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My name is Furi Setio Rini and I am a Muslim woman....I am attending my third year of medical school... Well, you can't do that in Afghanistan or any other country where Moslems have full power. Indonesia still has some non-Moslems and a background based on British normalcy. >...he is very disturbed about the hatred of Islam that he is seeing on your board.

We hate the stupidity of a 'religion' that is based on killing innocent people. I like movies and music.

In Afghanistant they had a soccer field just for you. Now THANKS TO AMERICA perhaps it will be used for its intended purpose and not as a killing ground. I love to shop for new clothes.
Sometimes I eat too much. I do not like the music that is too loud. I don't like politics and I don't understand them. I have to laugh when I hear western people talk about Muslim women. Somehow they think that all of us are beaten by men and treated like animals. If you had ever seen my father, my brothers and me, running away from my mother when she was angry, you would know how silly that is. I have never worn a veil. I wear make up and I use lipstick. Except on the days I go to Mosque. On those days I clean myself as much as I can. I do not believe that it makes much difference to God, but I want him to see me with my true face, and heart. I love and respect my father and my mother. I adore my father and hope to find a husband just like him. I have not been kissed yet. And I have not been held as a woman wants to be held. Yes, I want it. Yes, I dream about it. But I can wait until I find the man I will marry. And no -- it will not be a marriage arranged by my parents. I will choose my husband, and he will choose me. We will marry because we love each other and want to spend the rest of our lives with each other. God willing. I am studying to be a doctor. It is my best dream and ambition to be a doctor in a small village where doctors are rare. I want to be able to help the most common people of my country. I want to make life better for them. I want to bring happy and healthy babies to loving mothers and proud fathers. I want to give comfort to the old people who have so much to teach us. Islam is in my blood. I pray to God each day. I ask for health and happiness for my family, my friends and my country. More than that I cannot say. I love God and I pray to Him daily. I pray to God each day for wisdom. But the newspapers and the television and the radio shows me nothing but images I do not want to see. I can't stand the pictures I see. I hate war. I hate it! I hate it! I hate it!
I want my own babies.
...I hate learning about the ....the horrible conditions that can happen when a baby gets sick.
I think that most Indonesian girls are like me.
And, most Indonesian boys are like boys everywhere.
They like cars and sports.
They play music too loud.
We live and we love.
We go to restaurants, movies, and clubs.
Men say that the words of God are in the Holy Quran, the Christian Bible and in the Jewish books. I do not know about that. I read the Holy Quran and try to live my life in the teachings that it contains.
But inside my heart I know the only commandment of God is love. I love God. And I know that God is love. So, this is my testament. It is not very profound. I am a Muslim woman. I love God. God is love. I love you all.