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I actually had this question thrown at me by a white english guy. I am not going to criticise him for his question or presumptions even though they are quite ignorant. But it got me thinking how other faiths particulalry white british or Europeans perceive us. He remarked we have beards and head coverings and looked exactly like muslims. If we were not muslim we were something similar to them. In essence if we look like a muslim and act like a muslim we are muslims and shared similar beliefs to them. Now this was comming from a white Christian guy. But when I explained to him he was shocked by my answer. I actually said that you as a Christian are more religiously similar to Muslims then Sikhs are to Muslims. Muslims Christians and Jews are all Abrahamic faiths. Hence are very close in their belief system to each other. Ie concepts such as heaven ect. Even Muslims believ in jesus and Moses as prophets. He was astonished by this. I told him further that Buddhism Sikhism and Hinduism are completley different to Islam as these are Dharmic faiths that originated in Indian sub continent and not in the middle east. He now realises that instead of labling us Sikhs as Muslims or something similar to them. He is actually more of a Muslim himself as a Christian. This is the best answer to give to silly people who try and label us as similar to muslims in some way. When we are a Dharmic faith and Islam is a Abrahamic faith.