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  1. 04-19-2012, 16:53 #1
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    Default Merkel Is Getting Me All Hot And Bothered

    http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...83I0DN20120419

    "Islam is not part of our tradition and identity in Germany and so does not belong in Germany
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    Is this ok with everyone?

    The people whom make up a country make up the identity. Identity is ever changing. So if more Mohammeds than Johns get born in Germany it will not doubt become part of the identity.

    Does Germany have a right to protect it's heritage?

    To a certain point I suppose. The line between protecting hertiage and xenophobia is a thin one though.
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    ...a campaign by an ultra-conservative Salafist Muslim group to hand out millions of free German translations of the Koran to non-Muslims.
    Such irony.
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    Default Re: Merkel Is Getting Me All Hot And Bothered

    I am happy to welcome other cultures as soon as ours is welcomed in their heartlands. I think we are a long way off that position. Multi-ethnic? Fine. Multicultural? Tolerated at best. In areas of difference, the home teem wins.

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    I'm interested in hearing the rhetoric about what Islam is and what it isn't. Doesn't it get confusing when non-Muslims continuously define what Islam is?
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    Default Re: Merkel Is Getting Me All Hot And Bothered

    Quote Originally Posted by Hax View Post
    I'm interested in hearing the rhetoric about what Islam is and what it isn't. Doesn't it get confusing when non-Muslims continuously define what Islam is?
    Why, do you have to be a muslim to understand it?
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    Well, I'm not a Muslim. I'm just against rigidly defining Islam and telling Muslims how their own religion functions. I think it's up to them.
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