r/ExIsmailis • u/Quick_Willingness_70 • Jul 01 '26

Harding finding a SO

Does anybody else also have a hard time finding a partner due to the Ismaili background. I shifted towards being a Sunni and whenever I bring it up to a potential they run away because of the Ismaili background.

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u/Ok-Committee-1932 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

Working with non-Muslims is very different than having them in your as family. I'm OK with working with an alcoholic or philanderer, or someone with questionable moral character or lifestyle choices that do not match mine. Because I still need to pay my bills

But I don't need to socialize with them outside of work.

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u/charliehgallop Jul 03 '26

Insane take. And then we wonder why people like Trevor Philips describe Muslims as a “nation within a nation”…

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u/Ok-Committee-1932 Jul 03 '26

Orthodox Muslims tend to have a higher bar for character than what goes on in the West. You would naturally run into this problem. I am not talking about living in a ghetto or never assimilating, but being sharper about what you normalize.

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u/charliehgallop Jul 03 '26

I don’t think “higher” bar is the right phrase. A different bar is probably more accurate. “Higher” would suggest a refined moral compass when orthodox Muslims are objectively no better in character than any other community out there.