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Post by mellomusings on May 15, 2018 6:56:53 GMT -5
That's a good point, but I would add regardless if they view Islam as forgein or not Islam is tied to our history and there is a good chance they may have a Muslim ancestor or two. As African Muslims found themselves bound for the Americas with some leaving records, there could be possibly more records that haven't surfaced yet, I know of Ibn Umar Said and some others yet we're lead to believe that Europeans found us languishing in ignorance before they arrived. Yea a lot of them might not even know that many Muslims were taken as slaves including maybe some of their ancestors. But when I said foreign I meant more so that it’s not personal to them as Christianity is (they and their families practice it) so it’s easier to vilify the other religion that they don’t know. It’s inconsistent thinking and contradiction as you say but that’s human emotions. True, but Islam has done a pretty good job of vilifying it's self by constantly shooting itself in the foot. At least with Christianity they've at least tried to make amends for their past sins and modernize while Islam on the other hand...eh not so much.
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