India, I think from a communtiy point of view, Muslims in South India have manged it quite well. They have their own mu'alahs, their own grave yard, even in secondary schools you can take arabic as second language in your Year 12, have lot of mosques in their localities, have public lectures on the streets, go and visit non Muslim areas, give dawah and lot of Hindus have come to the blessing of Islam, even some very hard line Sangh parivar (Right wing BJP) have become Muslims and they are doing dawah. But the problem in India is there is too much culture mixed up with Islam and if we want to practise Islam away from the cultural mix ups, we really have to make enemies out of our relatives. isa 17-Nov-2006, 06:48 AM a's-Selaam `alaykum wa Rahmatu'l-Laah wa BarakaatuH Everybody :) I was born in Australia. I live 6-7 kms away from the hospital I was born in too. I have lived in Australia for the better part of my life. I have a full beard alhamduli'l-Laah and my wife wears the hijaab alhamduli'l-Laah. What I am about to explain happened within the last forty days. My wife was having her last ultrasound done before birth and the lady doing the ultrasound starts speaking slowly and clearly. Alhamduli'l-Laah my wife and I understood her perfectly. I started answering some of her questions and she visibly looked shocked. Wallah, it was like her face went a visible shade lighter, and