones?

I wanted to share something I'm not too proud of...Before I met my husband, I was one of those stupid people.. Not to the extremes that most others are..but I was afraid to get to know him and I was also afraid to go visit him coz I didn't want to be "blown-up".. Yeah he's from Jordan and they are allies of the USA but at the time I didn't know it. All I knew was what I saw on tv and heard from the papers and co-workers. It took a long time to get close to him and to actually believe him...BUT the difference between me and the other "stupids" out there is that I did open my mind to a new belief of a culture and a new thought to the way all GOOD ppl of Islam really are.

The reason I am admitting this is because ... to address the "stupids" I have to remember myself when I was one of them and how I felt. I try to address their stupidity as my husband addressed mine....I try to explain what I can in the best way possible and pray to God that some of it soaks into their heads. It's so hard though coz man-o-man do I get mad. Especially when they say stuff like.."how can you be married to a man who doesn't worship the same god as you".... it's like..uhh hey...stupid..it's the same god..just different name...HELLOOOOO...

I have also said many times that if the media is going to say "muslim group did such and so" then they should say "christian group did this and that" "mormons did this" etc etc etc... they shouldn't single out one religion... they are definitely discriminating and (correct me if i'm wrong) but isn't this country supposed to be free from discrimination???

I have decided that I'm still proud of America BUT am not proud of America today...I'm proud of what America is supposed to be and the dreams we had when this country was built... I don't tell people up front that I'm American when I meet them ... but in my heart I hope this country gets back on track and becomes what it is supposed to be. I know, I know , it will never happen but a girl has to have dreams, right??

amal

[sarah and hicham 3]

I think for us in the ME forum we're a little different... before I knew Hicham I knew nothing about Arabs or Muslims or Islam and I have learned a lot. Most people don't know many others from the Middle East so they don't really have any grasp on the reality of it all. We are lucky to have our fiances/husbands from that part of the world because our minds are much more open to what is REALLY going in the world. Good for us. I don't like that people make judgements when they really have no experience with what they are judging and to be honest I never really knew anything about the Middle East... besides what I learned in the news but thankfully I know much more and feel like knowing Hicham has helped me learn a lot. (Even though he is not really from the Middle East). It's frustrating yes but hard for people to really know what's going on when all they have is the media.

[Together4ever 1]

I had one of those "doh" moments too. All those months I lived in Egypt, sitting and watching the news with Mohammed's family, I saw that the media over there puts their own slant on the "truth" as well. Well "truth" is always a dicey thing, isn't it? Their media (and keep in mind there were channels coming in from Saudia and other ME countries) cast a very unflattering light on Europe and the USA. Sometimes it left me squirming. It was ugly. Minds are manipulated everywhere it seems, and those not strong enough to question "facts" just follow blindly along.

[a1angied 0]

I am so very thankful that I was invloved with many different cultures and religions going up and I was once dating a man that was from India and here on a student visa. I really loved him but his family was unaccepting of a lady that was not muslim. I was verysad that his family was like ths and even more disappointed that he chose to follow with his family. Well that is the past.

Hasan told me that he didn't care if I converted that he loved me for who I am and that since we believe in the same God that is what is most important. I am thankful that I can not have children anymore because that would have been the only other issue that might of come up.

I am very pleased that those of us that are not so narrow minded have a better understanding of life. My belief is that we where all brought together for a reason and that is to do God's will and that we must have a speical purpose in our life. I am so thankful because I feel that being with ME men means that we get a pure love. I am not really sure how to explain it but I am sure that you feel exactly what I am speaking of. Many men use the word love with no meaning, ME men well let me speak of the two that I have been in love with, they show a love that is so deep and pure with so much meaning and feeling. I would never trade the love I have for anything in the world.

People judge and they will also be judged butI know in my heart that ignorence is so sad. The unknown to people is so disconserting to them and others that is why they speak of what is not known to them. I am greatful that I have some friends that are very intelligent and are open minded. I have learned that no matter what I can and will never make everyone happy so I am only goin gto try and love the one's I love all I can.

May all the world find love and compassion or atleast a better understanding.