flacaltenn
Diamond Member
Well thought out and presented, I think, flacaltenn.
I was getting headaches from all the shouting around me. It's getting loud and nasty and in a lot of cases --- foolish. It really is a deficit in CULTURE, not a defect of Islam.
I have no doubts that Judaism, Islam, Christianity can all be practiced peacefully in cultures that dont
REQUIRE tyrants to keep down the bloodshed.
Live with perpetual tribe on tribe, sect on sect violence.
Make RELIGIOUS law dominant over Civil law or incorporate large portions of it.
Perceive a RIGHT to be free from being offended or uncomfortable in their morals/ethics.
i disagree with your assessment that Islam can be practiced peacefully together long term with Judaism and Christianity in the SAME culture....unless Islam is the dominant religion and rules it will not 'live and let live'......at least that has been its history by and large....
The older gen immigrants (gen 2 and later) have no issues coexisting with other major religions in open Western societies. There's no real tension is WELL-ESTABLISHED and assimilated western societies.
But the way you bring tension and danger to the situation is to look on Muslim immigrants as "their Mexicans" over in Europe and push too fast on immigration. That does lead to Anti jew/christian tensions.
Need to recognize that pushing immigration from these no fun cultures too rapidly and allowing law opaque ghettos to form is true danger.
if the Muslim population is very tiny then one could say they have 'assimilated' because there is no real problem.....however when the numbers increase, either through immigration or birthrates, you start having problems whether it is the first, second, or third, etc. generation......
those ghettos which have existed for generations in Europe have not assimilated.....in my opinion Muslims as a whole do not assimilate into Western cultures....
You slow and reduce the chances of assimilation when you make accommodations to their "old country" ways. Thus the Sharia court systems have been overlooked and largely ignored in Europe. And the ghetto-ization problem compounds the risk.. The help they need to get over the shock is within a healthy EXISTING religious community. We have one -- the Euros don't. It's a job for the mosques and not our government.
I'm agreeing with you about the rate. We've probably well exceeded the "safe speed" for about 8 or 10 years now. And I'm dead set against taking folks we don't know from the "hot zones".. But I'm gonna fight to get out those who are targeted right now because they HELPED us in country,. Its STILL the right thing to do for Iraqis and Aghans -- even IF rescues like the Mateen father (ex-Taliban wannabee king) was a risky move..
, 'hitler' killed JEWS because he wanted to kill Jews . hitler was the Founder of the 'nazis' and he had a thoroughly muslim mindset and point of view . He was impressed with the muslims and had muslim troops . hitler coulda been the muslim pope if there was such a thing Carbineer .