Hello everyone. I should probably start by telling you a bit about myself. I am a thirty year old American non-muslim female. I have been lurking reading this board for sometime now, as I mentioned since I am not of the muslim faith myself I thought it inappropriate to just barge in on you all.
But I decided to join finally when looking at some past threads I saw a few others who, like me, were not muslim but respect the religion and are curious about it, and were accepted, so I thought I'd give it a try as well. I hope I am welcome here even being non-muslim. The reasons for my curiosity are many, it is a very long and boring story so I won't go fully into it. But I will say that I am half Saudi Arabian, on my fathers side, my mother is American, and I've never met my father, so studying and reading everything I can about the country, including its religion, has always been very important to me. It gives me a small sense of knowing who he was as a person, since Islam seems to be such a huge part of what makes up ones character, if that makes sense. I have been looking around many places, including Yahoo answers, to find as much information as I can, but the opinions expressed there are always so cynical, I wanted to find somewhere that I could get my information in a positive manner, rather than tinged with prejudice or fear. This place has called to me because everyone here seems very happy, and peace filled, so I hope that I will be welcome here and that I can learn from you all. Thank you for having me here.
But I decided to join finally when looking at some past threads I saw a few others who, like me, were not muslim but respect the religion and are curious about it, and were accepted, so I thought I'd give it a try as well. I hope I am welcome here even being non-muslim. The reasons for my curiosity are many, it is a very long and boring story so I won't go fully into it. But I will say that I am half Saudi Arabian, on my fathers side, my mother is American, and I've never met my father, so studying and reading everything I can about the country, including its religion, has always been very important to me. It gives me a small sense of knowing who he was as a person, since Islam seems to be such a huge part of what makes up ones character, if that makes sense. I have been looking around many places, including Yahoo answers, to find as much information as I can, but the opinions expressed there are always so cynical, I wanted to find somewhere that I could get my information in a positive manner, rather than tinged with prejudice or fear. This place has called to me because everyone here seems very happy, and peace filled, so I hope that I will be welcome here and that I can learn from you all. Thank you for having me here.