Islam: Making the distinction betweem me and we.

Somehow, nothing may make me feel you are bashing me. Sometimes, I ask what causes your fear. Often I realise you misunderstand me. Your rationalizaton is honest, even though limited in its perception and perspective. You delibrately make believe that yours is the only 'right' way. You refuse to agree that there are some other absolutes, even when insisting the absolute you accept is to reject an absolute. I do not fear knowing I defer from those you call them. Me, I am not part of your they, I do not form part of a we collective. I am me, nontheless.

I understand why you may dislike me. I am a teetotler. Is that an English word? If it means you may not make profit out of me, then that is what I mean. To be otherwise means I allow you relieve me of my hard earned income. I refuse. I refuse your interest loaded financial system. I refuse your unwholesome foods. I refuse to display more than I would ordinarily display. I wear a beared. I know your fear. You are not responsible for it. You were meant to grow into it. That is the only way you may hate me. Yet, before he departed, he muigrated and lived within a more diverse populaion, just like you are propagating. Yet, his teachings are the things you hate me for, because there is no profit in my life style for you.

I remain me, yours sincerely.