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[quote]>>Now, you're coming up with answer!

Just to qualify. An opinion, which may not be the answer.

>>I think, no one in their right mind would support murder, preaching of hatred or bigotry.

Many Muslims in the West do. And people back home think Islam is in danger :) The level of fanaticism I have observed in Canadian mosques is unbelievable. Not only from the first generation but second generation Muslims as well.

I have heard sermons in a Canadian mosque, where mostly University students attend, asking people to teach children that Jews are our enemies.

I have met an educated Engineer, who holds an MSc from Alberta, glorifying murder on Tawheen i Risalat.

I have seen BBC showing young third/fourth generation Muslims in the UK denouncing democracy.

The death threats on Irshad Manji by Western Muslims, or on Muslim stand up comedian woman in the UK, only buttress the above opinion. The recent Van Gogh murder?

>>seek to exercise the power of their speech and pen, to criticise, to influence. I think everyone has that right, no matter whether they are stationed in their homeland or elsewhere...

The point I am trying to make is that rather than Muslims denouncing democracy and liberal values, wailing Islam is in danger, why not migrate to a different place where they feel more comfortable. It is as simple as that.

After all the Amish in the US and the Hutterites in Canada have done that. They have formed their own communities and rather than harping about the decadence of others, they are busy leading productive spiritual lives according to their understanding of their scriptures.

Edited by: junaidj on Friday, November 19, 2004 8:45 AM[/quote]

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