What Islamic Stereotype Are YOU?

MuslimSisLilSis —

Bored girl with too much time on my hands

these are MY GENERALISATIONS so there’s no need to get uptight

Enjoy

Deoband – people think that ur beliefs are too strict and rigid-u feel that Islam has been compromised too much, it pains u to see how “liberal” everyone has become-u wish that TRUE pardah is implemented soon

Sufi - people accuse u of daydreaming, u want to purify urself and get closer to God, ur very polite and popular, people's insults dont bother u at all

MPAC Type - ur very active, very social, big on talks/march's and politics, u wish that mosque Imams "wake up" and "stop snoring", in ur day to day life tho ur not very strict with Islamic issues

Progressive – u believe that men misinterpret islam and hold women back, ur pro homosexuality, pro Abortion and people accuse u of trying to “modernise” the religion

Cultural/Traditional – u do whatever ur forefathers have told u to do, if they abide by the caste system so do u, people accuse u of being “backwards”, u are totally anti mixed cultural marriages and are very superstitious

Modern – u think that Islam should move with time, u feel that Islam is not compatible with the 21 century, u live ur life as an animal and do as u please

HT – u are angry that the Khilafah is not established, u wish people would stop worshipping their scholars when we have the quran and sunnah, u are reg told to move ur stall away from Mosques

Brewli - people accuse u of worshipping graves, u feel that people do not respect Nabi sallilahualayhiwasalam enough, u believe that Milad is Fard, u hate wahabi’s

Wahabi – u are disgusted with the amount of innovations that have creeped into our religion, u cant stand the fact that people do things that the Prophet (pbuh) and his Sahaba didn’t do, u see shirk everywhere,

What Islamic Stereotype Are YOU?

Add ur own

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You — Sat, 30 Jul 2005 - 22:47

You have got 'progressive' wrong.

I don't think they accept the qur'an as the true and unabridged word of god. They consider many haraam acts allowed. Thus rendering them non-muslim.

From that i come across as a cross breed of deobandi/HT/Brelwi/Wahabi!

Oh and if you change your definition of sufi to add 'lazy', add that to the above mix.

AbdusSalamBiharwi — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 - 00:18

According tou your list I am a mongrel produced by cross contamination of . . .

Deoband/Sufi/MPAC type/Cultural/traditional/Wahabi.

Interesting.

MuslimSisLilSis — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 - 10:34

[quote="Admin"]You have got 'progressive' wrong.

I don't think they accept the qur'an as the true and unabridged word of god. They consider many haraam acts allowed. Thus rendering them non-muslim.

From that i come across as a cross breed of deobandi/HT/Brelwi/Wahabi!

Oh and if you change your definition of sufi to add 'lazy', add that to the above mix.[/quote]

progressive type that I was thinking of is the Dr Wadud lot

they do accept the Quran don't they?

and I had no idea that sufi's were lazy 😃 😃

they do have the best manners tho out of the above-my dads best mate his a Sufi and his good manners are to die for

MuslimSisLilSis — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 - 13:00

personallly it dont bother me what a person is

what bugs me is when people cuss other groups

u get hardcore sunni's cussing the shia

u get the HT/wahabi cussing the Sufi

u get the progressives cussing the cultural/traditional

i have serius issues with that

people should just let others be

Seraphim — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 - 21:34

i consider myself to be a moderate muslim, but if im to use some of your defs i'd say im:

a bit of a

Sufi, Progressive and Modern

which is interesting... very interesting.

*DUST* — Mon, 1 Aug 2005 - 00:01

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]personallly it dont bother me what a person is

what bugs me is when people cuss other groups

u get hardcore sunni's cussing the shia

u get the HT/wahabi cussing the Sufi

u get the progressives cussing the cultural/traditional

i have serius issues with that

people should just let others be[/quote]
same here - i get really annoyed when Muslims cuss Muslims. but as irfan pointed out, i dont think ur really helping anyone by attempting to slot us all into stereotypes... personally i dont feel i fit into any of them! 😉

Sirus — Tue, 2 Aug 2005 - 15:48

if labelling is a must.........im a PAKKAH SUNNI! ends at that. we keep it real, love the prophet (SAW), and believe in complete and true Islam. were part of the Mihaj-ul-quran movement and our Qaid is Professer Dr Tahir-Ul-Qadri!

i fit into more than one of your catagories, inlcuding Brewli...which im 100% sure i am not.

muslim_kuri — Tue, 2 Aug 2005 - 18:09

[quote="Hayder Sabri"]if labelling is a must.........im a PAKKAH SUNNI! ends at that. we keep it real, love the prophet (SAW), and believe in complete and true Islam. were part of the Mihaj-ul-quran movement and our Qaid is Professer Dr Tahir-Ul-Qadri!
[/quote]

i have totally got to agree with u brother! (but im PAKKI SUNNI!) lol 😃

AbdusSalamBiharwi — Tue, 2 Aug 2005 - 22:47

I am affiliated with Ahlus Sunnah wa Jama'ah

not Ahles Sunna wal Jemaat.

between us and them is the difference between heaven and earth, day and night.

Angel — Wed, 3 Aug 2005 - 00:44

Hey lilsis how bout an edit on one of them cuz i dont match none of them, i quite like been a sufi but i aint polite, looks like i need to wrk on my manners!

yuit — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 17:30

I personally feel I am more in line with the deoband and traditional thinking on the lists. But in real terms, it really depend what type of mood I am in.

MuslimSisLilSis — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 17:44

[quote="angel"]
just saw that now I am a SUFI. You may be grounded solidly in sharia, or as coocoo as cocoa puffs. If only more people meditated on the Beloved, the world would be set right. You may have marijuan, err HEMP products in your posession (nah aint no junkie)[/quote]

it makes me laugh whenever being a Junkie is ascribed to the Sufi's

i wonder what the background behind that is

yuit — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 17:54

It is because alot of people use drugs to mediate. In Pakistan, at many shrines you see people smoking away and getting high at the same time praying. It doesn't make sense but it still happens.

laila — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 20:18

[quote="Hayder Sabri"]if labelling is a must.........im a PAKKAH SUNNI! ends at that. we keep it real, love the prophet (SAW), and believe in complete and true Islam. were part of the Mihaj-ul-quran movement and our Qaid is Professer Dr Tahir-Ul-Qadri!

i fit into more than one of your catagories, inlcuding Brewli...which im 100% sure i am not.[/quote]

i agree with all the above that's me but i'm also classed as Brelvi so is Dr Tahirul Qadri by many. Brelvi is not a sect but only a term used to describe Hanfi sunni muslims in the subcontinent. To get the full knowledge on this anyone may read up on Imam Raza Khan 'Brelvi' who brought the teachings of Imam Hanafi to the subcontinent

Sirus — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 20:50

jus to clarify my earlier commnents.....i said that without knowing what a brewli is! still dont know.......cany anybody enlighten me in a nutshell?

Cheerz

MuslimSisLilSis — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 22:39

yeh I want to know what a Brewli is too

the only knowldge I have of them was that guy who used to post in the old forum

LOL-he had good intentions but he's the reason why people get wrong ideas about Brewli's

Angel — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 22:48

[quote="MuslimSisLilSis"]yeh I want to know what a Brewli is too

the only knowldge I have of them was that guy who used to post in the old forum

LOL-he had good intentions but he's the reason why people get wrong ideas about Brewli's[/quote]

yeh, i always get this impression that they are extreme cuz thats what most ppl say but i woudnt assume bout them cuz i dont knw what they are or who they are..i was once called brelwi which left me confused!

yuit — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 22:55

Most of the Pakistani and bengali in England follow Brewali. I also believe that Dr Tahir Ul Qadri does as well. It basically people who follow the teaching of Iman Ahmed Raza Khan who was from Bareilly. It isn't a big deal really, his teaching isn't too much different from anyone esle. Half of the stuff such as worshipping Graves is wrong and is made up, they don't believe in that, it just people get excited and to make a point they used extreme example which don't exist.

Angel — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 22:58

[quote="kash"]Most of the Pakistani and bengali in England follow Brewali. I also believe that Dr Tahir Ul Qadri does as well. It basically people who follow the teaching of Iman Ahmed Raza Khan who was from Bareilly. It isn't a big deal really, his teaching isn't too much different from anyone esle. Half of the stuff such as worshipping Graves is wrong and is made up, they don't believe in that, it just people get excited and to make a point they used extreme example which don't exist.[/quote]

Thanks for clarifying that

AbdusSalamBiharwi — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 23:07

The issue regarding Barelwi-ism and what it means is complex.

I think perhaps I should start another thread on this issue . .

Angel — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 23:08

[quote="AbdusSalamBiharwi"]The issue regarding Barelwi-ism and what it means is complex.

I think perhaps I should start another thread on this issue . .[/quote]

aye do that and explain what it is, btw are u brelwi?

yuit — Fri, 5 Aug 2005 - 23:24

They are like rival for some reason, they both from area in india I think and they share so much in common then differences. But both group constantly argue over mundane points IMO. It due to the fact that Iman Ahmed Raza and one of the main deobandi scholar of the time used to argue over various points. It pointless and best rather left alone IMO.