Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Emiratis is a TT?

why? because apparently 64% of Emiratis feel uneasy having non-Muslims as neighbors according to The National: http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/expatriates-are-welcome-but-unease-about-mixing?pageCount=0
First of all, i don't recall ever being asked this question. because 64 is a pretty LARGE percentage and all the Emiratis i know (including myself) have nothing against being neighbors with foreigners.
but you have to READ the article before anything else. because i read it and i didn't find it all that offensive. I just think that they fail to mention that people will have to make compromises. People can't expect to go to a Muslim country and find life exactly the same as it is in a different country. No-one will stop the aathan of the mosque because how can we call ourselves Muslims if we don't remind each other of the time of prayer? The same goes for us Muslims, we can't go to a non-Muslim country and expect life to be exactly the same. We do, as people have to realize that everything we do could cause someone else to take offense. And we should be respectful of other peoples cultures and religions before answering surveys (biased or otherwise) and before objecting to the results.

I'm gonna end this by saying I'm sure that in every religion you must "love thy neighbor" so we should all try to be more friendly to each other :) who knows the results of that survey could change soon enough

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