Do you have some things left from your journey in Islam, for example:
or the journey of being a Pakistani in England.
-You still use some Islamic clothing
Islamic? No but shalwar kammez yes. When my friends and I wore our cultural garbs say on Eid at age 12-16, I would be hugely embarrassed to come across English friends, by my early twenties, my friends would be embarrassed but I was cool with it. No lie, walked into a nightclub once age 26ish lol.
-You don't eat pork
Never ever. Told of a once upon a time employess, another ex muslim for eating a mcdonalds ting in morn, he took one more bite and then never ate pig in front of me. As an atheist 22 in Sweden, having dinner with then girlfriend and her friend, my girlfriend ordered a pig dish, (she had stopped eating pig when in England with me), I looked at her and said - You going to eat that? - she changed her order. Her friend looked at her in disgust and said - Are you going to listen to him lol
Yes I know it is irrational and like most muslims it is sorta cultural to partake in sex, drugs and rock and roll, but bacon flavour crisps, no thanks.
-You are little homophobic
Well I could start of a thread about this - but I think one can have a view that 'promoting' gaiety to all and sundry, is perhaps not quite the right thing. Like the tail wagging the dog.No problem with equal rights, met lesbians, been to Asian gay clubs - looked at two guys French kissing and tight there and then knew I was heterosexual (I knew anyway) perhaps their is natural aversion in some straight men - why chase up blind alleys?
-You still say stuff like 'God Willing', 'God Knows Best', 'I Promise by God's Name' etc. ?
never did the promise one even as a kid, or god knows best. Insha-allah a bit, salaam w/s, all the time. Sneezing always - Similar to English once Christian saying Goodbye and Bless you.
You have Arabic matts on your house
NA
-You still enter the bathroom with your left leg or exit with your right
Nah.
-You grow beard like you was taught to grow it
Only grew my first real beard this year and it was indeed a lazy let it grow thing which corresponds to a muslim beard. My friends were surprised.
-You avoid alcohol (actually this is very good teaching of Islam)
Don't avoid, don't drink it, maybe once or twice a year. As a clubber drank every weekend. The change that happens though. At twelve at the local fair noticed a man drinking from a can in a brown paper bag, I being inquisitive (curiosity really did kill the cat) asked what the score was - to be met with - it sharaab - I was like AMMMMAAAA!!. Fast forward ten years, same fairs, mees swigging from a cider bottle lol.
-You don't like music anymore
As a kid not allowed to listen to music, could not buy Smash Hits, could not a picture of Kim Wilde on my bedroom wall (there were real tears), my first album had to kept at my Sikh neighbours house.
I don't trust myself to answer the last question lol.
Topic: Do you have some Muslim things in your life still?