Interesting development. Perhaps, despite tremendous efforts from the PC crowd, some folks are beginning to see the connection between Islamic militant terrorism and your friendly neighborhood mosque. In the chatter in the control room(water cooler) I heard something about some politician offering to allow it when Saudi Arabia allows Christian churches to be built there. No going, apparently.
Another problem is the Islamic schools popping up all over western culture. All funded by rich Arabs for the most part. A study done on the text books supplied these kids was a little alarming. Little Osamas are being indoctrinated on our home soil. Unless laws are changed this problem will increase. I'm still flabbergasted we didn't start profiling at the airports after 9/11. I'm shocked folks are still whining about the Patriot Act. If we could get these other countries to open their borders and allow freedom of religion I'd feel a lot better about allowing them to build more here. I am not, by the way, in favor of interment camps or shutting down the mosques already here that have proven themselves peaceful and are a compliment to the community. I have to say that or some of you would be jumping down my throat accusing me of genocide. -Don On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 4:28 PM, fran the man <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 2 Dez., 17:58, Ian Pollard <[email protected]> wrote: >> Fantastic news and, despite what you say, very progressive! :) >> > Er, Ian, I don't believe I personally put forward any opinion as to > the progressive, or otherwise nature of the decision of the Swiss > people in my original post. I simply formulated some of the questions > which are being publicly discussed in Europe following the referendum. > > Formally, the Swiss simply decided to forbid the building of minarets > in their country. No more, no less. Symbolically, of course, writing > this prohibition into Swiss law means much more - indeed, many > different things to different people. Personally, I would incline to > the view that what can and cannot be built is more a matter for local > authorities and their procedures for granting planning permission. A > well-designed mosque with minaret may well improve certain urban > landscapes from an architectural/aesthetic perspective, just as many > badly designed and situated Christian churches are simply ugly and > just don't fit in where they are. > > The much deeper question of Islam and the relationship between it, as > a religious-cultural-political Weltanschauung and western societies > and the values they (we) see as being basic to their (our) self- > understanding is complex and multi-facetted. My hope is that this > thread may take up some of these issues. > > 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]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en. > > > -- 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.
