How To Guide: Making Muslim Characters

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Yeah my bad.

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I never realized this was a stereotype.

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Itā€™s generalizing muslims as if were all like that. Of course it is.

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Well, that was interesting to know.

I feel like people also need to know that thereā€™s a line between culture and religion. Donā€™t let it be crossed because thatā€™s what causes most or some of the misogyny in the first place.

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bump

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Moved this to writing resources as it counts in itself as a valuable resource :heart:

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A question:
Can Muslims eat food made by non-Muslims?

I donā€™t remember if I already asked itā€¦

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Uh yes as long as itā€™s safe/halal. I do all the time.

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I dont understand why real things cant be put in stories.

Iā€™m not one to want to portray someone badly, but in another thread here, there are girls saying theyā€™d never date certain races because of how poorly they were treated by them and nobody argues them for stereotyping. I tried but failed.

But here its saying I canā€™t put those girlsā€™ real life negative experiences into a story because it is a stereotype.
:sob::sob::sob:
I just feel so much contradiction. :nauseated_face:

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Not really contradicting yourself. Just not out to make others look badly, which is fine. You donā€™t ignore what they have to say. You do listen, just donā€™t promote it as ā€œthatā€™s all of them.ā€

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If anyone plans on cooking for their Muslim friends and they arenā€™t sure what to cook, veggie is a safe option.

Halal meat can be difficult to find in some places

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I think the name of Allah should be said when slaughtering the animal.

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Oh yeah I know haha. But there are places in the world where halal butchers are hard to find

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The question is: if itā€™s not known whether the meat was slaughtered when saying the name of Allah or not, can they eat it?

@PensiveShadow

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I believe they canā€™t, but that is definitely a Shadow question!

Or maybe @liyahsdiamond? You grew up in a Muslim family, right? Iā€™m not making stuff up?

@ELx is rather knowledgeable too

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I doubt it. But maybe they actually can :woman_shrugging:t5:

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Yes, and Iā€™m Muslim myself.

If Allahā€™s name is not said over the meat, you say his name over the meat yourself.

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And what about the preparation? It has to be prepared in a certain way, right?

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@liyahsdiamond:

Can Muslims enter in other places of worship, such as synagogues, churchs, temples?

If I celebrate holidays like Hanukkah, Succot, etc. and I want to invite you, can you be only presented? (I donā€™t mean to ask if you can say Jewish prayers)

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If itā€™s for a permissible reason, yes.

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