prudence ? awareness ? those are just words, lowing. What are we supposed to do, that is what I am asking of you.lowing wrote:
prudence, awareness, a settting aside of PC and stop NOT engaging in both for fear of A. retailiation, B. hurting someones feelings.
Every one of you say, "oh, this does not affect ME"...well here is the thing, my opinions are covering a little bigger scope than just,YOU.
The internet is full of articles that disagree with all of you, like I said I am not writting these, even ex-muslims are trying to tell you what is happening and has happened with regards to Islam.
you live in a city in Europe where almost 25% are Muslim?? Ya, Europe will be fine.
Burn down mosques ? Protest muslim immigration into europe ? These people of muslim faith are living among us according to our laws, some of which include freedom of religion, and anti-discrimination. Landmarks of a free and democratic society, as you'll probably agree with me.
I assure you, awareness is as high as it has ever been. And those who break our laws will be hunted down and punished. But at the same time, we have an obligation to not discriminate against those who follow our laws, and live according to the rules that our society has put forward for itself.
If you say that your opinion covers more than just my personal scope, what's that supposed to mean ? That you speak for all westerners ?
Total muslim population in europe is around 0,5%. Are you really suggesting these people present a danger to our way of life, laws, cultures and traditions ?
I agree, the internet is full of articles, warning of "eurabia" and how the muslims are supposedly taking over europe, and setting up sharia rule.
But when you look behind the stories, most of them turn out to be complete bullshit, exaggerated paranoia, aimed at promoting fear and hatred towards minorities.
Europe today is overwhelmingly secular. No religion carries much weight in the decisions that our lawmakers take, and for good reason.
Separation of church and state is what we practise, and I see no reason why this is supposed to change because of a tiny minority of muslims who do not have sufficient political representation to get anything done anyway.
As I said, 4 out of 613 MP's in germany are of muslim faith. I wouldn't exactly call that voting power.
it is true, I live in a city in europe where 12% are muslim. And guess what, the sky is not falling down. Law enforcement and public services are still functioning, people pay their taxes. sharia law is not a part of our code of law.
Of course, there are areas where non-muslims and muslims don't get along well, but those are usually based on racial and religious stereotyping, lack of open-mindedness and prejudice. On both sides, I might add.
I have no fear for our political culture or democracy in germany. Those are very well established among the population, including muslims.
As far as the cultural impact of islam is concerned, well, what can you do ? Europe is a diverse continent. People come here from all over the world, and bring parts of their culture with them. That's simply part of evolution. America wouldn't be what it is today without the immigrants, wouldn't you agree ?
