What I meant was are the muslim youth going volunteering shovelling snow for elderly, helping them do yard work , offering to do groceries for them, drive them to doctors and stuff, this counts for me as good deeds, not pointing fingers at who shows how much skin or did u study Islamiat in school.
That is what I'm referring to. Most educated people would agree that doing good deeds and volunteering to help others is more important than who shows how much skin and what not. It's usually people that are not very educated who place the highlighted portion above anything else, which is why I mentioned education being a factor.
As far as RV's post, she is not implying any disgust with the west. She simply stated that we should not view Islam negatively as a result of the actions of a few people who behave badly and use religion to excuse their behaviour.
That is what I'm referring to. Most educated people would agree that doing good deeds and volunteering to help others is more important than who shows how much skin and what not. It's usually people that are not very educated who place the highlighted portion above anything else, which is why I mentioned education being a factor.
As far as RV's post, she is not implying any disgust with the west. She simply stated that we should not view Islam negatively as a result of the actions of a few people who behave badly and use religion to excuse their behaviour.
I know she just gets trolled easy...my honey is very religious, but she never gets in any ones face and I believe in freedom of thought as long as you don't get in peoples face.
Your disgust of west is so apparent that every summer you go to Pakistan and come right back to the society you hate, is it Islamic Republic of USA you live in dear, or they send marines to forcibly bring you here against your wishes.
Oh my goodness gracious....Exodus makes more sense than you. Dude you are the WEAKEST link, here. It's unbelievable how frail your deductive skills are. I never denied that corruption exists in Pakistan, I only stated that it's exists everywhere...even in the West. You brought up the example of religious looking Muslim men who abuse children and associated the evil act with Islam. I countered it with the example of the pervy popes and preachers to show you this happens elsewhere and such acts should not even be associated with other faiths (Christianity, etc). So you jumped to the flimsy conclusion that I "hate" the West? Um.. No. I don't hate the West. I have lived here for many years and there are many things ...privileges...that I appreciate about this country. But like any other place in the world, it's not perfect....and stating this reality does not equate to disgust or hatred.
Oh my goodness gracious....Exodus makes more sense than you. Dude you are the WEAKEST link, here. It's unbelievable how frail your deductive skills are. I never denied that corruption exists in Pakistan, I only stated that it's exists everywhere...even in the West. You brought up the example of religious looking Muslim men who abuse children and associated the evil act with Islam. I countered it with the example of the pervy popes and preachers to show you this happens elsewhere and such acts should not even be associated with other faiths (Christianity, etc). So you jumped to the flimsy conclusion that I "hate" the West? Um.. No. I don't hate the West. I have lived here for many years and there are many things ...privileges...that I appreciate about this country. But like any other place in the world, it's not perfect....and stating this reality does not equate to disgust or hatred.
Thanks for the repartee, just playin with ya!!!have a good night.
I can be resentful and feel like I'm getting the short end of the stick because brown men are not choosing us and instead feel girls from the pak/india/Bangladesh will make better bahus and wives....maybe that's true. I guess they will take anything that comes their way and deal with it the way they do it in pakistani dramas.
As more and more people come abroad to live more and more will have someone that is foreign raised so there will be less judgment or discrimination of abcds in the future.
Ive tried to watch those desi dramas they give me a serious headache and mess with a woman's head.
I can't believe responses to this thread. Lift weights, get toned to get married. As if it were all a very noble thing. It's good to be healthy, but wow here it sounds more like vanity.
Also, here in the US people brought up here mostly look for spouses brought up here as well.
There's a pretty small population of desis here though. Depending on where you live, obviously in the bigger cities, there is an abundance of desis but then you have language, subculture, only muslims....and that narrows it down to not too many. I've been to so many youth conventions and it was pointless because it only happens for a select few and you have to keep in touch with the guy but then the guy might be speaking with 10 other girls including ones that were not foreign raised other than you and then you keep hope that something will click between the two of you. I think only a select few are able to find compatible life partners that are also foreign raised. There isn't a huge selection of potentials.