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A Talk Between a Christian and Muslim
By Erika Ayala
Christians and Muslims, two of the world's top religions. Both of these religions are contradicting each other when it comes to their teachings and laws. In the Philippines, the Muslims are known to be residing in the Mindanao area which is located in the South. While Christians or Catholics are spread all over different provinces and cities. As a Christian, I have never encountered any Muslim person yet. In my school, which is a Catholic school, everyone is a Christian. So it wasn't difficult for me to interact and socialize with them. I have never imagined myself dealing with a Muslim or even having a Muslim as a close friend. It may be discriminating but I was quite scared in talking to them because of the rumors I hear about them. Until one day, when I visited Cebu, which is a province in the Philippines, and stayed in a four-star hotel, I met a Muslim person over breakfast. While I was having breakfast at the lobby of the hotel, a Muslim approached me and asked for the time. During that breakfast buffet, we kept on bumping into each other while getting food from the buffet table. Because of that instances, we had a small talk since she was sitting next to my table. Our conversation started about the food we were eating. Iman, the Muslim, told me that she cannot get the sweet and sour pork served at the Chinese section of the buffet. Then she explained to me that it is one of their Muslim teachings not to eat pork. I felt bad for her because she cannot eat everything at the buffet table. She was missing a lot. During out talk over breakfast, she also explained to me about their Koran, which is their bible. At first, I thought it was awkward for us to be talking about religion since we both have different beliefs. But throughout the conversation, it wasn't bad at all. She was open talking about what she believes in. So I also shared my side and explained to her what Christianity is. Since the conversation was leaning towards religion already, we shifted the conversation about how they handle finances. I was surprised to find out that they have a different way in handling their money through investments. I found out from Iman that they have the option to deposit their money in an Islamic bank. According to Iman, it is prohibited by the Islamic law to collect and pay interest. Their teachings define the system of banking they have. Listening to her stories made me interested about their Islamic banking system. In short, our conversation ended well. My perception about Muslims changed throughout our talk during breakfast. She even invited me to check out a Muslim museum so that I would learn more about their culture, not to convert me but so that I would be knowledgeable and be aware of their culture. In return, I also invited her to visit our church some time so that she will be also aware of how Christians are. Our friendship started during that breakfast. It's not a coincidence, but we are destined to become friends. |
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If people would focus on similarities between different religions instead of emphasizing differences the world would be a much better place.
Thank you for sharing this information, Erika.
The more we don't know, the more we seem to back away from relationships.
Keep up the good work.
Best wishes.
Frederick
Thanks for sharing about your conversation. It's great being open to talk to those outside of your religion.
Here is a little something that I thought you might be interested in:
Dr. Ahmed Andrews of England’s Derby University, himself a convert, says: “There are between 5,000 and 10,000 white Muslim converts in this country, and most of the ones I know are former Catholics.”
New Age movements, and paganism are gaining the most converts.
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