ok so with everything going on rn in the world, do people hate EXTREMIST muslims or do they hate ALL muslims? i feel like it's going to get to a point where everyone hates EVERY SINGLE MUSLIM on the planet instead of just the terrorists and the fanatics
i'm muslim and i hate the regime that's happening in iran for example (but i'm not iranian so i may get things wrong), i'm just worried that all the hate will spread towards muslims like me who just want to have a normal life
don't forget about the cookie jar: even if you are wary of the whole jar, the problem is not solved and will never remain solved as the poisoned cookies will not go away
also, to the people who criticise islam (i'm not throwing shade at you guys, your views are definitely important) why do you do it? is it to get people to leave islam? is it to just help people think more critically about islam and parts of it that are problematic (which is a good thing)? or is it that you just like to see people trip over themselves (once again, i'm not trying to throw shade, i'm trying to understand)
i don't want to leave islam because islam has helped me through some really rough patches, i don't want to throw it all away to religions i don't particularly feel connected to because if i didn't truly believe, i'd be a liar and that would defeat the entire purpose
basically if i put it into one question: if i showed up at your house to say hello or give brownies (because that's something i'd most likely do) and you knew i was muslim, would you slam the door in my face, badmouth me or try to hurt me?
it's a completely hypothetical situation so be honest, i'm not trying to attack anybody, i just want to know what you all think because sometimes i wonder if my existence is a problem right now (>.< don't know how to not make it sound as dark as it's sounding right now but these are my current feelings)
if i didn't feel pain/have pain receptors, i'd have done something drastic i fear, but i'm too much of a coward so there we go, and it's haram anyway :,)
i'm rambling too much ;-;
it's like one of these things that randomly hits you during the day: imagine you're in your chem class and you're doing organic chem questions and then you suddenly remember that 9/11 happened and it was caused by members of your own community
i'm not defending anything but i still feel sad and hurt and honestly mortified
imagine if a group of christians (FOR EXAMPLE) went out and shot a bunch of people just like that (COMPLETELY HYPOTHETICAL, THIS IS NOT A REAL SCENARIO I AM TALKING ABOUT)? then i'm sure that lots of christians would be absolutely horrified, right? and maybe they'd start to question their faith and if it's really loving towards everyone (AGAIN, THIS IS HYPOTHETICAL), so yeah, that's how i'm feeling right now
if there was a painless way to go, i'd lwk take it bc i don't want to live around long enough to see what would happen to my family once everything gets out of control, though i guess for a lot of people it would be something to celebrate
i honestly don't blame you ;-;
idek atp bro, i lwk hate the politicians we have in the world today, i hate khameni and trump and everyone else and i'm scared i'll turn into a bitter, hateful person
i don't want to stop being a muslim but then everyone else will hate me for it
might as well just join the lost light or whatever (haha, transformers reference)