Minister Welcomes Sharia

[I think not]

THE HAGUE, 13/09/06 - Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner considers the Netherlands should give Muslims more freedoms to behave according to their traditions. Muslims refusing to shake hands is fine with him. And Sharia law could be introduced in the Netherlands democratically, in the minister's view.

Muslims have the right to experience their religion in ways that diverge from Dutch social codes, accordign to the Christian democrat (CDA) minister. He thinks Queen Beatrix was very wise not to insist on a Muslim leader shaking hands with her when she visited his mosque in The Hague earlier this year.

Integration Minister Verdonk did previously scold an imam who would not shake her hand. Without directly referring to this incident, Donner considers "a tone that I do not like has crept into the political debate. A tone of: 'Thou shalt assimilate. Thou shalt adopt our values in public. Be reasonable, do it our way'. That is not my approach".

Donner strongly disagrees with a recent plea by CDA parliamentary leader Maxime Verhagen for a ban on parties seeking to launch Sharia (Islamic law) in the Netherlands. "For me it is clear: if two-thirds of the Dutch population should want to introduce the Sharia tomorrow, then the possibility should exist," according to Donner. "It would be a disgrace to say: 'That is not allowed!'."

Donner makes his remarks in an interview in a book entitled, 'The country of hate and anger' (Het land van haat en nijd). The book was written by journalists Margalith Kleijwegt and Max van Weezel of weekly magazine Vrij Nederland. Minister Verdonk will be presented with the first copy today.

http://www.nisnews.nl/public/130906_2.htm

 

[Sassylassie]

And so it begins, the march of Islam coming to a country near you.

 

[tamarin]

Yes, and that's the paradox of tolerance. You will embrace those whose intent is eventual strangulation.

 

[Zzarchov]

ya, the problem is, when you REALLY have a free society then their children assimilate. This happens really fast in public schools. One of the reasons I disapprove of Private schools (Its not always about trying to provide a better education for your own children, sometimes its about keeping hate alive).

Most of the second and third generation "Muslims" I know are about as Muslim as most of my Catholic Friends are Catholic (Ie, they don't tithe..rarely if ever go to church, smoke pot and have pre-marital sex).

The problem in Europe is they are trying to force a group into an "Idealized" mold that they themselves don't fit into. Most of the things people want Muslims to do to "assimilate" the majority of their populations don't do.

If you just let society handle itself then everything people care about will eventually become the Norm through good ole peer pressure..and everything people don't care about? (Ie, holidays..style of dress, language in your own home)..well..no one cares about it anyways.