tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post3440770241881869567..comments2024-03-28T03:20:17.335-04:00Comments on Ibnat al-Hidayah: Daughter of Guidance: A fitting metaphor?Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15177578450022894894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-25683797765777479062007-10-30T23:50:00.000-04:002007-10-30T23:50:00.000-04:00Br yusuf smith, the whole idea of immigrant cultur...Br yusuf smith, the whole idea of immigrant cultures often not wanting to marry outside is actually not rooted in necessarily looking down on the other culture. For instance, Pakistani parents may turn down their daughters wanting to marry a white guy, even though normally indo-pak people tend to 'look up' to white people cuz of colonialism. Anyway, the point is that in fact that the parents are most often simply worried about a major clash of culture. <BR/><BR/>I'm actually a south asian, who is married to an Egyptian and I can tell you that while I married outside my culture, I most likely would not marry an American(white or black) because of the major culture difference. And just to explain further, both of us are not cultural, and are practicing instead, but still our cultures share A LOT in common, alot of which does not necessarily exist in the American/Carribean/non-arab/non-desi cultures.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-63845111353874664862007-10-28T23:54:00.000-04:002007-10-28T23:54:00.000-04:00Wa alaikum as-salaamThe point really had nothing t...Wa alaikum as-salaam<BR/><BR/>The point really had nothing to do with white people exactly. The suggestion of course by the Dr. was NOT that all white people are like anything. Rather, that people who display that kind of racist superiority <I>like <B>many</B> white people</I> in America at that time did, are displaying a characteristic of the Shaytaan. <BR/><BR/>While NOI did make sweeping indictments of white people (in response to blatant racist attitudes towards black people in this country), but that's not what Dr. Nyang was justifying. <BR/><BR/>Jazakallah khair for your comment. :-)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15177578450022894894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20631069.post-66983946956519076062007-10-27T14:05:00.000-04:002007-10-27T14:05:00.000-04:00As-Salaamu 'alaikum,It's only fitting if white peo...As-Salaamu 'alaikum,<BR/><BR/>It's only fitting if white people were the only people to be guilty of such attitudes. That's far from my experience and these days (at least in the UK) white people are often less bigoted than some of the immigrant peoples, who have not had to confront these issues among themselves as whites have. It is, for example, much easier for white and black Muslims to intermarry (when there are no Sufi/Salafi issues) than for an Asian and Afro-Carribean Muslim, particularly when the black partner is male. I was brought up not to be racist and I resent any suggestion that all white people are like this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com