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May 17, 2012
Published: 5 Dec 09 14:03 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/politics/20091205-23745.html
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Saturday that it was wrong to consider Switzerland a nation of bigots after its vote in favour of a ban on building new mosque minarets.
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And the political and media elite..the Left....accuse the Swiss people's vote of being undemocratic! What a bunch of traitors! They are siding with the enemies of democratic civilisation and conspiring against free speech.
I guess you are not making any point here because you are mixing up issues!
But at least in Malaysia Crucifixes are allowed to be worn in school and the same applies to Islamic scarves which are banned in Germany. There are at least 100 Christian mission schools in Malaysia where in Germany and switzerland the Islamic community there can only be dreaming of it. Churches like other places of worship of all faiths are allowed without restriction. In some areas where Hindus are minority the number of Hindu temples exceeded the number of mosques. Here reclining Budhas and are amongst the longest in Asia. Standing at 42.7 meter outside Kuala Lumpur, the statue of Murugan, is the world tallest hindu deity.
Clearly Malaysia practices more religious freedom than Germany and Switzerland but the only problem with this country is that it is not ¦quot;a pot calling the kettle black¦quot;.
Why the past tense here?
moreanon .. Westerwelle's English is not the best but at least he speaks his mind, respectable and considering he is gay, this is rather bold of him since Muslims hang their gay people in city centres as public warning.
And these websites are invaluable: www.jihadwatch.com; www.www.thereligionofpeace.com
This time I would agree with parts of what you say. Whether inadvertently or not I cannot tell but you've just expressed the first tenet of Islam which is the exhortation to knowledge and awareness. Indeed, people should read the Koran and Hadith and so forth, if for no other reason than to be able to critique from a standpoint of knowing what they are talking about. I have, and I assume so have you? However my understanding differs rather markedly from yours. Yet at the same time your interpretation does illustrate rather poignantly well the crisis in Islam today which is how it is being practiced and projected through literal, dogmatic and dare I say, pre-determined and motivated mis-interpretation.
White Christianity is totalitarian ideology, They don't tolerate any body who does not look like them , talk like them or walk like them. Red Indians were first victims of this intolerant cult, than blacks, than people in their Colonies, than Jews (WW2), Now Muslims are new target of this cult.
Trying to make a logical argument based soley on a Google images search!
You have me convinced...