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[hayleyanne]

Moif and Hugo raised an interesting question about the problems surrounding muslim immigration to the West. So as not to take that thread off track, I thought it best to start a new thread on that topic.

Moif wrote:

We have seen in Britain how the 'Islamic community' has tried to use its weight to have advertisements banned, theatre plays closed down and the sale of alcohol in public area's made illegal because these are an 'insult' to Muslims.

In my opinion, we have lost control of the situation in Europe and we are heading for a potential disaster. Our political leadership, as usual, has failed us by allowing so many immigrants to enter Europe without due regard to the consequences of introducing such a large hostile group of people belonging to an inflexible culture into the pre-existing European culture.

The idea of the politicians seems to be that this influx of immigrants will strengthen Europe by adding to the population and keeping the numbers up, but the problem is, no one has thought beyond that point to ask, what happens when the 20 million Muslims now in Europe, simply refuse to integrate?

What we are seeing in London and Spain, and right across Europe in a thousand smaller incidents that get hushed up because its not politically acceptable to criticize Islamic immigrants (that would be 'racist') is the end product of our naive tolerance towards Islam simply because it is a religion.

The bottom line is simple: Islamic culture is a direct contradiction to western culture and although there are similarities between both sides, these carry no weight when cultures collide.

Moif in that same post, gives numerous examples of the culture clash between the European and Muslim lifestyle/world views.

Questions for Debate:

What benefits/problems do you foresee with muslim immigration to western countries?

Do you believe that muslims can successfully integrate into the culture of a western country? If not, why not?

Should western countries require muslim immigrants to integrate/assimilate into the culture?

How should the west respond to the increasing numbers of muslims seeking to immigrate?


** I am not sure if this topic should be in Domestic Policy. I chose principles and personal philosophy because it does not relate solely to U.S. domestic policy. Moderators-- please move it to wherever you think it is most appropriate.