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It Is Normal For A Muslim In Any Western Society
(By Western I Also Mean Any Non-Muslim Society)
To Feel Isolated In One Way Or Another...
After All Islam Is A Way Of Life!
Islam Affects Every Aspect Of Our Life
From Day To Day Activities...
To The Way We Dress!
To The Kind Of Food We Eat!
And Even The Way We Talk And Interact With Other People!


Being a minority in any society is quite overwhelming, and it is our basic instinct to try and assimilate and adapt. In any society, it is much easier to conform with the rest of the majority, instead of being different and attracting attention to yourself.

Certainly In The Past Decade
People’s Perception Of Islam Has Changed…
Unfortunately For The Worse!
So When Caught In A Society That Is Non-Muslim,
It Is Much Easier To Talk, Dress And Socialize
The Way The Majority Of People Do!
It Is Often That A Person…
Who Dresses Modestly, Eats Halal Food, Avoids Alcohol
And Abstains From Physical Relationships Outside Marriage
Is Viewed As Being Weird, Different…
May be A Bit Odd!

Many people think that Muslims do not have a choice, so for example, when someone wears the hijab, many non Muslims think she does so because she is forced into it. In fact, it is a common perception in Western society to pity Muslims because we apparently don’t have freedom to do what we want.

Let Us Not However Forget!
We May Have Been Born As Muslims
Some Of Us May Have Accepted Islam Later In Our Lives
But For Each Day That We Are Muslim
We Do It Because It Is Our Choice To Remain Muslim!
Every Time We Make Salat...
We Are Confirming And Reaffirming Our Shahada!
We Are Confirming Our Choice...
To Be And Remain Muslims!!!

We practice that choice every day. No one in society will punish us if we choose to eat non-halal meat, no one is forcing us to wear certain types of clothes, no one is forcing us to abstain from alcohol or illicit relationships. No one in society is there to punish us if we miss salat or Ramadhan fasts. No one will penalize us if we don’t pay zakat. In fact, it is actually very easy to cheat on these things and no one will know. In a Western society, it is even easier to get away with not observing Islamic principles.


So Why Do We Still Observe The Principles Of Islam?

Answer...
Not Because We Are Forced By Society!
It Is Because We...
Out Of Our Own Free Will,
Choose To!

So Let Us Remember This...

Every Time We Decline An Invitation
To Go To Gatherings Which Are Forbidden By Islam…
"We Are Exercising Our Choice!"

Every Time We Refuse An Offer For An Alcoholic Drink
"We Are Exercising Our Choice!!"

Every Time We Make The Salat Or Offer Our Fast During Ramadhan
"We Are Exercising Our Choice!!!" noora1.com