Munin
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One of the biggest problems in Europe is the thing that a lot of muslim immigrants (even from the second or third generation who live in Europe) don't seem to accept the Western culture and its main values. A lot of immigrants with muslim background from Northern Africa or even Turkey seem to have their own laws within their community in Europe, laws that in some cases are contradictory with the real laws in that country. Unlike in the US muslims do not always feel at home in Europe and tend to stay within their own societies creating sometimes "a city within a city", wich is normally no problem if they abide by the same laws as other cities but this doesn't seem to be always the case.
What showed this division very good was the reaction towards the mohammed cartoons, clearly in the West it is no problem to make cartoons with Jesus or any other religious figure with a bomb pictured on their head because we only see it as an expression of free speech. Although not all muslims supported the protests, there were only a few muslims who actually dare to speak against it (because of fear of persecution by muslim extremists). Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The problem in Europe is becoming bigger because most politicians don't dare to tackle this issue because of fear of being marked as a racist and the ones who do try this seem to be branded a racist by other politicians for political gain. This causes that only very radical political parties are treating this subject, creating very big sometimes racist parties in some European Nations like Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands ...
The absence of intervention from the government seems to radicalize both the immigrants and the local population. Could there come an end to this or will this inevidably turn ugly in the future?
Other big examples are:
The netherlands:
Popular Dutch far-right leader of a political party shot dead
"Fortuyn has provoked public indignation by calling for the Netherlands' borders to be closed to immigrants and by describing Islam as a 'backward' religion."
BBC News | EUROPE | Dutch far-right leader shot dead
Death threats towards people who have outspoken criticism of conservative Islam like Ayaan Hirsi Ali:
BBC NEWS | Europe | Profile: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
(short interview of Ayaan Hirsi Ali)[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOzW-aHo-6E]YouTube - Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Is Europe too Tolerant of Radical Islam?[/ame]
Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, who made a controversial film about Islamic culture, has been stabbed and shot dead
BBC NEWS | Europe | Gunman kills Dutch film director
Europe Needs More Immigrants, But Sees Spike in Racism - NAM
Muslims on front line as racism rises across EU - Europe, World - The Independent
What showed this division very good was the reaction towards the mohammed cartoons, clearly in the West it is no problem to make cartoons with Jesus or any other religious figure with a bomb pictured on their head because we only see it as an expression of free speech. Although not all muslims supported the protests, there were only a few muslims who actually dare to speak against it (because of fear of persecution by muslim extremists). Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The problem in Europe is becoming bigger because most politicians don't dare to tackle this issue because of fear of being marked as a racist and the ones who do try this seem to be branded a racist by other politicians for political gain. This causes that only very radical political parties are treating this subject, creating very big sometimes racist parties in some European Nations like Belgium, Austria, the Netherlands ...
The absence of intervention from the government seems to radicalize both the immigrants and the local population. Could there come an end to this or will this inevidably turn ugly in the future?
Other big examples are:
The netherlands:
Popular Dutch far-right leader of a political party shot dead
"Fortuyn has provoked public indignation by calling for the Netherlands' borders to be closed to immigrants and by describing Islam as a 'backward' religion."
BBC News | EUROPE | Dutch far-right leader shot dead
Death threats towards people who have outspoken criticism of conservative Islam like Ayaan Hirsi Ali:
BBC NEWS | Europe | Profile: Ayaan Hirsi Ali
(short interview of Ayaan Hirsi Ali)[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOzW-aHo-6E]YouTube - Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Is Europe too Tolerant of Radical Islam?[/ame]
Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh, who made a controversial film about Islamic culture, has been stabbed and shot dead
BBC NEWS | Europe | Gunman kills Dutch film director
Europe Needs More Immigrants, But Sees Spike in Racism - NAM
Muslims on front line as racism rises across EU - Europe, World - The Independent
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