"My mother hired a hitman to kill me..."

yes but you can't consider these individuals in isolation. If they were given the freedom, then many would exploit it, and that would in turn influence others to exploit it.

Of course some people do become more religious, but it's not that many, and they tend to do it i their late teens-early twenties, after which they go back. I've known lots of girls who put on hijab early twenties, took it off a few years later. I know many who were raised with it, and took it off in their late 20s.

Lastly, consider the sample bias. You are probably fairly religious yourself, and are exposed to these people. Those who go in the opposite direction are likely to keep it on the quiet or walk in different circles to you.

It's cos they highlight certain things like this "Distorted reading: Sofia blames the way the Koran has been interpreted for her parents' cruel behaviour" and "I don't blame my parents for what they've put me through, I blame the fact that Islam has become so distorted". Yet they don't highlight other parts of what she wrote "The greeting from one Muslim to another - 'aasalamolaykom' - means: 'Peace be with you.' If only people would actually read the Koran for themselves, they would see the love and peace it radiates and the equality among men and women it promotes. "

They did this on purpose so that readers could get a quick sense of the article and nonetheless a bias one.

Agreed. But from some posts it appears that people are disregarding the story as exaggerated or untrue because of it. Granted events like this are rare, however it did happen and the provenance isn't entirely relevant to the issue, most rational people can ignore the effects of that.

I also admire her for that too - after all, who wants to spend their lives keeping up appearances? I know I wouldn't. I admire her for choosing her life even though it meant her parents disowned her (which is a good thing as they were scum anyway).

Agreed, it's hardly inspiring faith at all. I think this is where cultural expectations come in, i.e. looking honourable for show coupled with Asian parents lacking a proper relationship with their children when they're young where they want you as a parent to actually listen to them.



Just spells disaster in the making.

These people do have freedom though, hence why they were able to get away with not wearing hijab, not being practicing, etc no one told them what to do, yet they came to their faith.

I would doubt that claim, considering how many of them are strong followers of their faith when they start taking it seriously, I even recall one who decided to drop out of college to study her faith more in a 6 year course.

Thats where your wrong, hence why I say 60/40 or 50/50.........I have friends who call themselves Muslims but go clubbing and drinking and have even invited me to do so. Yet I don't, but regardless one who does go clubbing has recently started going to the mosque and praying. I even remember another girl who herself commits many sins....is trying to change on her own accord and her family knows what she gets up to. Another whom I met randomly isn't practicing has even said he's trying to change over Summer.

These are anecdotes, we all have anecdotes, I really don't think you can a conclusion from them.

My reasoning is based on a comparison to Christians and Jews. In the long run, if Muslims are given the same freedoms, they will end up like them.

These are anecdotes, we all have anecdotes, I really don't think you can a conclusion from them.

My reasoning is based on a comparison to Christians and Jews. In the long run, if Muslims are given the same freedoms, they will end up like them.

Everyone woman has the right to own a Wonderbra. They're called Wonderbra for a reason.

But seriously, I don't really have anything to add to what everyone else has already said. It's just hard to believe things like this still go on in our society and time. This woman must have been completely brainwashed and mentally unstable to do that to her own daughter. It's just not natural.

I'd be very interested to read the book that was taken from, get the story from a source other than DM haha.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1844547019

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Humanity will never progress until two thing are eradicated -

: Monotheistic, Abrahamic religions.
: Culture that would have been acceptable in the west ..... hundreds of years ago.

People who say "no culture is better than another, and to say so is discrimination/racism/some-kind of phobia" are brainless apologists who are the sort of people who are the problem.