Thinking of moving to the United Arab Emirates. Good idea?

[Wolfn]

Salaam Alikum.

I'm going to college soon, and several years from now, I'll be out of college and on my own. I'm thinking about where I will move after college. I want to live in a largely Muslim area. I want my kids and family to live in an environment that we can relate to and is friendly with us. If I live in a place where my kids are the only Muslims in school, they will get eaten alive (not literally) and abused by other students. In America, 70% of the Population fears and hates Muslims. I don't want my family to live an area where we are constantly hated and such. So I've been thinking of places with large Muslim populations.

If I was staying in America, I would like to live in Dearborn or Detroit, Michigan. This area has the highest concentration of Muslims in North America, not to mention Detroit has North America's largest Masjid (Islamic Center of America). So Michigan is an option.

I've also been thinking about moving to United Arab Emirates. This is a booming country with tons of economic potential. I'm sure to find a job there, and I hear American Engineers (which is what I will be) are highly sought after in UAE. I'm basically guaranteed a job there. Also, I think moving to a place like UAE will help me become fluent in Arabic. I want to study and read the Qu'ran in it's original language, and I hear after living in a country that speaks Arabic, people become fluent in like a year or two. UAE also seems pretty safe compared to other countries (Iraq and other war-stricken countries). I think I read that UAE has the highest safety rate in the area.

So, would anyone recommend moving to the UAE as a good idea?

[Sulaiman Harun]

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:salams

bro Ahmed, I have lived for almost my whole life and as a sincere advice, please do go and live there!!!
And not in Dubai city but in Abu Dhabi City the best place in UAE!!!

[sis_niqabi]

Salaam Alikum.

I'm going to college soon, and several years from now, I'll be out of college and on my own. I'm thinking about where I will move after college. I want to live in a largely Muslim area. I want my kids and family to live in an environment that we can relate to and is friendly with us. If I live in a place where my kids are the only Muslims in school, they will get eaten alive (not literally) and abused by other students. In America, 70% of the Population fears and hates Muslims. I don't want my family to live an area where we are constantly hated and such. So I've been thinking of places with large Muslim populations.

If I was staying in America, I would like to live in Dearborn or Detroit, Michigan. This area has the highest concentration of Muslims in North America, not to mention Detroit has North America's largest Masjid (Islamic Center of America). So Michigan is an option.

I've also been thinking about moving to United Arab Emirates. This is a booming country with tons of economic potential. I'm sure to find a job there, and I hear American Engineers (which is what I will be) are highly sought after in UAE. I'm basically guaranteed a job there. Also, I think moving to a place like UAE will help me become fluent in Arabic. I want to study and read the Qu'ran in it's original language, and I hear after living in a country that speaks Arabic, people become fluent in like a year or two. UAE also seems pretty safe compared to other countries (Iraq and other war-stricken countries). I think I read that UAE has the highest safety rate in the area.

So, would anyone recommend moving to the UAE as a good idea?

if you do go to the UAE don't go to dubai. islamically i would never move to dubai.way too much fitna. but places like sharjah and abu dhabi are nice places to go.and the people are more religious in those places

[Sulaiman Harun]

:start:

:salams

she's right you know!

[Safeera89]

Abu Dhabis nice!! I went there for a couple of days once :D

[Phoenix CG]

mate went there n said sharjah is now changing to try and catch up with dubai, he said you can see fitnah is growing there too...

[Bint Yusuf]

I Recommend Hargeisa In North Somalia.

[Morris]

I've been to Dubai! Very pretty but I have found they can also be quite racist. Have you Arab parentage? Or, are you white? If so you'll get on fine.

[Bint Yusuf]

I've been to Dubai! Very pretty but I have found they can also be quite racist. Have you Arab parentage? Or, are you white? If so you'll get on fine.

I Agree.

[Sulaiman Harun]

Yeah, all GCC nations are racist but you'll get used to it!!

I did and I am a "HINDI" for them even though they know Pakistan

[Sulaiman Harun]

mate went there n said sharjah is now changing to try and catch up with dubai, he said you can see fitnah is growing there too...

AUH is the best!

[Bint Yusuf]

Yeah, all GCC nations are racist but you'll get used to it!!

I did and I am a "HINDI" for them even though they know Pakistan

SubhanAllah, AstaqfurAllah:rubeyes:

[aurorascopic]

I think the only emirate that bans alcohol 100% (for muslims and non muslims) is sharjah

please correct me if im wrong

[Mace]

I've been to Dubai! Very pretty but I have found they can also be quite racist. Have you Arab parentage? Or, are you white? If so you'll get on fine.

Unfortunately, that was my experience there as well. It's actually the only place I've ever experienced blatant racism (directed at me, I mean.)

But other than that, it is a beautiful city. We have some family who still live there and really enjoy it.

[bint]

fitna is everywhere

ull love it in dubai

have fun :D

[aurorascopic]

you know with racism it is quite bad...they think they are superior over everyone else.

a guy from my town, a middle aged man I should say, British Indian, went to Dubai for business he was into properties etc and you won't believe this...

he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, what happened was he was at the airport and there was an arrivalof some indian workers, so the police were taking those workers into the immigration process etc you know, and this guy he was stood there among this hussle and the cops just grabbed him! and got tagged along

he was put into a cell with like 50 other guys, no food nothing, and he insisted so many times 'I am british Ive come here for business' but because he was Indian and it said in his birth location India, they just didn't give a crap..I think he was there for 3 days or something they released him...

[Saeed Al-Muslim]

As Salaamu Alaikum,

Ukhti aurorascopic, most of the Muslim world is like that. My brother recently visited Morocco and the immigration asked for his nationality, he said British but they didn't like that so asked again, and again until they finally asked him where our parents are from, my brother said that our parents parents are from Pakistan/Kashmir, so they wrote Pakistan instead of British on his Visa. For some reason they also wrote the same on his friend’s visa, and he's an Indian revert to Islam.

Subhan'Allah, these people are a dirty stain to the Muslims.

Ma'aSalaama

[aurorascopic]

As Salaamu Alaikum,

Ukhti aurorascopic, most of the Muslim world is like that. My brother recently visited Morocco and the immigration asked for his nationality, he said British but they didn't like that so asked again, and again until they finally asked him where our parents are from, my brother said that our parents parents are from Pakistan/Kashmir, so they wrote Pakistan instead of British on his Visa. For some reason they also wrote the same on his friend’s visa, and he's an Indian revert to Islam.

Subhan'Allah, these people are a dirty stain to the Muslims.

Ma'aSalaama

the sad thing is, Islam is meant to be universal..but unfortunatly some arabs are holding onto their old cultural ways (think about african slaves and slavery before Islam)

[Tiuchiha]

you know with racism it is quite bad...they think they are superior over everyone else.

a guy from my town, a middle aged man I should say, British Indian, went to Dubai for business he was into properties etc and you won't believe this...

he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, what happened was he was at the airport and there was an arrivalof some indian workers, so the police were taking those workers into the immigration process etc you know, and this guy he was stood there among this hussle and the cops just grabbed him! and got tagged along

he was put into a cell with like 50 other guys, no food nothing, and he insisted so many times 'I am british Ive come here for business' but because he was Indian and it said in his birth location India, they just didn't give a crap..I think he was there for 3 days or something they released him...




????????/UNBELIVABLE!!!!

[Sulaiman Harun]

I have seen a PAKI being escorted to an aeroplane for deportation in Peshawar flight. Its always filled with criminals or so

[Morris]

you know with racism it is quite bad...they think they are superior over everyone else.

a guy from my town, a middle aged man I should say, British Indian, went to Dubai for business he was into properties etc and you won't believe this...

he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time, what happened was he was at the airport and there was an arrivalof some indian workers, so the police were taking those workers into the immigration process etc you know, and this guy he was stood there among this hussle and the cops just grabbed him! and got tagged along

he was put into a cell with like 50 other guys, no food nothing, and he insisted so many times 'I am british Ive come here for business' but because he was Indian and it said in his birth location India, they just didn't give a crap..I think he was there for 3 days or something they released him...

My father in law travels all over the Middle East. He honestly told me, as an employer, he would'nt treat a dog like they treat their workers. Pakistani's get it rough over there. If you are white male though, they think you've got money/business contacts/a superior person in general - and treat you like royalty.

I've been to Dubai once. I know 'poor whitey' :rolleyes:but honestly, one should try to imagine being a blonde female in that place. It's horrific.

[aurorascopic]

My father in law travels all over the Middle East. He honestly told me, as an employer, he would'nt treat a dog like they treat their workers. Pakistani's get it rough over there. If you are white male though, they think you've got money/business contacts/a superior person in general - and treat you like royalty.

I've been to Dubai once. I know 'poor whitey' :rolleyes:but honestly, one should try to imagine being a blonde female in that place. It's horrific.

that's when what we call 'hijaab' should come into action lol

[JLo]

that's when what we call 'hijaab' should come into action lol

assalamu alikeum

It makes no difference. The men still leer at you like dogs stare at a flesh of meat in a butchers window.

My sister is black, muslim and a hijabi (whom also wears a jilbab) and she said for the 1st time in her life she felt like wearing niqab whilst in dubai because the stares were so unformtbale and she clinged onto her husband for life lol. Its sad when a woman feels like she has to wear niqab not because she believes its fard or does it for the sake of allah s.w.t but because she feels she will/or is being molested by the eyes and hands of men if she doesnt.

Besides, islam does not require non muslim women to wear hijab and even in the past islamic state, non muslim women were not meant to wear hijab so as to know whos muslim and whos not (although xtains and jews are/did dress modestly as so by the requirement of their faith)

Anyhow, i'd never move to dubai, i'd rather not live in the middle east at all. My people have and always will be treated like 2nd/3rd class citzens because ouf our race and i have no intention of going to a region (even if they are muslims) and permentanlty settling and subject future generations of children to immense racism at every aspect of their life.

Nope, im sticking with the african contientant thanks (if i make hijrah that is). As poor as it maybe, i know i'm welcome there and treated like a equal human being. Well not to mention the fact that im african myself :D so essentially i'd be coming home.

p.s i have a horriable feeling that dubai might find itself full submerged in water one day in the near future. They continue to build on the coast line and pushing the coastline futher and futher out, not to mention global warming and what with the little islands of UAE being below sea level, all it needs is one tsumani or even a monsoon and the whole area will be covered in water and gone.

[Saeed Al-Muslim]

Nope, im sticking with the african contientant thanks (if i make hijrah that is). As poor as it maybe, i know i'm welcome there and treated like a equal human being. Well not to mention the fact that im african myself so essentially i'd be coming home.Now that begs the question, which country in Africa? personally I can't stand the heat, it's getting hot here in England and I don't like it.

Ma'aSalaama

[JLo]

Now that begs the question, which country in Africa? personally I can't stand the heat, it's getting hot here in England and I don't like it.

Ma'aSalaama

assalamu alikeum

Wouldnt you like to know ;) ..........

Seriously though, Im from Somalia. As for the heat, its not as humid as U.K because we have a cool breeze. Somalia has the largest coastline in africa so the weather is not too bad, especially if you live in the cities next to the coast, its only the summer months which are really hot, the rest of the time its ok. Besides, unlike here where we have to work, be out of the home in the heat, during the hottest times of the day (usually between zuhr and asr) most people chill indoors/or stay out of the shade if they can or have a mid day nap like they do in spain (known as a siesta i think). School kids finish at zuhr time so they're at home too.

Anyhow the whole world is heating up, so you cant run from it.

[Saeed Al-Muslim]

Wa Alaikum Salaam,

Somalia seems to always be in a constant state of war, the Rasool (saw) has spoken about those who live on the front line, and their reward, but it's not something all of us would be able to handle. Anyhow the whole world is heating up, so you cant run from it.And in the 70’s they thought the world was headed towards an ice age. I believe there is something far bigger going on then science can explain. Allahu alim.

Ma'aSalaama

[mizfissy815]

Sharjah would be the best place in the UAE. Stir clear away from Dubai...and possibly in a couple of years, Abu Dhabi. Certain people have their eye on Abu Dhabi...it is after all the capital and it would be a 'shame' to leave it behind. :rolleyes:

I can't wait to leave Abu Dhabi for good.

[Saeed Al-Muslim]

As Salaamu Alaikum,

I always had the thought of one day moving to Yemen, and once the Saudi government go under I'd jump the boarder into Saudi Arabia. Allahu alim, just thought it would be pretty cool.

Ma'aSalaama

[mizfissy815]

As Salaamu Alaikum,

I always had the thought of one day moving to Yemen, and once the Saudi government go under I'd jump the boarder into Saudi Arabia. Allahu alim, just thought it would be pretty cool.

Ma'aSalaama

In all fairness, there isn't a gov. on the face of this planet that are 'on the right', UAE included. So if I had to live in a country in this day and age, messed up gov. or otherwise, it'll have to be Saudi Arabia. Ideally, it would be Madinah...but if that doesn't work out, I'm willing to settle for anything but Jeddah.

InshAllah, Madinah though.

[kaka]

I have seen a PAKI being escorted to an aeroplane for deportation in Peshawar flight. Its always filled with criminals or so

what the hell is PAKI?

[Reptile]

I Recommend Hargeisa In North Somalia.


:rotfl: hehe

[Te'oma]

As Salaamu Alaikum,

I always had the thought of one day moving to Yemen, and once the Saudi government go under I'd jump the boarder into Saudi Arabia. Allahu alim, just thought it would be pretty cool.

Ma'aSalaama

Great minds think alike akhi :D