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Originally Posted by JU_88
Oh for god sakes, what the matter with ya?...
Fiji is tiny little island, I am talking about MODERN DAY WESTERN COUNTRIES.. USA, U.K EUROPE etc.... where muslims are still an ethnic minority
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The fact still stands. Immigrants can through the course of time take over power from the ethnic "majority" of a country. The fact that you say that such an event is impossible in "modern" countries borders on the absurd. The fact that people are ever more complacent and that our "democracies" are from what they were in the past even increases the odds and the danger of some lunnies taking control. NSDAP was also a minority, remember? The guys who were going to take care of communities and that everyone was complacent with until it was too late? If we lived in a country with a classic public and public sphere are presented by Habermas, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it. Considering how things are now, with only a small number of people realising the full extent of the influence immigrants have on an already developed society makes matters only worse and I concur with European governments that ensuring that they accept with our values is a must, as long as it doesn't turn into discrimination.
About Islam in general. I admit, I have far too little knowledge to discuss about its influences in Europe and Islamic countries. What I do know and it instils fear deep down my spine is the fact that certain individuals think that it is us, who should accept their point of view, they beliefs, their system of governance just because they say so and consider it superior.
There was a case in France not to long ago on the issue of the burka. The court upheld the French tradition of laïcité and decided that the French system was right not to give her citizenship. What's her response? They allow it in Saudi Arabia. Now this scares me.