In Dubai, your business loan can be as “halal” as your Big Mac. For many Western Muslims, this is an attractive promise and an alluring reason to permanently resettle there.
Nice, but the author forgot that the regime is very oppressive and Islam cannot be practice except if it forgets about politics there. So there is no liberty. Its not a good place to make hijrah to.
All the people talking about moving to Muslim majority countries are simply trading one set of values for another. They might gain outward practice of Islam, more mosques, people celebrating the same holidays, technically “halal” food but they forget about the rampant corruption, lack of public services, etc. they are going back as elites and not the common people
There is also another aspect to the Hijra discussion: People benefit from a social market economy, tax-funded education, infrastructure, safety, and often from Muslim communities that have overcome many challenges. And the moment they have enough money, they leave to a tax-haven, a millionaires open air bunker. It's selfish to always look for greener grass.
Amazing piece, thank you for writing and I hope more and more people see through the facade.
Excellent essay, truly eye-opening. Thank you for this.
Nice, but the author forgot that the regime is very oppressive and Islam cannot be practice except if it forgets about politics there. So there is no liberty. Its not a good place to make hijrah to.
Forms of Islam "frowned upon" by Saudi influence are simply not welcome nor allowed 😒
All the people talking about moving to Muslim majority countries are simply trading one set of values for another. They might gain outward practice of Islam, more mosques, people celebrating the same holidays, technically “halal” food but they forget about the rampant corruption, lack of public services, etc. they are going back as elites and not the common people
There is also another aspect to the Hijra discussion: People benefit from a social market economy, tax-funded education, infrastructure, safety, and often from Muslim communities that have overcome many challenges. And the moment they have enough money, they leave to a tax-haven, a millionaires open air bunker. It's selfish to always look for greener grass.