Yesterday while I was at work some random guy asked me "Are you Muslim? Why are you working? I thought Muslim women didn't work. I thought y'all stayed at home and took care of the children while your husbands provided for you." So then I had to explain to him that first of all, not all Muslim women are married and not all Muslim women have children, like myself. I'm single and I'm not a mother. Then I came to a disappointing realization of how ignorant many people in America are about Muslims, Islam and our lifestyle. Some people don't understand the differences between American Muslims and Muslims from other countries. Most of the Muslim women that I know between the ages of 20-40 are actually single and don't have children like myself. People have so many stereotypes about Muslims that are so false. The level of ignorance and stupidity is seriously unbelievable. So just for the record, American Muslims do NOT have arranged marriages. We marry whome...
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