Face it Islam is here...

Submitted by Meredith (Australia), Jul 19, 2006 at 21:48

It is possible to assume that we will see the eventual criminalisation of broad areas of Islamic religion/culture in secular democracies.

This is not just aimed at Islamic practice, but simply maintenance of our own "western standards" in the face of mass worldwide immigration

For example:

In some Australian states it has recently become illegal to consume "cat and dog" meat. This small change in law came about via the lobbying of animal welfare. It is in actual fact the criminalisation of certain ethnical cultural practices (Korean). It is interesting to note a lobby group traditionally working under the banner of political correctness bought this into legislation.

The right to return an immigrant to their country of origin and selective immigration based on our own standards and social needs is but common sense.

Deporting people for animal abuse or terrorism is desirable… but still a short-term solution. Even isolating these deportees in an area specifically created is hopeless in the long run as they will just regroup and reform and re attack.

If Islam or any other practice wants a place in a western society… it, in essence agrees to our terms. Huge gaol sentences, massive fines are actually pretty painful deterrents (it's just we rarely enforce them). Entry, but on the condition they have a limited access to welfare payments, bigamy is illegal, they maybe deported, gaoled or at least heavily fined etc.

Socially neutralizing the power of Islam by encouraging propaganda such as Muslim citizens in bikinis, scoffing a beer or two. Laughing along side us all at cartoons or even converting to Judaism or Christianity, as is their secular freedom has barely been touched.

Experimental Islamic democracies such as Turkey and Indonesia and it seems the Middle East are not yet beating the hostile nature of Islam. Sadly now we can never get Islam 100% out of our homelands. Unless we face it here, we will soon end up as experiments such as Turkey battling with our shrinking vote for our existence.

Either where we can see it, or where we can't … Islam exists. It is hostile to our way of life. Personally I think it is better to keep the enemy close and beat it at it's own game.

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