Mr. Bastin, who converted to Islam in 1972 after a spiritual quest led him to Morocco, dismisses the far right's fears of an Islamization of Europe, even if he does dream of an Islamic theocracy governing the Continent someday.
"Were not talking about Shariah now," he said, referring to the Islamic legal code that fundamentalist Muslims believe should be the foundation of society. "Were talking about Belgian Muslims being recognized on the same footing as other confessions and ideologies."
DON'T LET THIS MARLARKY FOOL YOU - TRANSLATION - WE ARE GOING TO USE YOUR DEMOCRATIC FREEDOMS TO SLOWLY BUT SURELY IMPOSE OUR VERY UNDEMOCRATIC TOTALATARIAN THEOCRACY ON YOUR CONTINENT AND YOU EUROS WERE CO-OPERATING SO NICELY, NOW SOME OF YOU ARE WAKING UP, DAMN
there is nothing wrong with multiculturalism as long as the predominant values of the culture are accepted as desirable by all groups and this is the case for most groups in the US and Canada, Mexicans, Africans, Chinese, they came to Canada and the US to escape where they came from, nothing wrong with bringing their customs and food, esp food, with them
but when you have Islamist groups calling for the introduction of Sharia in UK for example, inciting violence against the state, and you have Muslim thugs murdering European citizens when they express negative opinions about Islam or Islamists, something is wrong, we don't see any Chinese immigrants killing Canadian filmmakers because they made some film on Asian gangs etc.....
when we go to Saudi Arabia we have to abide by their cultural rules, and just try not to.....
yet we have some Muslims who insist we in North America and Europe should abide by their rules here,
hey we're open and tolerant but there are limits...
we got a good system here, esp in North America, presumably you came here because you like the fact we have an open and tolerant society, don't be surprised if we become alarmed when you use the very same openness and tolerance to try and impose your own agenda here, especially since 9-11, we've all boned up on Islam and we see the big picture now, very clearly, the global Ummah, and that deception is part of the plan......
the solution is simple, if you cannot abide by the rules and cultural values of Canada, US or Europe, you are more than welcome to move to or back to any of the wonderful Islamic paradises, like Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, etc....
in fact some Muslims of a more moderate bent will tell you you have a social contract with your host country and you are duty bound to obey the laws of your host country esp when they allow the free practice of Islam, in other words to be a gracious guest.....
groups like al Mujaharoun and other Islamist groups in Belgium and Holland are in fact being quite rude little Muslim boys then.....