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I am reading the posts, and the problem is not the posts. It's he general message that it's okay to hate on an entire religion because of a few. It is the ignorant and inflammatory way of thinking that ends up clouding day to day life, and escalates to fear, hatred, and beyond. It's what leads countries to war, or huge injustices to humanity (I won't reference another historical us vs them argument, which people so quickly seem to ignore). One need only look at half the memes on Facebook (why really should be a fairly lighthearted slice of life to begin with) to see the seed has long been planted on us vs them. I'm not worried about comments on DCUM, or an entire thread, I'm worried about the seed it plants that makes it okay to some people to spawn misinformation and hatred. [/quote]

The tenets of their faith - and I am speaking of the regular people, not any extremists - make it an us-vs-them. Dietary restrictions, head covering, strict prayer times and rules, different personal cleansing..... Things that set you apart from your friends and neighbors make it difficult not to be part of the whole. And the implication - my Muslim friends who cover say they do so to shield themselves and their beauty from men's eyes. It's difficult not to hear an implication that not covering makes me kind of a slut. If one must cleanse oneself in certain ways in order to be clean, it's difficult not to hear an implication that the rest of us who do not are unclean. Dutiful adherence to the whole religion fosters an us vs them.

That said, I do feel bad for the regular Muslims who will be at personal risk for the actions of a couple of morons.[/quote]
So, let's take your way of thinking and put it even in "western" thinking. Did you read the posts about the young woman who got raped at a party and then was blamed? Did you blame her for being a slut?

Here's where it's at. I have friends who wear hijab. They have never once judged me for not being modest (you know, a Christian white gal of French Canadian descent) any more than I would judge my friend Larla for wearing a suede bikini top to the bar. I personally, wouldn't, but I guide my own modesty by my own ruler.

Here's the thing about a lot of this: the doubt you hear is purely inside your own head.

Us vs. Them is arguably one of the basic emotions / reactions of humanity, and it has nothing to do with religion. Read any post on here about breastfeeding, CIO, Redshirting, or co-sleeping. I have no doubt (and this is said quite tongue in cheek) that these would start wars if these were mostly male decisions.m

To me the key is this: we need to stop looking at what is different that is really insignificant, and look at what makes us the same. The extremist element of any religion, group, etc. Will then always be on the outside, and there is power in the masses. We need to not let them crowd our heads in allowing us to think they represent something they don't. The details (wearing hijab, not eating pork, not eating shellfish, not working on th Sabbath,  honouring cows, etc) are arbitrary, much like following CIO, co-sleeping. Redshirting are arbitrary if everyone can just agree that it equals loving your children and wanting what is best for them, in measurement of your own life experience. Just like honouring your own existence by your own god is important. Hat we need to identify are the small number of outliers who cannot accept that and deem to hurt others for their choices. Those are the problem children. [/quote]

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