Muslims will be conquered by the Chinese, perhaps. The only other
solution is to level their countries like we did Germany and Japan-
who, at least, were industrialized. The only thing Islam has going for
it are oil deposits in various countries. But we have water.

On Dec 2, 10:45 am, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote:
> In a referendum last Sunday, 57.5% of the Swiss voted to ban minarets.
>
> As right-wing populists cheered and liberal multi-culturalists were
> shocked, the Swiss decision reflects a deep problem for western
> democracies, particularly in Europe. How do you integrate a religious
> culture into a pluralist society, which has mutual tolerance as one of
> its basic principles, when significant groups in that culture reject
> many principles of that society which is trying to integrate them? Is
> this a signal that the meeting between western societies and Islam
> leads to irreconcilable differences? Or is the Swiss vote basically,
> or partly, an expression of deep-seated racism and subjective views of
> cultural superiority?
>
> Some background:
>
> http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/0,1518,664231,00.html
>
> Francis

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