dialamah
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1 killed, 3 wounded in Seattle school shooting, by non-Muslim kid - doesn't show up in these status updates.
Eight killed in Texas on Sunday, by a non-Muslim - just a guy mad at his ex - but not in these Status Updates.
More than one mass shooting per day, in the States - most carried out by non-Muslims - but never show up in these status updates.
Because #notMuslim + #won'tSupportAnti-MuslimAgenda = #notNews.
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Of course, your preferred religion gets a pass because you think all Christians around the world are exactly like the Christians you are used to here. Truth is that if a Nigerian Christian comes to Canada, they are just as likely to believe in and practice FGM as a Nigerian Muslim. If there is a cultural tradition of FGM, the religion doesn't matter. Which is why using religion to screen people is a mistake.
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A Christian doctor performs FGM on a girl, in America, to cure masturbation. FGM is not my shame, it is my story. I witnessed Christian religions declaring masturbation a sin, “some Christian leaders and doctors” recommending circumcision to prevent it, Pretending stuff like this is just an Islamic problem is a mistake. Its just an excuse to hate.
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So the exact same practice in the exact same part of the world is cultural if practiced by non-Muslims and religious if practiced by Muslims? From An Overview of FGM in Nigeria. Practice of FGM has no relationship with religion. Muslims and Christians practice it, but it is more widely spread in Christian predominated parts of Nigeria.[2] And you wonder why I think you are biased in your view of Islam and choose to believe the worst regardless of the evidence.
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If you are trying to say that Islam created the culture, I will say you are wrong. Islamic belief is largely based on early Christian and Jewish practices, many of which came from the surrounding cultures, including early pagan cultures. That is why some of the practices, an example being FGM, are practiced outside of Islam, by other religions in the area, including Christians.
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So now we seem to have three Islamic nutcases on this board.
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Now now, @Goddess, I know you like to believe I am in denial about the Muslim threat, but just think: over a billion and a half Muslims go about their daily lives without visiting mayhem on anyone. Why do a few 10s of thousands carry more weight for you than the billions who don't?
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We're not talking about the number of terrorists. You called the 3 here "Islamic nutcases". They are not terrorists (I am guessing) yet the beliefs they have expressed on the forum here are mainstream Islamic beliefs and they certainly reflect the beliefs of every other Muslim I've met and interacted with. It's not just the terrorists (I won't go into your underestimation of their numbers). It's the fundamentalist beliefs of the majority of Muslims. What you are in denial about is that you do not believe that their beliefs affect them and how they interact with the rest of the world. You think that most Muslims do not follow Islam and have given up stone age beliefs, like most Christians have. I don't think the 3 here are "nutcases". I don't think they represent a "fringe" of Islam.
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Only the non-Muslim Islamic nutcase insists those beliefs mainstream. The new guy said outright that his beliefs were not mainstream even in his religion. The teenager ... She seems to only speak for herself but I have her on ignore so maybe that's changed.
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The Left invites terrorists into our home
dialamah replied to Argus's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
I've read what you claim is your blog. Anyone else who reads your blog will determine your claims of supporting religious freedom and equality are simply untrue. If that's not your blog, or you don't believe what it says - say so now. Else, accusations of racism and misogyny leveled against you will be absolutely spot on. -
Perhaps this is your alter-ego and your blog, eh, Mr Islamic Scholar? It certainly looks like some of the stuff you have posted here ...
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The Left invites terrorists into our home
dialamah replied to Argus's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
From the bits I've read on your 'religious blog', I'd agree you are racist. Kind of an ugly fellow altogether, really. If you are any kind of a true representation of Islam, I'm joining Argus' team. However, you have said your thoughts aren't mainstream - so for now, I'm still going with the interpretation of Islam provided by people who aren't so full of religious zeal and hate. -
True, and I thought of that. Try linking to what he calls his 'religious blog' at www.salvation-from-hell.com and see what you think. Perhaps we're being pranked, and this isn't his blog. Or perhaps not.
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Don't have time to answer everything, but this is something that concerns me, too. I wish, as a country and throughout the world, that we had the balls and integrity to shun SA and it's Wahhabism.
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Stuff like this is why anti-Muslim sentiment is growing in Western countries.
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I don't like those practices either. Pretending for a moment that we don't allow any more Muslims into Canada, what what do you suggest we do about the ones like that who are already here? You have once said you are about solutions, so do you have a solution for this problem? Do laws actually stop people who really want do so something illegal? If honor killing were such a pervading cultural practice of Muslims in Canada, wouldn't we be having a whole lot more of them, given the million Muslims we already have living here? (Asking this question in no way implies I think Muslims in general are universally law-abiding paragons of virtue). There are female-led mosques in China, the Netherlands and the UK. There is an LGBT-inclusive mosque in Toronto. I would expect those truly concerned about the plight of female and gays in Islam to support and celebrate what Muslims can do in Western countries, and how they can influence similar reform in Muslim-majority countries, rather than focusing on how unacceptable Islam and Muslims are to Western culture. (Saying this no way implies I think every Muslim in the world is just waiting for their chance to become "progressive" or that there aren't serious issues within Islam.)
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The Left invites terrorists into our home
dialamah replied to Argus's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
If the website link in your profile is an indication of what a South Asian premier or PM would be bringing, no thank you. Religious fanatics in positions of power create misery. -
Fanatics don't require company to follow their agenda, just look at yourself as an example. Therefore, whether 3 Muslims or 3 million, it is significant that almost none have engaged in practices not in line with Canadian culture.
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The study looks at decades of immigrant behavior from around the world. We have had Muslims in Canada for 100 years without problems from them. We could go with what experience tells us - namely that Muslims can and do become integrated with Canadian cultural norms. Even the paragraph you quoted makes the point that the issues of cultural differences is exacerbated by the behavior of the society into which they are arriving and not by the behavior of the immigrants themselves.
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I posted the article in response to a question about whether Muslim immigrants can't or won't accept cultural norms of Western countries so this feels a little like moving the goalposts to me. But anyway, that they can and do take on new cultural norms and beliefs suggests to me that integration (or assimilation) can be and is successfully achieved.
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The pointless waste and vanity of our refugee system
dialamah replied to Argus's topic in Federal Politics in Canada
If hardened right-wingers are fundamental conservatives, then that would be Muslims, I think, so I guess for me at least the answer is Yes. If "Fellow Earthlings" were a concept everyone got on board with, there'd be a lot less conflict in the world. -
I've heard rumors to that effect. Unfortunately, every time I tried to follow them up with some kind of credible source, I was unsuccessful so at this point in time, I'm undecided just how accurate these rumors are. To whatever extent it is true, I would guess that a sudden influx of desperate refugees, as opposed to a more measured and controlled immigration, is at least partly why. We in Canada do not face that problem from Muslims, since we are much harder to reach from Muslim-majority countries. Apparently, our near-uncontrollable influx of desperate refugees will come from from regions South of us.
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We knows it when we sees it.
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That does not seem to be the case. This 2009 report from Harvard University concluded:
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I don't like the implication here that we're willing to throw out the baby with the bathwater. We have plenty of evidence that immigrants from Muslim majority countries absorb the cultural values of the Western countries to which they move. Muslims in Western countries are 'progressing' Islam and they are helping Muslims in Muslim-majority countries 'progress' Islam. Assuming that every immigrant from Muslim majority countries is not and cannot be compatible with Canadian culture is not supported by any evidence and denies those Muslims who have and do embrace the same values, and who are working to change their religion/culture to be more inclusive and equal.
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Because change has to start somewhere. And if it starts in Canada when immigrants are exposed to different and more progressive ideas, and flows back to these regions, then I think that is ok.
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I don't see the point in banning someone due to 'cultural' practices. If someone comes from an African village that believes albino body parts are necessary for witchcraft, there is no guarantee that they personally will also believe. Even if they do, they will be exposed to different information which may change their belief, especially in second and third generations, and that information may also be passed back to their village and create change there as well.
