Comments by "Strife" (@strife2746) on "What's it like being Arab in Japan?" video.
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@mohdebrahim4572 Depends on where you are. Across the whole western world, there are about 100k Saudis in the UK. A good 90k in Australia, 80k in Canada and 700k in the US. And those numbers from the UK are from Saudis alone, not including other Gulf States. They're not that big in Europe alone in comparison to Moroccans or Turks, but to call them ''beyond rare'' is just dumb. There's also a significant number of them in France, Sweden and Germany.
As for Indonesia, your comment doesn't make a lot of sense. A reason for their splendid integration is because Indonesia's interpretation of the religion is unique in comparison to any other islamic country in the world. It's an exception and not the status quo. Due to the uniqueness of Islam in Indonesia, other Islamic countries like those in the ME consider Indonesian Islam to be less conservative. Not all Indonesian Muslim women wear headscarves and full-body Muslim coverings like many Middle Eastern women do. In Indonesia, many Muslim women still wear western-style outfits like t-shirts, jeans, short skirts, etc. Likewise, many Indonesian Muslim men don't wear Muslim attire, perhaps only when they go to mosques.
Another aspect that makes Islam in Indonesia unique is the government’s tolerance towards religious conversion. As an example, when a Muslim converts to Christianity, they can request the government to officially endorse their conversion by approving the person's request to change their religion affiliation on their ID card. Indonesian ID cards list the religion of the card holder. Even though a Muslim-Background Believer may be persecuted by family members for converting, the persecution will usually lessen as the new believer lives a life of faith in Christianity. Though harsh persecutions do occur, the nationals’ beliefs in Pancasila and Bhinneka Tunggal Ika contribute to an overall less intense level of persecution.
They made public declarations for reforming Islamic thought on controversial issues, including political leadership, equal citizenship and relations with non-Muslims.
The Nahdlatul Ulama declarations include crucial decisions that differentiate Humanitarian Islam from other interpretations. First of all, they reject the notion of a global caliphate, or a political leadership that would unite all Muslims. The concept of a caliphate has been accepted by both mainstream Islamic scholars, such as those in Al-Azhar, Egypt’s world-renowned Islamic institution and radical groups, such as the Islamic State group and al-Qaeda.
The NU declarations emphasize the legitimacy of modern states’ constitutional and legal systems, and thus reject the idea that it is a religious obligation to establish a state based on Islamic law. Additionally, these declarations stress the importance of equal citizenship by refusing to make a distinction between Muslims and non-Muslims as legal categories.
So, yeah. Indonesia is in no way comparable to the rest of the muslim world.
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