[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by WOMBAI

Yes, the pictures were probably a bit emotive - because people feel very strongly about their culture - Muslims more so than most! Do only Muslims have that right in your book! The Muslim religion is not as tolerant towards other religions as they expect others to be towards theirs. That is simply double-standards. Why would you support that? And please answer a question - if their religion is so important to them - why don't they live in an Islamic country. Simple! Nobody is stopping them praying or even building mosques - just not the minarets! It is the Muslims making an issue of it!!

Not all muslims are intolerant, if you base your opinion of an entire religion on the actions of a few then all religions and creeds are bloodthirsty and evil and none moreso then Christianity, If we look back in history Christianity have slaughtered millions, burnt women to death for no reason and have looked down and restricted rights to various types people in socieity. If we are to take that approach in modern times then should branches of Christianity like the Westboro church should represent the religion as a whole? Are all Christians extreme homophobes that preach hatred to all creeds apart from themselves? No, and it's the same thing for muslims. There's extremists in every religion but you can't judge the whole on a minority.

The point about Islamic countries is laughable and quite intolerable towards in itself which is quite contradictory to what you are trying to say. If a country doesn't want different creeds and cultures then they should close the country's borders. People emmigrate for plenty of reasons, thousands of Brittons move to other countries for work and such and it's the same for most people who come to the UK. People don't always have the luxory of choice.

To say your main point is about how intolerant muslims are you're not doing yourself any favours.

What if in a muslim country they passed a law that churches couldn't have a steeple or a crucifix or a bell or something? There'd be outrage in the Chrsitian community, this is the same thing. Empathy is a key point, put yourselves in other people's shoes.

Now I could understand from a voters perspective if the minarets were in a more accident prone place but they aren't. and I could understand it from a culture perspective but there isn't enough mosques in your average city to make any difference to it.