sharghzadeh: east-struck
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Wednesday 01 July 2026 22:28:06 GMT
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United.Xi.Stand :
My wife is kazakhstani and ive had to explain islam to her (didnt know what sunnah meant) and she had never been in a masjid before i suggested we check a cool one out in istanbul 😭 i think im the only person in the family that has read the quran as well. It was such a shock because my FIL kept saying they were so muslim
2026-07-02 14:18:21
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zengi :
You cannot compare it to Balkan countries or even Asian countries such as Kazakhstan. The secularisation happened by communist occupation which made religion almost punishable by law.
2026-07-02 01:07:31
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anotherhandsomerhussain :
Off topic but your account is one of the only ones I can found with real people commenting saying their opinion instead of spamming stickers, I LOVE IT!!!!!!!
2026-07-02 02:37:33
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Saf :
unfortunately this is me like i try to be but it’s so hard
2026-07-02 03:03:15
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Moe :
Thank you my friend.
2026-07-03 03:32:12
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shukor aris :
Religion is an individual journey, as parents it is our Islamic duty to teach our kids about Islam and the rest we leave it to Allah SWT. Allah SWT guides whom He wills. At the very least we've done our part as muslim parents.
2026-07-02 00:02:35
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Hassan :
It’s an interesting point however my family’s been in Britain for 60 years and not saying we’re all perfect but we definitely aren’t just Muslim by name Alhamdulillah
2026-07-02 09:21:21
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blickers :
that was because of communism thats different
2026-07-02 03:44:27
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umaiya :
Yeah this is me rn. I don’t see myself being religious at all
2026-07-02 17:29:59
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Visionary :
Zohran Mamdani - from Muslamabad
2026-07-02 07:29:30
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Awesome_Creation :
I'm funny enough am exception to this! While I did feel that pressure, my parents had helped me stay connected to our cultural roots and religious faith. I was fitting your description for a good chunk of my childhood, I found a mosque that greatly connected with me, so I feel like part of it is definitely up to upbringing and trying to strike a delicate balance that's nearly impossible in this scenario
2026-07-02 00:07:01
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Kryptonian Azadar :
The diaspora is a lot more practicing
2026-07-02 17:49:28
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tiramisufan :
I don't know man have you been to illinois
2026-07-02 12:26:55
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Sham 🇦🇫⚛️ :
How do u know about khojas?
2026-07-07 08:54:35
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supuik23 :
Ngl I highly disagree maybe it’s cos I’m from Texas but we’ll see
2026-07-02 14:57:28
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Michael Taff :
fingers crossed
2026-07-03 04:37:40
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PrinceofTuran :
Why are you dissing us central Asians. We are very strong Muslims and never doubt our faith
2026-07-03 16:57:57
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ztodc :
This isn’t what happened. The communities in the US and UK are even more conservative than Muslim countries
2026-07-02 04:43:40
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Marshmallows :
You are forgetting the trend of Hispanic “white shifting” almost 50 precent of hispanics identify as “white” now. Kinda like how Greeks and Italians became “white” this too happen to many Hispanics Americans with a large portion of European admixture. Just look at people like Nick Fuentes as an example
2026-07-02 01:52:57
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🇰🇿🇰🇬𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐚𝐧🏹🐎 :
Agree about that example of central asia, even though we are mostly religious, most people are secular muslims and some of them even despise people who pray in mosques or people who are truly religious
2026-07-02 00:55:08
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⚜️Пєшͳєþⲁч⚜️ :
This comparison really lacks a lot of nuance. Balkan Muslims are not a monolith of people who are only culturally Muslim but don’t adhere to the duties and prohibitions of the faith. Furthermore, the lax attitude of many Balkan Muslims is not just something that developed organically through proximity to non-Muslims. While you do mention restrictive governments you don’t really engage with their role in “watering” down Islam. Especially in communist Yugoslavia, the state’s Islamic organization was heavily controlled by the communist party who used it to promote a version of “Islam” that was conforming with its own socialist and nation-building agendas. Anyone who stood in the way of this process was quickly dealt with by being “fired” from their positions or being sent to prison/prison camps for being “political dissidents”. Even Alija Izetbegović, Bosnia’s first president, spent a lengthy amount of jail-time for his involvement in the Organisation “Mladi Muslimani” and for the publishing of his work “Islamic Declaration”. Our people suffered through a highly organized and well-planned De-Islamization campaign but Elhamdulillah many people have started finding their way back to Allah swt ever since the end of this period. What remains, however, is a split society of Yugo-nostalgists who have internalized the state-controlled Islam and Muslims who are re-embracing our Muslim roots. American Muslims will hardly ever have a similar development. There may surely be an emerging “culturally Muslim” identity in the US but the comparison is not really fitting here.
2026-07-01 23:18:02
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user4364767748 :
Kinda agree in sociology what you call having a muslim identity but not practicing is the post muslim phénomenon.
2026-07-01 23:12:11
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zackriya :
The kufr in balkans and Central Asia was a result of forced anti islamisation much much worse than what Muslims in the west go through you have mosques they didn’t.
2026-07-02 01:30:39
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thegreatllama_123 :
I dont think you can really compare the two scenarios. Central asian muslims and balkan muslims had religion practically banned for them or severely restricted. It wasn’t a natural phenomenon that caused them to become less religious but a centralised effort to destroy islam and related cultural tenets. The liberal democracies of the west don’t operate with as much official governmental hostility for the most part. Itll definitely be a different scenario in the west. I mean if you look at countries that have had significant immigrant muslim populations for long times, like the UK or France, if anything the population seems to have become much more religious, even with the restrictions and sometimes outright hostility faced by the muslims in France. I mean if you actually look at balkan and central asian muslims, even after centuries of non muslim rule they were still quite religious and it wasn’t until the arrival of communism that it began to change. Unless the west adopts sudden extreme anti muslim policies I don’t see this happening.
2026-07-02 02:09:06
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Bhangman :
Zohran is half Punjabi Hindu (as in the genetically isolated community as Punjabi Sikhs, Hindus and Muslims generally do not mix) from his mom, and half Gujarati Khoja Twelver Shia (not Nizari Ismaili) from his dad, raised in Kampala Uganda and then New York, as a Twelver Shia.
2026-07-02 00:37:16
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