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  • Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     OP - September 30, 2009, 02:07 PM
    Does anyone ever cringe when they remember things they used to do/say when they were a Muslim.

    I was walking down the street today and I really really cringed when I remembered inviting people to go on "jihad" on February 15 2003 (the anti Iraq war demonstration)!

    I was thinking about other things I used to say and I was full of these ridiculous statements! Such as "there is no such thing as offensive Jihad". What a twat.
    Religion - The hot potato that looked delicious but ended up burning your mouth!

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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #1 - September 30, 2009, 02:11 PM
    I cringe whenever I remember trying to defend my husbands right to smack me around sometimes, cos I deserved it and how he was just doing it islamically because he had a right. vomit

    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #2 - September 30, 2009, 02:12 PM
    Or when I used to proudly boast about how islam came to free slaves, and muslims didn't have slaves.  Jesus I was dumb.  Roll Eyes
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #3 - September 30, 2009, 02:16 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on September 30, 2009, 02:11 PM
    I cringe whenever I remember trying to defend my husbands right to smack me around sometimes, cos I deserved it and how he was just doing it islamically because he had a right. vomit




    Was that defending it to other people, or to yourself?

    Quote from: BerberElla on September 30, 2009, 02:12 PM
    Or when I used to proudly boast about how islam came to free slaves, and muslims didn't have slaves.  Jesus I was dumb.  Roll Eyes


    I used to do that too! Now, I really hate discussing slavery with Muslims because you can't do it! They just have the same tired arguments and you just go round and round in circles.
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #4 - September 30, 2009, 02:20 PM
    Quote from: aliadiere on September 30, 2009, 02:07 PM
    Does anyone ever cringe when they remember things they used to do/say when they were a Muslim.

    I was walking down the street today and I really really cringed when I remembered inviting people to go on "jihad" on February 15 2003 (the anti Iraq war demonstration)!

    I was thinking about other things I used to say and I was full of these ridiculous statements! Such as "there is no such thing as offensive Jihad". What a twat.


    My cringeworthy moment was looking down on people who didn't have fist length beards!
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #5 - September 30, 2009, 02:27 PM
    Quote from: aliadiere on September 30, 2009, 02:16 PM
    Was that defending it to other people, or to yourself?



    Both, by defending it to other people, and trying to make it sound fair, I was trying to defend it to myself so that I didn;t feel even more like a loser for staying with him.

    I used to cringe inside saying it anyway, even back then, but I wanted to be a good muslim and stop my mind rebelling against what every other muslim seemed happy to accept.

    I cringe more now though lol because now I feel stupid to have wasted any time even trying. 015
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #6 - September 30, 2009, 02:47 PM
    Quote from: Omaar Khayaam on September 30, 2009, 02:20 PM
    My cringeworthy moment was looking down on people who didn't have fist length beards!


    Yeah, looking down on people. It really annoys me to think that i used to do that over trivial matters.
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    Knock your head on the ground, don't be miserly in your prayers, listen to your Sidi Sheikh, Allahu Akbar! - Lounes Matoub
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #7 - September 30, 2009, 03:22 PM
    My cringeworthy moment has to be when I castigated one of my husband's friends for wearing Catterpillar boots because 'they build the bulldozers which are used to bulldoze Palestinian homes'. 
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #8 - September 30, 2009, 04:39 PM
    Quote from: Nour on September 30, 2009, 03:22 PM
    My cringeworthy moment has to be when I castigated one of my husband's friends for wearing Catterpillar boots because 'they build the bulldozers which are used to bulldoze Palestinian homes'. 


    Lol. I tried not drinking coca cola for a while but it tastes so nice!
    Religion - The hot potato that looked delicious but ended up burning your mouth!

    Knock your head on the ground, don't be miserly in your prayers, listen to your Sidi Sheikh, Allahu Akbar! - Lounes Matoub
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #9 - September 30, 2009, 04:47 PM
    My cringeworthy moment is when I was very young, around 9. One of my dad's mates had just told me that taking presents from Kuffar (including Christians and Jews) was haram and that Muslims should never accept anything from them.

    That day my dad took me to a garden party held by his colleagues-all of his colleagues were Kuffar and there was loads of brilliant food, drink and a lot of my favourite stuff. I sat in the corner miserable for 5 hours while my dad and brother enjoyed the party and eat and drank while I watched by. I was really hungry, and really wanted to eat (we were saving our appetites for the party) but fearing hell I didn't

    Ironically the bastard who ruined that for me was an asylum seeker who later lived on benefits from the UK government.

    Hypocrite.
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #10 - September 30, 2009, 04:50 PM
    Having to pretend that Muslims did wadhu differently in England, after being pestered into praying in a mosque with some friends on the West Bank because I couldn't remember how to do it properly Smiley
    Ha Ha.
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #11 - September 30, 2009, 04:58 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on September 30, 2009, 02:11 PM
    I cringe whenever I remember trying to defend my husbands right to smack me around sometimes, cos I deserved it and how he was just doing it islamically because he had a right. vomit




    Yeah, that's cringeworthy alright, and in the worst possible way.

    Quote from: Nour on September 30, 2009, 03:22 PM
    My cringeworthy moment has to be when I castigated one of my husband's friends for wearing Catterpillar boots because 'they build the bulldozers which are used to bulldoze Palestinian homes'. 


    I'm not Muslim and I won't wear CAT boots for that reason.

    Quote from: aliadiere on September 30, 2009, 04:39 PM
    Lol. I tried not drinking coca cola for a while but it tastes so nice!


    Still plenty of non-Islamic reasons to boycott Coke:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Coca-Cola#Bottling_plant_deaths

    Besides, the coke in the UK doesn't taste nearly as good as the coke over here (or in Mexico for that matter). At least it didn't in the mid 90s when I was last there-- I think they're still using the "New Coke" recipe over there that we Yanks rejected.

    Quote from: Jack Torrance on September 30, 2009, 04:50 PM
    Having to pretend that Muslims did wadhu differently in England, after being pestered into praying in a mosque with some friends on the West Bank because I couldn't remember how to do it properly Smiley


     Cheesy That's awesome! Cringeworthy indeed.
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #12 - September 30, 2009, 05:07 PM
    Quote from: Q-Man on September 30, 2009, 04:58 PM

    Still plenty of non-Islamic reasons to boycott Coke:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Coca-Cola#Bottling_plant_deaths

    Besides, the coke in the UK doesn't taste nearly as good as the coke over here (or in Mexico for that matter). At least it didn't in the mid 90s when I was last there-- I think they're still using the "New Coke" recipe over there that we Yanks rejected.



    Yeah, but it is still probably the nicest tasting substance known to man (after Leffe).
    Religion - The hot potato that looked delicious but ended up burning your mouth!

    Knock your head on the ground, don't be miserly in your prayers, listen to your Sidi Sheikh, Allahu Akbar! - Lounes Matoub
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #13 - September 30, 2009, 05:17 PM
    Use Pepsi instead?
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #14 - September 30, 2009, 05:18 PM
    Pepsi?! Are you mental?!
    Religion - The hot potato that looked delicious but ended up burning your mouth!

    Knock your head on the ground, don't be miserly in your prayers, listen to your Sidi Sheikh, Allahu Akbar! - Lounes Matoub
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #15 - September 30, 2009, 05:20 PM
    Taste the same to me
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #16 - September 30, 2009, 05:25 PM
    Oh gosh ... yes, many cringe worthy moments including:
    - being 7 and crying that others weren't doing their prayers
    - being 10 and not watching MJ dancing
    - being 15 and being annoyed on a road journey we didn't stop and pray

    ... bah, my silly, silly, take advantage of brain!
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #17 - September 30, 2009, 05:28 PM
    I agree with mr Adiere, Coke is the tastiest substance known to man, I would drink it all the time if it wasn't so unhealthy

    And comparing it to Pepsi is sheer blasphemy.
    "I am ready to make my confession. I ask for no forgiveness father, for I have not sinned. I have only done what I needed to do to survive. I did not ask for the life that I was given, but it was given nonetheless-and with it, I did my best"
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #18 - September 30, 2009, 05:35 PM
    Oddly I don't need to boycott coca cola for any reason since I can't stand the stuff and will only drink it in alcohol once I'm drunk enough to not care.  Tongue
    Inhale the good shit, exhale the bullshit.
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #19 - September 30, 2009, 05:40 PM
    When I am drinking alcohol, I don't drink coke with it. I only drink beer or wine or gin and tonic. Coke should not be tarnished with vodka.
    Religion - The hot potato that looked delicious but ended up burning your mouth!

    Knock your head on the ground, don't be miserly in your prayers, listen to your Sidi Sheikh, Allahu Akbar! - Lounes Matoub
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #20 - September 30, 2009, 05:54 PM
    Sprite > Coke  grin12 grin12 grin12 And I dont like soft drinks that much either nor do I drink Alcohol either  parrot

    My cringe-worthy moments:

    - As a conservative teen, making an angry face at my little sisters and female cousins for not covering their heads when Adhaan was heard or when a du'a was recited for some special occasion.

    - Using the 'i am a muslim' as an excuse to not mix with girls .... oh my fucking word why??!!!  finmad Those teenage school years would have been so damn better if I didnt think like a twat >_< I could have gotten a girlfriend and puppy love  lipsrsealed Girls thought I was very cute ffs !!!

    - Feeling guilty after I really needed some 'alone time', and then not understanding why I had wet dreams after I avoided it (explicit..but hey). It could have saved me from all that laundering !!

    - Being still regarded as the ideal Shia role model by my relatives for their kids, at least to those who dont know of my atheism (that number is dwindling ^_^)

    - Debating too much online about how Shia > Sunni and how Imam-e-Zaman would come and kick ass and telling the story of Karbala to my friends who didnt know about it.

    - Around 18 months back, trying to justify how Quran was scientifically accurate and said stuff scientists only discovered in a discussion with Brits in my Hall of Residence, one of the lads mentioned 'Well, didnt the Greeks know about man being made of congealed blood idea before Islam?' I was silent, so I said 'God knows best my friend'....I think that start a chain of events that eventually led me away from religion. (and oddly enough the main topic was Secular Humanism by an atheist speaker which I proudly call myself today).
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #21 - September 30, 2009, 06:38 PM
    Quote from: BerberElla on September 30, 2009, 02:11 PM
    I cringe whenever I remember trying to defend my husbands right to smack me around sometimes, cos I deserved it and how he was just doing it islamically because he had a right. vomit


    Wow, Berbs, I simply can't imagine you being that person! Just goes to show how far along you've come.  Afro

    My cringeworthy moments:
    - Defending the Islamic state of Pakistan from those awful kaffir Hindus who I'd been taught had been just impossible to live with, on the basis that Islam is a superior way of life.  vomit This was during the late 90's when both India and Pakistan had first tested their nukes to show up each other.
    - Being the eldest, I was brainwashed into leading the pack of my cousins into doing maatam and azadari more vociferously than other people who were at the shia festivals.  Roll Eyes
    - During about a year and half period when I tried being a "born again" muslim, and tried to force myself to re-embrace Islam and Muslims and I went on a couple of dates with potential husbands that my mom tried to set me up with. One paindu after another.  Cheesy
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #22 - September 30, 2009, 06:43 PM
    Quote from: atheist.pk on September 30, 2009, 05:54 PM
    and oddly enough the main topic was Secular Humanism by an atheist speaker

     Huh?
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #23 - September 30, 2009, 06:54 PM
    You heard it right IsLame.

    During my uni years in Manchester (Sept 2004 to Jan 2009) I lived in a hall of residence which has a very vibrant social activity structure. From pub and bar parties, to discussions and talks done by speakers on invite. The hall chaplain has some good contacts from all sorts of faiths etc, where a speaker would often come and talk about some aspect of religion, and then there would be a question and answer type discussion amongst the various students attending the talk as well as the speakers and staff. I was invited to attend by a friend who lived in the same hall back then who is a rather devout Muslim and was actually doing a degree on Islamic studies before he left Uni in his second year to go home and sell cars with his dad and said he can preach/learn Islam on his own.

    That day, was a talk about Humanism and Secular Humanism by an atheist who called himself a Humanist. I cant remember what exactly was said and discussed, but in the question answer session and discussion somehow Islam came up for a few minutes, I tried my best to explain but it was embarrassingly futile.
    Pakistan Zindabad? ya Pakistan sey Zinda bhaag?

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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #24 - September 30, 2009, 06:54 PM
    Quote from: aliadiere on September 30, 2009, 05:40 PM
    When I am drinking alcohol, I don't drink coke with it. I only drink beer or wine or gin and tonic. Coke should not be tarnished with vodka.


    Vodka should not be tarnished with Coke...

    Pepsi's better IMO but nothing beats Dr Pepper in the States.  It tastes more like cough syrup here.  Tongue
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #25 - September 30, 2009, 07:07 PM
    I love Dr Pepper.  Mind you, I like the taste of cough syrup too. 
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #26 - September 30, 2009, 07:11 PM
    Quote from: Nour on September 30, 2009, 06:54 PM
    Vodka should not be tarnished with Coke...


     Afro

    I do highly prefer Coke to Pepsi in the states, but in the UK I think they taste much more similar.
    fuck you
  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #27 - September 30, 2009, 07:16 PM
    Vodka is probably the worst spirit in the world. The thing that annoys me about vodka is 99% of people who drink it, drink it because they don't like the taste of alcohol.

    I know you do have vodka afficionados, but the majority of people who drink vodka, drink it only to get drunk.
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #28 - September 30, 2009, 07:22 PM
    I prefer to stick to sambuca, all flavours, and mixed with lemonade haha, I like my drink to last, helps my pockets.  Tongue
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  • Re: Cringeworthy Muslim Moments
     Reply #29 - September 30, 2009, 07:22 PM
    Quote from: aliadiere on September 30, 2009, 07:16 PM
    Vodka is probably the worst spirit in the world. The thing that annoys me about vodka is 99% of people who drink it, drink it because they don't like the taste of alcohol.

    I know you do have vodka afficionados, but the majority of people who drink vodka, drink it only to get drunk.



    I'd wager you like wine....  

    I really cannot stand the way vodka is defiled by mixing it with other stuff.. like red bull and even pineapple juice (for FFS). I cannot say that it tastes good and yet I do like the sensation that comes from drinking the stuff straight.  Especially in the cold.
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