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Originally Posted by Fozia4life
What's that guy talking about? I been taught you're not supposed to eat with your left hand as that is the hand you use to clean ur ...... with. Oh it gets more and more complicated every day. Too many rules to follow and that is what puts me off. If Islam was made simple then I would probably manage better. But all these criticisms are really getting me down. Even this lady that came to my home after my husband died said I couldn't pray in a room where there were photos. I was furious as I wanted my husbands pictures there for the kids sake. But she was having none of it and said I was a sinner as I refused to take them down.
Said I had to put them in the album.
Why is life so complicated??
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HAVING PICTURES IN THE ROOM OR NEXT TO A COFFIN / BODY IS AN INDIAN / HINDU THING...COMMON IN INDIA..
IN FAIRNESS NO MATTER HOW ANNOYING THAT WOMAN WAS, SHE WAS SAYING IT FOR YOUR BENEFIT
...THE THING IS...(BLUNT AS IT SOUNDS) INDIAN MUSLIMS LIVE DIFFERENTLY TO MAINSTREAM MUSLIMS...
SOME WARPED VERSION OF ISLAM...MIXED WITH HINDU CUSTOMS...
THIS IS WHY SO MANY INDIAN MUSLIMS STRUGGLE IN THE WEST WHEN THEY MINGLE WITH "REGULAR TYPE MUSLIMS"..
IF YOU'VE BEEN RAISED IN A STRICT ENVIRONMENT FROM THE START,
THEN IT BECOMES LIKE SECOND NATURE..
IF YOU'VE HAD A FLEXIBLE UPBRINGING, SOONER OR LATER YOUR BELIEFS WILL CLASH WITH ORTHODOX VIEWS