Do you personally know a Muslim? [Spirituality & Religion]

Not online, in person. Just wondering. I keep hearing so many statements about Muslims and Islam, but do you know one or have a Muslim friend?

I don't know any myself.

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Serenitree · F

We live in a city with many different cultures. I had a house cleaning business for a lot of years. Several of my clients were Muslims. They were just people, like you and me. Except that they insisted on giving me lunch when I was there. The food was good, but I later realized that, because it was every Muslim client who fed me, it probably had something to do with making sure that the wrong kind of food wasn't being eaten in their home.

For three years my daughter had a very close friend who was Muslim, and she and her family were really nice people. My grandson and their daughter started kindergarten together and adored each other.

I have a lot of neighbours in my apartment building who are Muslim. Not a terrorist among them. At least, if there is one, he's not made a move in the nearly eight years I've lived here, or the twenty years before that, that I worked here as a cleaning lady.

Feb. 20/17
2:10 PM
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

It might have been making sure you didn't bring pork into the home but mostly it's a matter of hospitality once you set foot into their home even as a worker. I heard similar stories when I worked at the university, the student maintenance guys would get called out for some minor repair and if the family had food ready to eat or were eating they insisted that the maintenance guy sit and eat with them....sometimes they'd come back to the building and talk about it and say "I don't know what I was eating but it was good." Hospitality in those instances.

Serenitree · F

@cherokeepatti: okay yeah. Hospitality makes sense. I had a few clients who weren't Muslim, who also offered lunch, but didn't insist if I said I brought my own, which is why I thought it might be the possibility of me bringing pork into the house.

Feb. 20/17
2:20 pm
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F

@Serenitree: That could have been but seriously they are hospitable people when you enter their homes, it is a duty for them to feed you.