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  1. Hi my treat
  2. find my project, I decided to interview my boyfriend ali,
  3. he is a Pakistani muslim and a lot of people consider
  4. Pakistan and India to be very close and therefore sharing basically all cultures,
  5. but it couldn't be more different.
  6. Pakistan Dave used to be a country that was part of India.
  7. So it used to all be one large country until
  8. after the war against Britain and India gained its freedom,
  9. Pakistan and India separated and Pakistan became a majority
  10. muslim country while India became a majority hindu country
  11. in the next side you'll see the flag of Pakistan and a lot of it is often um
  12. coincides with
  13. a symbol of islam and Muslims because of the
  14. fact that the country is a majority population of Muslims
  15. um along with being Pakistani muslim, he is actually also from punjab.
  16. His parents migrated from punjab which is
  17. a
  18. state in the northern part of India and
  19. though they did migrate to Pakistan, a lot of his family does live in Pakistan,
  20. specifically Karachi and Lahore, which are two major cities.
  21. So my agricultural group is defined by an identifiable
  22. group of people who share a set of values,
  23. beliefs and behaviors and who possess a common history that is similar to,
  24. but systematically varies from the larger, often dominant
  25. Cultural Milieu and in all these cases that would be him being a Sunni Muslim,
  26. Sunni Muslims view the religion differently than Shia Muslims
  27. and those Sunni Muslims are 80% of Muslims,
  28. it is still a subset of the religion.
  29. Um
  30. and is what his family follows.
  31. So Pakistan is 98% Muslim and it's actually
  32. the second largest Muslim country in the world.
  33. The first thing Indonesia, which is a fun fact. Um
  34. So because of the fact that this country is 98% Muslim,
  35. they don't follow something called secularism.
  36. Secularism is the act of
  37. separating church from state. And so here in the US
  38. laws are not created around
  39. Christianity because of the fact that this is such a melting pot
  40. of a country and there's so many religions that are practiced here,
  41. it's not possible and it's not fair to decide everything based on one religion,
  42. but since um sorry, since Pakistan is a majority muslim country,
  43. it is very common for everything to follow along with that.
  44. So
  45. one of the core values of Islam is uh
  46. praying.
  47. So pakistanis and Muslims are told to pray five times a day and back in Pakistan,
  48. he was telling me that you could hear the call for prayer about an Arabic
  49. over a large speaker for the whole entire town to hear throughout the entire day.
  50. Um During my interview with ali, he actually told me
  51. about how, when they moved to the US
  52. um his parents tried to continue those values going by buying a buying a one
  53. clock that would announce the time for prayer every single day five times a day.
  54. Um you can see in the picture next to me right here,
  55. this is just like a small representation of praying and
  56. you can see right here if you can see where
  57. my finger's pointing that is again kind of a symbol
  58. of Islam which I showed you guys in the flag.
  59. So during the call for prayer
  60. you are expected to do something called would the
  61. so well that is a way of cleansing yourself.
  62. And if you look at the photos there's an exact art that exact way of doing this.
  63. Um and you have to memorize this process because if you are to pray without
  64. following these steps first your prayers are
  65. not counted and are not considered valid.
  66. Um So this was something that he had to practice doing and something
  67. he had to do it even after he moved to the US.
  68. Another thing that is a
  69. like Muslims believe and it's actually a um
  70. a very core value is that Muslims believe life on earth
  71. serves the test and those who pass will go to happen.
  72. Um This means following the guidelines and the rules
  73. of the Koran which is their holy book.
  74. Um And and some a few examples of that is there's always an etiquette to what you
  75. wear how you speak and what you do and there is this belief that God is always watching
  76. for him. This was really difficult. Um
  77. because
  78. when he moved to the U. S.
  79. After a little bit attack of 9 11 happened and there was a lot
  80. of fuel racism and hate against muslim americans um which he is part of.
  81. And he told me about this one time where he was sitting
  82. at a basketball game and he noticed how everything around him was
  83. basically things that he couldn't do and it was really difficult for
  84. him to start assimilating into this new culture that was around him
  85. and not pointed out as a muslim american and still be
  86. able to follow the values that he was taught at home.
  87. A few of those things was the meat that
  88. was being served at the basketball game was not.
  89. Hello?
  90. Hello is a process of killing and cleaning the animal and it's
  91. the only type of meat that Muslims are allowed to eat.
  92. So beef
  93. chicken.
  94. These things that lamb,
  95. these things have to be cleaned and sorry killed properly for it to be considered.
  96. Hello, the only non halal meats that Muslims are allowed to consume our fish.
  97. Another thing that we noticed was alcohol, alcohol is completely banned
  98. in um
  99. uh
  100. like the muslim culture and muslim religion.
  101. Um Even to the point that it's actually not even allowed in the country,
  102. including things like non hello meat or pork,
  103. pork is not allowed in the country of Pakistan and is not allowed to
  104. be eaten by um Muslims because it's considered to be a dirty animal.
  105. Another thing that he noticed that there were
  106. um gambling tickets being sold and that was
  107. something that he could not part taken either
  108. because gambling is considered to be had on,
  109. which is
  110. um
  111. just a way of saying not allowed in the religion and dirty and
  112. just goes against what they believe in.
  113. Um
  114. So for him,
  115. feeling like he was being constantly tested was a difficulty,
  116. but passing that testament that
  117. um he would be able to go to heaven versus going to how
  118. um
  119. so
  120. another thing that I've noticed when I was talking
  121. to him is the theory of individualism versus collectivism,
  122. which we write about
  123. in our textbooks. So
  124. um Pakistan is seen as a collectivist IQ society, which means
  125. cultural orientation with a group is the primary unit of culture
  126. and the group goals take presidents over their individual goals.
  127. So it's like a we versus I type of situation. Um
  128. an example of this
  129. uh is that they consider themselves a family unit and
  130. everything that you do reflects back onto the family.
  131. So it's not a, I can do this and it doesn't matter,
  132. but because everything that you do has a direct reflection upon your own family,
  133. good or bad.
  134. Um an example of this is arranged marriages, arranged marriages are when
  135. A marriage is initiated and negotiated by 3rd Party rather than a bride and groom.
  136. And this is actually a very common practice in a lot of South Asian countries.
  137. Um
  138. uh
  139. an arranged marriage is actually very important to the
  140. families of pakistanis basically match is chosen for you because
  141. marriage in South asian countries is not just about love.
  142. It's a process of building a relationship between two families.
  143. Um it's like a business.
  144. It is, you know, something that both sides have to gain out of it.
  145. And a lot of people view that as a negative thing,
  146. but in a lot of ways it can be a positive
  147. um for people to reject a
  148. um
  149. arranged marriage would be
  150. like a black mark upon that family. It would be a negative thing.
  151. It would cause so much stress and problems within
  152. the family and um is seen upon really,
  153. really negatively.
  154. And uh
  155. mm
  156. sorry, another thing is that
  157. um though these things are viewed as a negative, there are many times where
  158. these um
  159. weddings turn out to be
  160. I lost.