Just recently I came across two stereotypes against Muslims. They were fascinating and I sort of enjoyed them.
I was at KFC waiting for my turn in line when all of a sudden this woman starts up a conversation with me enquiring where I’m from (ie. country) and asked a few other questions. Then in the end she apologized for talking to me as she believes or has been told that Muslims or perhaps Muslim women aren’t allowed to talk. To that I gave her this weird confused look and she walked away. She was one of those absent-minded crazy ladies who’d just start talking to anyone she comes across.
While at work, my co-worker calls up her mom and in the end says ‘I love you’. I smiled and I asked her ‘was that your mom or bf’? She said it was her mom. So I asked her why would you say ‘i love you to your mom’, that too every single day. She said she is very affectionate and then she goes how she feels/thinks Muslims aren’t very affectionate people. I laughed at what she said and told her how it could not be applied to every single Muslim. Apparently some Muslim dude at her other workplace isn’t all that nice and affectionate towards his wife. I told her how I’m very close to my mom and sister and would do nice things for her, but not necessarily say ‘i love you’.
I enjoyed the 2nd stereotype more than the first one as I happen to be reasonbly close with her and it was just interesting to hear what she had to say.
Have you personally come across any streotypes against Muslims or Pakistani Muslims for that matter? I’d love to hear all about’em.
Well as soon as she was done explaining how she is affectionate, I was told more or less 'Muslims aren't very affectionate people' based on her experience with her fellow co-worker at her other job. :P
well this thing happend to me last year and i think this fits the picture,
me and my friend were in the elevator and then the parents who just left their kiddo to dorm for the first semester joined us, they were chubbli bubbly we were having a bit of chat about school ..etc and they asked me where are you guys from?
We both said Paksitan, well their faces told the story ! and then the husband asked my friend that “Are we safe in the elevator and started laughing” I made a face and said wait let me check I opened my jacket just to play on their minds and jumped in the elevator 3/4 times and told them yes you are safe
Sort of related, but one of my teenaged Indian second cousins once asked me in a tone of envious awe ... "Is it true that Pakistanis don't have to have arranged marriages?"
Some one once informed me that I will have 4 wives in the future. And I was like, Abay! aik imtehaan kaafi naheeN hai?? la’anti insaan:hoonh:??
I had to go over with him on the whole issue of having more than one wife in Islam His head must have been eating circles:mudhosh: after getting a lecture from me
LOL! This reminds me of Shoaib Akhtar's interview where an Indian host asked him about his marriage plans. To that he more or less said 'In Pakistan we get to meet the person first, get to know them and then get married'.
and said wait let me check I opened my jacket just to play on their minds and jumped in the elevator 3/4 times and told them yes you are safe 
His head must have been eating circles:mudhosh: after getting a lecture from me 
maro