Comments on: Pew Survey- Muslims: Democratic, Socially Conservative, Concerned Citizens (Update #3)

By: Tariq Nelson

Tariq Nelson — Sun, 27 May 2007 03:32:38 +0000

Just a thought considering what Amad said: Perhaps that 2.5 million number may represent the number of “practicing” Muslims?

By: Amad

Amad — Sat, 26 May 2007 14:53:17 +0000

Based on anecdotal evidence and what our experiences are, I think 60-80% of non-praying folks seems more of a reality check.

That is why I feel that the survey may be skewed by looking for ‘Muslim-Muslims’… u know not the Muslims just by name or even Muslims not by name.

Also, they base their population figures for Muslims on extension of this survey, which is another reason that I feel it is underestimating Muslims.

I agree the 400k Muslims is a stretch. As I said, I have often heard about 200k… but I haven’t dived into this topic yet.

waslaam

By: Tariq Nelson

Tariq Nelson — Sat, 26 May 2007 10:02:19 +0000

In other words…perhaps there are not as many “un-mosqued” as we thought

By: Tariq Nelson

Tariq Nelson — Sat, 26 May 2007 09:44:08 +0000

I’ve always heard that some 80% of Muslims don’t pray and/or regularly pray in the masjid. Now we are seeing that 60% actually DO pray and 40% DO come to the masjid.

So where’d we get the 80% number?

Judging by Eid crowds, I’d say that about half of those are people that you NEVER see at all

By: AnonyMouse

AnonyMouse — Thu, 24 May 2007 20:36:33 +0000

Hey, can sisters also donate? I’ve got a few loonies and toonies lying around… :P

By: Ahmad AlFarsi

Ahmad AlFarsi — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:29:42 +0000

“was going to be adressed” is the operative phrase. I spoke with a brother working for AlMaghrib (not saying who) about year ago, and he personally told me that living in this country, we just cannot teach walaa and baraa the way it should be taught.

My take: time to leave this country since it seems that we are unable to fully practice/teach our deen here, if we cannot even properly teach al-walaa wa al-baraa (a fundamental point of aqidah)…

… speaking of which, I heard that there was this island off the coast of the UK that is completely owned by some family (not under the jurisdiction of ANY country)… and that apparently it is for sale on e-bay for a few million… any brothers wanna pitch-in so we can start our own khilafah there? :) I’ve got about 5 bucks right now :D

By: Abu Bakr

Abu Bakr — Thu, 24 May 2007 16:22:41 +0000

I think al-Wala wal-Bara was going to be addressed in Aqidah 4

By: Ahmad AlFarsi

Ahmad AlFarsi — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:50:05 +0000

… I wish AlMaghrib would add an entire class on walaa and baraa (i suppose to its aqeedah series)… May Allah raise the da’wah in this country. Aameen.

By: Ahmad AlFarsi

Ahmad AlFarsi — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:48:28 +0000

I think it is pretty disturbing that only 50% of Muslim-Americans (and 40% of Muslim American FOBs) disagree with invasion of Afghanistan. If this statistic is true… it shows that Muslims in America are in SERIOUS need of da’wah… esp concerning al-Walaa wa al-Baraa.

I guess now we know why our ummah is suffering so much… so many sell-outs…

By: Hassan

Hassan — Thu, 24 May 2007 04:02:02 +0000

I find muslims leaning democrats and in favor of big government extremely disturbing. My humble opinion is that they do not know what they are getting into. They would keep being reactionary and jump from one party to another. As far as big government part is concerned, I do not mind big government based on sharia, but I feel threatened from big governments otherwise, that would try to do/implement justice based on their rationality. Hence this case, I would ask them to leave me alone, we can support good social work through charity organization etc.

Now, on issue of Affirmative Action, I remember discussing it with you on your old blog. Can you compare an average FOB, and difficulties he/she has to face to establish himself/herself, to difficulties faced by African American individuals? So why African Americans get preferential treatment? As I said before, I find Affirmative Action racist, and its not solving issues but helping status quo.

By the way I think its illegal for non-profit organization to endorse or criticize candidates in official way.