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[quote=Anonymous]Just for the sake of fairness, it was I who recommended that our Muslim guests will be better served by highlighting less controversial, more lovely bits of their religion.   There are many.  For instance:

- the near-worshipful attitude toward elders and in particular, old mothers.  I'm very much looking forward to becoming an old mother of Muslim sons and lording over their households :)  I would never be in a position of MIL unwelcome in her son's household.  Mind you, I'm not saying this doesn't happen in America. I'm just saying it happens MORE OFTEN in Muslim households.

- a very strong emphasis Islam places on fulfilling promises and contractual obligations. One of our relatives very wisely put a condition allowing her unilateral rights of divorce into her marital contract. A few years later she indeed decided to divorce, and her husband disputed it in court. The judge said that even though HE DISAPPROVES of women having the right to divorce, he had no power to enforce his opinion over the signed contract.

- a very strong expectation placed on men to be providers and protectors of their households. Good Muslim men do a lot of heavy lifting around the house, for instance, because it is seen as unseemly to let women do heavy stuff. (Again, this is not meant by way of contrast with anything or by way of saying this doesn't happen anywhere else).

I can probably think of more but that's what comes to mind without thinking. [/quote]

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