[ShahRukh]

Originally Posted by displaced

the reason is that I am not. you need to be close to the level of religiousness of your significant other or else you and that person will be unhappy.

I understand what you're saying...but I think you have a negative impression of ''religious'' guys. If I am not mistaken, your view on religious guys equate to "big bearded preacher, talks about islam 24*7 and nothing else, imposes his views on others, treats women as his property, etc." the archtypical bearded monsterous men we see on tvs chanting anti-american/anti-isreal slongans.

But thats not exactly the word 'religious' entails in true sense of the word. It means someone with a transformed heart with love of Allah. He leads by example, not force. He imposes Islam on himself, not others. hes neither proud nor boastful, but gentle and well mannered. he cares about others more than he cares about himself. As Maulana Rumi once said, "divine love transforms silver into gold", so people who went through such a transformation have become religious in true sense of the word. and when you meet such people and spend some time with them, you fall in love with their personality regardless of your level of relgiousness.