don't the beliefs. aorry mis typed it, Allan On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 7:25 PM, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote:
> A minaret is an building design .. a specific design can be banned,, as > long as they don't belong the religion. I understand the racism I like a lot > of muslim men or at least the ones I know.. the ladies are a different > matter. > Allan > > > On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 5:45 PM, 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 >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<minds-eye%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. >> >> >> > > > -- > ( > ) > I_D Allan > -- ( ) I_D Allan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en.
