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[quote][quote]"But let us not confuse grapefruits for oranges. Let us understand that the European and modern (Oh, all right, ‘secular’) thinking on the issue of ‘religious freedom’ is not based on “respect for religious beliefs and faith in God Almighty”. We may be hung up on our religion and all that, but for others the ‘respect’ is not for religion per se, but only for the civic right of everyone to make their own religious choices and not suffer any consequences for so doing. Let me ask you: do you seriously ‘respect’ all religions, including all the hundreds of outlandish ones? "

The above is an extract from a column in Daily Times of 15.2.06. I would like to invite comments of the members keeping in view the recent furor on Danish cartoons.[/quote]

What i find so hypocritical about New Labors terrorism policy is the way they aproach this. I mean- Ken Livingstone got sacked for 2 weeks for insulting the holocaust, but when it came to the danish cartoons- the government was quiet. 
Muslims wonder why- this is why:
the racial protection laws in Britain state every race is under protection from prejudism but not religion. However, Judaism is the only religon that is STILL treated as a race, and thus enjoys all the protection privilages of one.
Now, I cant really understand why that is. If it is because of a) the fact that Judaism is kind of like a race because you cant convert in and out of the religion *which must be a rule they made up themselves becuz non of the religions of the Books are like that* then why is it that religions like Zurasterionism *fire worshippers* dont get the same rights? You cant convert in or out of that religion either. And if its because of b) the holocaust then why is it that when 10000 muslim men died in bosnia muslims still cannot be treated as a race? Ok so  6 million is conciderably a lot mroe than 10,000- but to numbers really matter when it comes to lives that are under threat? Lives under threat for the soul reason of identity?[/quote]

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