[cokLoolioli]

hmmm...to me its like making your life too hard. and then there is the big issue of halal and haram...even in muslim countries you dont know 100% what ur eating is halal food because of foreign imports of ingredients etc (take cheese available in pakistan for example. ive heard its not halal). but in the west what choice do you have?
u pay taxes to kafirs to strengthen their economy which may or may not be used against muslims. you work for companies yet how many of us do research before employment to see whether your income is halal?in pakistan even for example there are riba-based banks. if you work in lets say a telecom company that lays down a communication network to that bank then you are 'part of it'. but then there are plethora of other jobs that do not fall under this suspicion. that choice is limited in west.

i suppose the situation is different in countries with large muslim population