How's your day? Hopefully all went well :)
So today, InshaaAllah we will continue sharing awesome things we discussed with our international friends, Mehdi and Alexia. Now we realised that the word 'culture' is actually very wide, general and many things can be discussed under the topic. Our first thought that 'Culture is bored' is definitely wrong! *smacked on the head
This time, the main topic of our discussion is about religion. Just like we mentioned in previous post, Mehdi and Alexia are both Christians. It means that they believe in religion and God, and they are not among the atheists.
When Mehdi and Alexia were asked about the difference between the religion practiced in Malaysia and their country, Mendi said that he found Malaysia places a great deal of emphasizing on religion. When he compares to his own country, they does not have a specific religion, but here in Malaysia we specialized that the main religion in Islam. He also mentioned that they are less mosques in Belgium than in Malaysia, where he found quite a lot. Nevertheless, he still sees Muslims from time to time in his country.
IIUM mosque ;P
Above all, as IIUM is also a community who practices Islam, Alexia and Mehdi have no problems with it and they respect other religions just like how they want to be respected. That's the tolerance that we need in a multi-racial society, as well as in an international communication :)
Thank you Mehdi and Alexia for your great responses ;)
-Shiffa and Nana
ReplyDeleteI love it how even though we have different views about God, you girls succeed in becoming good friends with them. Sometimes when I read about Islamophobia on the news, I get quite worried about how others perceived us Muslims. But you girls prove that we all can get along just fine, even with different views and Alexia and Mehdi proves that there are still many non-judgmental people out there who respect other people’s religion and culture :)