First for Canada. North America?

FIREWALL · 10-20-10, 11:18 AM

The voters have spoken. Good luck to the new Mayor.

AVGWarhawk · 10-20-10, 11:21 AM

We got a Muslim in the....oh nevermind......

I'm sure he will do just fine.

Bilge_Rat · 10-20-10, 11:24 AM

Made the news in Montreal as well.

I heard him interviewed on CBC radio last night ("As it happens"), sounds like a bright guy, Harvard educated, pro-business. If the interviewer had not pointed out his religion, I never would have guessed.

CCIP · 10-20-10, 11:28 AM

As I keep saying, you can't lump all Muslims together as Osama-loving, Jew-hating Jihad-junkies. Some of the brightest, most ethical and most open-minded people that I've worked with in Canada have been Muslim. Hell, two of the three people on my thesis committee are Muslim, and I'd trust them with their understanding of Canadian society and politics more than I would many anglo- or franco-Canadians.

I have a couple of Calgarian friends, both of whom seem quite happy with this. One is nominally Muslim, and also happens to be a bass player in a punk band. Average sort of kid who gets along perfectly well with the rest of Canada. Why can't the rest of us?

While extremists can go to hell, let's not assume anyone who has a religious affiliation stands on the extreme side of it.

Méo · 10-20-10, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

While extremists can go to hell, let's not assume anyone who has a religious affiliation stands on the extreme side of it.

Of course not. There are between 0,9 and 1,4 billion (depending on sources) muslims in the world. If all of them were extremists, we would know.

August · 10-20-10, 10:47 PM

Might be a first for Canada but it already has happened in the US and with an interesting twist.

http://www.myfoxny.com/dpps/news/new...100706_8512894

Quote:

New Jersey Town Elects Muslim Mayor, Jewish Deputy
A First In The U.S.

A suburban New Jersey township elected a Muslim mayor and an Orthodox Jewish man as his deputy in what was thought to be a nationwide first, U.S. broadcaster ABC reported Tuesday.
Teaneck's nonpartisan Township Council voted to appoint both men last week to the two-year positions.
The community of about 39,000 people -- which has large African-American, Jewish and Muslim populations -- was also one of the first places to voluntarily integrate its public schools during the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	The voters have spoken. Good luck to the new Mayor. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,291 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	We got a Muslim in the....oh nevermind...... I'm sure he will do just fine. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Bilge_Rat Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: standing watch... Posts: 3,856 Downloads: 344 Uploads: 0	Made the news in Montreal as well. I heard him interviewed on CBC radio last night ("As it happens"), sounds like a bright guy, Harvard educated, pro-business. If the interviewer had not pointed out his religion, I never would have guessed. __________________

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	As I keep saying, you can't lump all Muslims together as Osama-loving, Jew-hating Jihad-junkies. Some of the brightest, most ethical and most open-minded people that I've worked with in Canada have been Muslim. Hell, two of the three people on my thesis committee are Muslim, and I'd trust them with their understanding of Canadian society and politics more than I would many anglo- or franco-Canadians. I have a couple of Calgarian friends, both of whom seem quite happy with this. One is nominally Muslim, and also happens to be a bass player in a punk band. Average sort of kid who gets along perfectly well with the rest of Canada. Why can't the rest of us? While extremists can go to hell, let's not assume anyone who has a religious affiliation stands on the extreme side of it. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)