Tristan Tate
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It's the original declaration of faith, fasting during the holy month of Ramadan, zakat, which is giving a percentage of your money away to charity, praying five times daily, and a pilgrimage to Hajj at least once in your lifetime.
So three of the things that you named are literally in the description of what a Muslim will tell you it means to be a Muslim.
Whereas when you asked me what it meant to be a Christian, I said faith and belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
But I didn't list all of the Christian virtues, of which I do do.
I mean, I do do charity.
I do pray.
I do fast.
That being their cornerstone.
is why you see that behavior.
And I have a lot of respect for Islam as well.
aspect of prayer and submission to god because it comes from the heart it's like i'm listening to you because i love you not because i feel like you have to you know what i mean i believe that too yeah but um what do you think and i know you're the one asking the questions here but what do you think about the demonization of muslims and islam particularly by the united states because when i'm in the united states if i'm in
I don't know if I'm all across the world, you can go to, you know, most countries in the world and they at least understand like what Islam is and what they stand for.
But I feel like you go to a lot of places in America and you say the word Muslim and they're like, ah, terrorist.
Like, they don't really understand.
I feel like the media, especially to back up these wars in Afghanistan, these wars in Iraq, have really demonized the Muslim community.
What do you think about, like, the coexistence between Christians and Muslims?
Can it happen?
Should it happen?
Is there any common ground?
Iran has a lot of underground churches.