[Skybird]

"yes islam preaches tolerance and peace but unfortunately not many seem to practice it."

Because tolerance in Islam means discrimination of others, and peace in Islam means a peace deriving from undisputed dominance of Islam and wiping out of other faiths, cultures, beliefs, so that islam's dominance cannot be challenged by anyone: ergo, there is peace.

I think it should not be tolerated that this man is boycotting to obey his orders. But now that it is known what his attitude towards Israel is - would it be a good service to force him to protecxt the embassy? Would you trust him under that circumstances? By the behavior he displayed I think there can only be one clean solution: fire him from his job as a police officer. Police service is not the same like distributing newspapers, or selling ice. Personnell servin in such important duties must have a reputation that is beyond any doubts and questions. Amnd with regard to this man, this is no longer the case. Next time he maybe will reject to protect people who get beaten up on the streets, because they come from a country where a certain event raised muslim anger and caused offended feelings again. unacceptable.

It has often, but only silently, almost ashamed, being said that the "integration" of peopole from other cultures comes at the price that habits from their places of origin find their way into the jobs they are doing. It is an open secret that there are serious concerns about higher corruption amongst police officers from certain Arabian countries, for example, becaseu there "bakshish", small monetarian gifts, are rule of the day and accepted part of social interaction. you do not get a permission to raise a house, without giving a bakshish to the deciding bureaucratic representative. You don'T get the police searhcing for your stolen bike, if you do not bribe the officers. In many countries it simply works like this.There is no reason to assume that all of a sudden people coming from these countries all of a sudden give up what they have known so far, even more so when in many wetsern countires, especially Germany, the demands on them to integrate into their new cultural surrounding are tame and lame. Ergo: If they serve in according positions, they may see nothing bad in being corrupt and accepting briberies, and would even not call it that way.

In this thread's example, the man in question also acts according to his cultural origin, and ignores the cultural context he is expected to serve as an officer.

But I have no doubt that the British again will not hesitate to withdraw from the challenge of these implications. Wird schon irgendwie alles gut werden, nur ruhig Blut...