In his now legendary thread, “Ask The Muslim Guy”, this treasure among participants here at the boards signs up for a monumental task. Namely, clarifying about the Islamic faith, which is quite wrongly being perceived as America’s new enemy. Most here know that this is not the case, but an alarming portion of American people are willing to conflate sheer criminality with an entire faith and creed.
So heroic an effort as this cannot go unappreciated. Therefore I’d like to thank you personally, Muslim Guy, for doing your level best to spread some enlightenment and wisdom on this important topic. A tip of the hat goes to Tamerlane and the other scholarly folk who’ve lent a hand. Too many Americans are completely ignorant of what the Moslem faith represents. They have too easily lapsed into blind bigoted hatred while seeking a more tangible enemy to focus their rage upon. Making a direct effort to prevent that is a most worthy deed and crys out to be answered with genuine gratitude. This is the reason for starting this thread so again, thanks, Muslim Guy.
Yes, thank you so much for sharing your perspective with us, and I look forward to reading more things that you post too. I hope you’ve broken the ice so that more Muslims and folks from other faiths and cultural perspectives will de-lurk. This message board really needs the richness of their different experiences.
89 posts, and he’s already done more to fight ignorance than I could ever hope to do in 20,000 posts. It’s proof that “newbie” is a state of mind, not a number.
Muslim Guy was doing a very brave thing when he started the Ask the Muslim Guy! threads. He was risking getting flamed from every direction yet still did it. Great job, Muslim Guy! ::claps until hands fall off::
**Muslim Guy ** and Tamerlane I just want you two (and others) to know that your single handed efforts to help educate us dopers on the wonders of Islam have made me appear OH-SO-MUCHO SMARTER in the eyes of my brain dead, mouth breathing, knuckle draggin’ lets-nuke-them-mooslim associates. They think I know everything about Islam now. [sub]Ain’t that a kick? [/sub]
I hereby award you both this bowling trophy covered in tin foil in appreciation for your find works and [new word alert) humanitarianisticism that you both represent.
This is why this message board rules the world. This thread is making me feel pretty good. It’s nice to see that people are willing to show their support and gratitude to others who’ve contributed to this board.
Thank you, MG, for your very informative thread. Though I don’t think I posted in it, I read it with great interest, and learned a great deal about your faith. I’ve even been able to use some of my newly acquired knowledge in a non-SDMB argument.
This message board really needs the richness of their different experiences.