I'm FINE!!

OK....I have to say it. Yes, my husband and his family are Muslim. This means they believe Muhammad was a great prophet. They also believe Jesus was a prophet, who died and rose again, and there is only One God, Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or whatever name someone wants to use as a title for the Creator of the universe. They believe in the words of the Old Testament, and much of the new...but in the Koran, they have interpreted these words to suit their purposes....JUST LIKE EVERY RELIGION DOES. The difference being, real every-day Muslims really don't think Christians are wrong, just that they have their own path. The real problem for the vast majority of the world's Muslims? Muslims want to be left alone to live their own life in peace. They don't want to convert you, they respect your right to find God your own way.

Yes, it is true that all religions have their crazies....from Jim Jones, to abortion doctor killers, and up to and including Muslims. I've met more than my share of Christian nuts, too. The media loves to focus on crazy Muslims, too.

The thing is....the crazy Muslims? They don't care really about the religion and the conversion of the world to Islam. Because, as I am sure you know, the very word, "Islam" means "Peace!!!"

There are actually more Muslims in the world than there are Christians (go ahead: Google it. I'll wait). How many different denominations does Christianity have? So....doesn't logic follow that Muslims would have their own "denominations?"

Muslims are human....I know: That shocks many of you, huh....so, just like Christian-American humans, the majority of believers only go to Mosque on Friday (think: Sunday)---or even just on holidays---and kind of live differently the rest of the time.

SO, when I go to visit Morocco in September, I will not wear a veil, I will wear jeans and a t-shirt to match my Mother-in-Law when we shop, nobody will make me pray 5 times a day (nor am I likely to see many who do)....and Morocco is NOT EVEN ON THE SAME CONTINENT AS THAT STUPID LIFETIME MOVE WAS SET!!!!!!

Women DO have rights, and it's only the very wealthy that are privileged enough to live sheltered in their homes while the men do all the shopping, driving, and outside work. The woman actually don't want to run errands, believe it or not....lol...Gosh, weird, huh? Who would want to just stay home and lay around eating snacks and playing with the kids, and never have to go to the store, the bank, work....sounds positively vile! How cruel!

Anyway, thanks for your concern, but that Post Secret postcard above could have been sent in by me.....