Ingrid Mattson, a Canadian convert to Islam, is new president of ISNA. Photo courtesy of BBC
BBC: The sessions at the Islamic Society of North America's annual convention had a little something for everyone. Some people came to ask questions about Islamic banking, others wanted tips on Muslim dating. N American Muslims debate role in society by Ian BrimacombeMark Alexander
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It's hard to believe that this woman is a subject of the Queen of England!
pardon. These folks so not expect US to believe all this garbage...
Muslims are not the problem we are.
We accept and make concessions to Muslims that are scandalous.
Prediction within five years the EU will make polygammy legal.
Prediction any attempt to outlaw forced or coerced marriages will be deemed racist.
The problem is not race or religion as Hindus seem to do quite well in the USA and Europe.
The problem is a culture of entitlement and intolerance.
Beakerkin:
Muslims are not the problem we are.
We accept and make concessions to Muslims that are scandalous.
Well, I wouldn't say that Muslims aren't the problem. They clearly are. But I know what you mean. We are too weak to stand up to them and tell them where to get off. So in that regard, I agree with you.
Prediction within five years the EU will make polygammy legal.
I wouldn't be surprised. The EU is already far too accommodating. But oh God, I hope you are WRONG!
Prediction any attempt to outlaw forced or coerced marriages will be deemed racist.
You might be right about that. The British tax authorities are already discussing the possibility of giving Muslims special tax concessions for polygamously married men!
The problem is not race or religion as Hindus seem to do quite well in the USA and Europe.
The problem is a culture of entitlement and intolerance.
I think this is an oversimplification, if you don't mind my saying. The religion of Islam IS a problem, because its adherents demand special entitlements. The adherents of other religions you speak of do not.
Mark - Islam is the problem. The record of history and contemporary world events demonstrate that Muslims cause problems wherever they go because they believe that everything they want is their due as Muslims.
They have the "Islamic right to" do or have whatever is in the best interest of Islam, and they will say and do anything to achieve that goal.
Contemporary Muslims in the West use the victim card, the racist card, the accusation of xenophobe and the ridiculous Islamophobic card because these are the weapons that are most effective agains contemporary Western society. In other places, raw naked violence is more appropriate. However, as Westerners are now becoming aware of their tricks, the benign mask of the victim will be shed to expose the true face of Islam - horror, pain, the mental and physical suffering of a population on which Sharia has been imposed.
Even Muslim societies, such as Somalia and Afghanistan, are again experiencing the horror of Shar'ia. All we have to do to know what our lives would be like is to observe contemporary Muslim societies in Asia and, unfortunately, in Britain and Europe. It makes my skin crawl.
Eleanor:
Beautifully said! By the way, it makes my skin crawl, too. Islam is an extremely disturbing 'religion' (to put it mildly). I would prefer to call it "a political system clothed in a deity", as I called it in my book, The Dawning of a New Dark Age.
JudahQ:
This may help answer your question. From today's Times: Archbishop builds bridge for Muslim and Jewish leaders
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