Neith
Little Lady
To Crycheck, sorry if I offended you but I personally have never seen the big deal with a country's flag, any country. If someone was to burn the British flag I wouldn't really have a problem with that, it's only a bit of cloth and if that resulted in the British rioting and so on I would think they were simply over-reacting. Although the intention of the action may be 'we hate your country, we hope it gets nuked' or whatever, it's not actually going to happen, the country is not going to suffer, so I don't see that big deal.
To the above replies.
The banning of the Hajib was not seen as a way of liberating the women in France, it was a way of reducing the overt religious statement of it, the same as wearing huge crosses. This line of thought was repeated in Britain when it was underdiscussion. It has nothing to do with femine rights at all.
Also, muslim girls often want to wear the hajib and dress fully, it is in the Qu'ran and they Qu'ran is what they wish to follow. Perhaps you should read the article below which tells you that religious symbols have been banned in some French schools, not just the hajib and nothing to do with feminine rights.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4395934.stm
Also, I do not see how Islam being the fastest growing religion in Britain has anything to do with colonisation. It is FACT that Britains population is slowing down and will eventually go into reverse for a variety of reasons. Old people are living longer due to medical advances, and better healthcare and geriatric care. People are not getting married as much as they used to and consequently are not having as many kids as they used to, and even if they do get married they often choose not to have children until later in life. This is due to better sex education and the increased availability of contraceptives, but more importantly due to increased education for girls. As a result, girls are getting a good education, thus want a good career and are putting off having a family until it is too late. As a result of this and a variety of other factors, Britain may, in the distant future have to encourage immigration to reverse the population trend. Yes, Muslim families often have bigger families than non-muslim families, often as a result of what was said above not being true of Muslim as much as of Christians, but I find it hard to believe that they do this as a result of a deepset desire to colonise Britain. Not only this but many people convert to Islam, hence way it is a growing religion. And then you have the immigrants coming here from the Middle East to escape prejudice and so on, who are muslim, which thus increases the Islamic population of Britain.
Also, I think the statement about hating other people because of the way they look is utter garbage. I do not hate people based on their colour or on any other factor affecting the way they look. I do not shout abuse or threaten physically disabled - or mentally disabled people for that matter - just as I do not to anybody else of my skin colour or of any other colour. The use of 'hate' is thoroughly stupid. Of course people do get treated differently based on what they look like, be it due to a deformaty or skin colour, but generally they are not hated by anyone other than racists. Of course physically disabled people get insulted by school kids, I know people that do it, but this is not down to 'hate' just immaturity and stupidity, as Lord SteveO said of racists, it often because they do not know any better
To the above replies.
The banning of the Hajib was not seen as a way of liberating the women in France, it was a way of reducing the overt religious statement of it, the same as wearing huge crosses. This line of thought was repeated in Britain when it was underdiscussion. It has nothing to do with femine rights at all.
Also, muslim girls often want to wear the hajib and dress fully, it is in the Qu'ran and they Qu'ran is what they wish to follow. Perhaps you should read the article below which tells you that religious symbols have been banned in some French schools, not just the hajib and nothing to do with feminine rights.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4395934.stm
Also, I do not see how Islam being the fastest growing religion in Britain has anything to do with colonisation. It is FACT that Britains population is slowing down and will eventually go into reverse for a variety of reasons. Old people are living longer due to medical advances, and better healthcare and geriatric care. People are not getting married as much as they used to and consequently are not having as many kids as they used to, and even if they do get married they often choose not to have children until later in life. This is due to better sex education and the increased availability of contraceptives, but more importantly due to increased education for girls. As a result, girls are getting a good education, thus want a good career and are putting off having a family until it is too late. As a result of this and a variety of other factors, Britain may, in the distant future have to encourage immigration to reverse the population trend. Yes, Muslim families often have bigger families than non-muslim families, often as a result of what was said above not being true of Muslim as much as of Christians, but I find it hard to believe that they do this as a result of a deepset desire to colonise Britain. Not only this but many people convert to Islam, hence way it is a growing religion. And then you have the immigrants coming here from the Middle East to escape prejudice and so on, who are muslim, which thus increases the Islamic population of Britain.
Also, I think the statement about hating other people because of the way they look is utter garbage. I do not hate people based on their colour or on any other factor affecting the way they look. I do not shout abuse or threaten physically disabled - or mentally disabled people for that matter - just as I do not to anybody else of my skin colour or of any other colour. The use of 'hate' is thoroughly stupid. Of course people do get treated differently based on what they look like, be it due to a deformaty or skin colour, but generally they are not hated by anyone other than racists. Of course physically disabled people get insulted by school kids, I know people that do it, but this is not down to 'hate' just immaturity and stupidity, as Lord SteveO said of racists, it often because they do not know any better
