Virginity..

Re: Virginity..

What are you talking about? Pakistani American girls aren’t Islamic?! Honey, you’ve been hanging out with the wrong crowd. Most of my friends are religious, many of them wear strict hijab, all of us pray 5 times a day, fast, even go to masjid on a regular basis, and all of us were chaste until marriage. I wouldn’t let some Kurd dictate to me what a Pakistani girl is or isn’t. In general, Arabs and Persians love to put down desis, and it reflects poorly on the Kurd that he participates in premarital activity (it takes two to tango.) You’re probably just trolling to get me all riled up, but if you truly believe that Pakistani Americans aren’t shareef, you’re sorely mistaken. We are the ones who struggled to keep Islam alive in a kafirkhana and I think we did a darn good job. In Pakistan, you’re Muslim by default. Everywhere you go, it’s bismillah here, adhaan there, peer pressure to pray or fast, etc. Here, the odds are stacked against you, and you should be ashamed that you disparage those who struggled to have Islam be established in America. Yes there are bad apples in every bunch. But like I said, just because some girl is from Pakistan, that doesn’t mean she’s shareef, and I know plenty of desi girls living in Pakistan who behave as “western” as it gets and I also know plenty of girls who have immigrated to America and they too, get very western very quickly. I remember when I put my son in an Islamic preschool here in the US, there were quite a few mothers (maybe 10 years older than me) recently immigrated from Pakistan. They couldn’t believe that I was born and raised in America because of my traditional demeanor and my ability to speak Urdu fluently. One of them went so far as to say, “Gosh, when girls your age come from Pakistan, they get out of control and lose themselves. Bahut loosh-loosh karti hain. I never knew that people can raise such good daughters in America.” I really suggest that you stop hanging out with the badmash crowd and find the your way into the majority of desi-Americans who are good people.