Howdy , What do you think of the islamization of Germany?
Hi Mr Fitnah,
nice to meet you..
Re the so-called islamization of Germany / Europe, I do not see this is happening.
Seen from the outside, it looks like that, but if you look closer, this is not happening.
First of all, the most muslims in Germany are mostly Turks or germans of turkish origin.
They have started to worship more openly and build their mosques more openly, but that is fine with me. A lot of the turks are muslims only on the paper.
After the 9/11 we had a large debate here about the better integration of our immigrants.
This includes now, that islam is now a subject in school and muslim children can get lessons under surveillance of the state. (In Germany, the christian churches are giving religion as subject in schools. But only the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant Churches. Well, plus the Orthodox and the Jews. This ensures, that it is regulated and supervised what they do. I know this is a strange idea to Americans, but here the traditional churches are more intermingled with the state.)
We only have started to formulate a policy how to better integrate immigrants and there are problems. Especially there, where traditions of immigrants collide with our culture, there are frictions (i.e. shall muslim girls be allowed to have swimming lessons together with boys or is sexual education manatory etc.).
Also, there is a very visible minority of radical muslims, bragging about islam getting the upper hand in Europe etc.
But the most muslims I see, simply want to live their life, raise their children and live here.
Islam is now more present in Germany, but this mainly because a lot of immigrants have started to see this as a self-assurance and re-discovering of their identity.
Still, we are having big problems, but these are merely the same as every society has with immigration.
We now have the huge chance to incorporate these in our culture and thereby give proof, that our model of society is far better than what Mr Bin-Laden wants.
I rather foresee, that under influence of our culture, the islam in Europe will in the future blend into our framework of society and thereby hopefully give an example.
Or to put it short:
Islam is not our problem, our problem is the lack of a policy how to integrate immigrants.
Germany has claimed not to be a country of immigration till the late 1980s, although visible to everyone there were millions of immigrants.
This now has changed, as even the very conservative hardliners had to accept, that there is an immigration in Germany.
Now we have started to formulate ways and methods to integrate these people. This will change in the long run our life and culture. But it always had, so I personally welcome this.
There will be clashes, problems and frictions, but it will work out in a way.
Regards
the germanguy
