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RE: 🛺💨 Well, I Guess This Is Now A Three-Wheeled School Bus Driver Blog 🚸👨✈️
There are two main cultures here in Cambodia, the Khmer Buddhism culture and the Cham Muslim culture, they are a minority group, but the second largest in the country. Our current area has no Muslims, and the town where the girls go to school has no mosque yet, and only a few Muslims living there.
I have, however, lived in Muslim villages here in Cambodia, and also in Muslim majority towns, and I must say the social decay that plagues Khmer families doesn't exist in the Muslim communities. There are several reasons for this, but most of all the lack of alcohol, gambling, and prostitution are big factors.
Although I am not a Muslim myself, I sure miss having Muslim friends and neighbors because they are much easier for me to relate to, and I think more interested in discussing life, problem-solving, etc. Although I don't call my way of life a "religion," it is known as Rastafari by some people, although I call myself a Nazarite as I have taken the vow of the Nazarite.
It is an Abrahamic way of life, many similarities with Judaism, Islam, and Christianity, so I often find it is easier for me to relate to people from these walks of life.
It's very interesting I read your reply to my comment, and really I also just found out that Khmer and Muslim culture is the second largest in Cambodia. I hope the Buddhist-majority Cambodian people have a high tolerance for other religions, it's very sad to read news like what happened in Myanmar 😩
That's right, my friend @justinparke, because alcohol, gambling, and legal prostitution are forbidden (Haram) in Islam and generally Muslims obey this rule, although there are still one or two people who do it but the majority of Muslims around the world obey the prohibition the. And you can search on google where the countries with the highest crime rates or social damage in the world are countries that legalize alcohol, gambling, prostitution and so on.
I personally am also happy to have friends like you my best friend, because I do not discriminate in choosing friends. And it's obvious that you're a fun friend to talk to about anything, and yeah I've never heard of Rastafari and Nazarite. It could be a fun topic for us to discuss 😄
Ibrahim alaihis salam is a Prophet and Messenger for us Muslims, and we are also obliged to believe in him as we believe in Prophet Muhammad SAW, so of course we have great respect for him too. Have a nice day my friend 🙏
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