P.S......
Forgot to add an important point of change in my life.....
8. My viewpoint on Islam...
After skimming through a book i got from a student called 'Allegations against Islam' and discussing it with Luli and Kenny i have realised that i too had a couple misconceptions about Islam, and realised that all the thing some 'Muslims' claim is from the Quoran is not really from there but its really an adaptation.... The discussion of the fact whether Islam is for Arabs or not, and why are the majority of Muslims are Arabs is also something we discussed thoroughly while sipping funny Indian drinks and eating Tikka Massala and Poo jumping up and down trying to tell us to shut up and enjoy her food!!!!!!! We also discussed Christianity vs Islam etc etc, very interesting and cool!!!!! I guess i have a different opinion on Islam and Christianity now!!!! I love being in Egypt and talking about these things!!!!
9. My view on life..
I have actually realised (from what i'm passing through now) that i do not view life in the same way!!! After living in Belgium i learnt how to plan, be organised and have control over my life, after coming to Egypt i have learnt how to forget all i have learnt in Belgium!!!! I have learnt to relax, have fun and take it day by day as life can be very unpredictable and worring only makes you grow older faster!
posted by Thea at
2:12 PM
4 Comments:
Hey Thea,
To add to your perspective; the largest Muslim country in the world is Indonesia, the second largest Muslim country in the world is India... both non-Arab countries.
By
Devrim, at February 22, 2005 5:15 PM
Majority muslims are not arabs.
The third largest muslim country may be China.
By
Dody G., at February 22, 2005 6:46 PM
hey guys,
yes indeed we did speak about Islam being popular in other countries and growing extremely fast due to the fact that it is a much newer religion than Christianity .... - yep, definately as Devrim said, Indonesia is number 1, and Pakistan is 2, India is 3 and the 1st Arab country only ranks 6th with Iran, (as far as i know). Nevertheless, we didn't really speak about which countries are the largest but mostly about the 'race' being the largest. Afterall, Islam did spread through the Arabs, no?.... the worst thing being, though, is that Islam is still associated with the Arabs, with extrimism and terrorism, which is not really the case at all!
By
Thea, at February 23, 2005 11:23 AM
p.s. check out this site, pretty cool info! http://www.aneki.com/lists.html
China seems to be 4th in Christianity! - i'm surprised! and does not rank at all in the top 10 of the Muslim countries!! :S
By
Thea, at February 23, 2005 11:41 AM
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