Do it. And then get back to me. Or you are full of shit. Up the road we have vetted families. True refugees from Syria. They want to go home.
--- And?
I have no doubt if I was forced to leave my familiar place I'd want to go home too. But in the interim one can find comfort in the grace of humanity and the riches one can learn from somebody with a different POV.
This entire thread is based on a bullshit and completely unsubstantiated premise anyway so this is all moot. I can honestly say I've never in my life judged anybody by what religion they follow or don't follow. And even less ever blanketed everybody in one religion as some kind of monolith. That's completely mindless.
So yes, I would avail myself of a golden opportunity to, in this case, learn more Arabic, get more acquainted with ME musical sensibilities, develop some kick-ass recipes, and generally open to a perspective on the world I didn't have before. How can that be anything but a positive? Those of course are all attendant
cultural aspects, not religious. Religion is personal, and should stay that way.
And in the process of course I'd work to smooth their adjustment and address their concerns as much as possible. And I expect if the positions were reversed they'd do the same for me. In fact, from experience I already know that.
HA HA HA.. At first I thought you were joking, but now that I see you're are unhinged serious, allow me to correct a few things.
Here is the POV that you are hoping will give you
"grace of humanity and the riches one can learn from"
What you will learn is a singular POV known as the KORAN. And here's what you'll learn from it >>>
1. Wife -beating (Koran 4:34)
2. Rape (Koran 4:24, 23: 1-6, 70:29-30, 2;223)
3. Pedophilia (Koran 65:4)
4. Lying (Koran 16:106, 3:28)
5. Murder (Koran 8:12, 9:5, 9:123, et al)
6. Slavery (Koran 24:32-33, et al)
7. Torture (Koran 5:33, 8:12, 24:2, + numerous quotes in the Hadith)
8. Animal cruelty (Eid al-Adha)
9. Sex discrimination against women (Koran 2:223, 4:34, 4:11, 2:282, 4:24, 4:3)
10. Various intolerances that conflict with western culture (any religion other than Islam, dogs, alcoholic beverages, pork products, anything depicting pigs (ex. kid's piggy bank) The following link lists 537 intolerance suras of the Koran >>
Intolerance in the Quran
1. I'll see your wife beating and raise you wife
execution (Leviticus 20:10)... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
2a. Rape, executing the victim of (Deuteronomy 20:1) .... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
2b Rape, offering one's
own daughters for (Genesis 19:4-8) .... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
3. Pedophilia -- see 2b
4. Working on Sabbath punishable by stoning to death (Exodus 35:2) .... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
5. Murder/pillage/conquest (Deuteronomy 7:1-2, 20:10-17 and indeed throughout the most violent book ever writ)
.... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
5a Special mention for bashing babies' heads against the rocks (Psalm 137:9) ... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
6a. Slavery (Leviticus 21:7) .... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
6b Slavery again (Leviticus 25:44)... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
6c Still more Slavery (1st Peter 2:18) .... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
7. Torture (Exodus 21:20-21) .... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
8. Animal Cruelty (Leviticus 1:9 and again Exodus 21:28) ... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
9a Sex discrimination against women (Leviticus 15:19-24) .... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
9b More sex discrimination against women (Ephesians 5:22-24)... Oh wait, that's
still the Holey Babble.
10 Various intolerances from homosexuality (Leviticus 18:22) to eating shellfish (Lev. 11:10), to touching the skin of a dead pig (Lev. 11:6-8), to symbiotic "companion-planting" (Lev. 19:19) to making clothes from two different materials (ibid) to
getting one's hair trimmed (Leviticus 19:27) .... Oh wait, that's ALL the Holey Babble.
(note to self: Things to do this week: organize stoning to death for my barber....)
11. Cursing or blaspheming punishable by death (Leviticus 24:16) Damn! Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
12. Disobeying one's parents punishable by death (Deuteronomy 21:18-21)... Oh wait, that's the Holey Babble.
13. "Witchcraft", i.e. Naturism punishable by death (Leviticus 20:27) -- oh wait that's the Holey Babble. This was a hot seller in Europe, literally...
14. Buying into another religion punishable by death (Deuteronomy 13:5-10) --- even in past history (Deuteronomy 17:2-5) ... oh wait that's ......
Uh --- sorry, was that your point I just ran over? I thought I heard a thump.
Not to worry. I'm sure you can just buy another one real cheap from Pam Rump or Donald Geller. They churn 'em out in mass quantities.