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[quote]You're right. There is probably a greater sense of rigidity in "religious" people today, than in non-religious ones. Its sad.

I have often found them saying, "...if you can't understand this, then I can't do much about it. Good luck"; or more recently, since I am on the verge of losing a religious person who has been more than just a brother/a father to me, all I see happening are attempts to keep me somehow, so that I can do good Islamic work and learn. Truth is, it hurts everytime this is said. Learn I want to. Yes I do. There are a million avenues for that. But you don't get to make confidantes and friends every other day. Its so easy for them to overpass every feeling and emotion I have, and just concentrate on getting the 'work of God' done. It hurts very bad. I know no non-religious friend of mine could ever do something like that to me.

But I don't totally blame these people. The 'work of God' is probably the closest thing to them. Probably, working to keep your relationships with people alive is either absent on their list of priorities or somewhere in the rubble beneath everything else.

One of my best friends - my cousin - called me up a couple of days back and said, "Saadia, I have good news. I just called my parents, and you're the second person I'm calling. I wanted to share with you that I am a Muslim once more. Its amazing!" I was thrilled for him. Yes, I was. But whatever's been going on at the other spectrum of my life, makes me plead over and over to my Lord, "Let him be religious, but also, please let him remain the wonderful person that he is to others. Please don't let that change."[/quote]

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