I&#x27;m a practising Muslim and can totally relate with this point of view. I had a similar experience which might interest you. My family is fairly observant. We pray regularly and our dress and behaviour clearly suggests that we&#x27;re Muslim. We stayed in a small apartment about 5 years ago and had two families as neighbours. Both were Hindu but one was very observant - they were Brahmins and very strict in matters of food, worship, dress etc. The others were also Hindus but less observant. They weren&#x27;t vegetarian and were, atleast apparently, less observant than the Brahmin couple.<p>We all had young kids at the time and the Brahmin folks were much more comfortable leaving their daughter with us than with the other couple. This was mostly because we were conservative just like them and so could appreciate how strictly they followed their own dietary laws and things like that. They also trusted us to follow the same with their daughter. They weren&#x27;t so confident with the other couple.<p>Interacting with people in real life belonging to any group is very transformative and &quot;online&quot; relationships are not really a servicable substitute.