The accusation of cultural insensitivity is a weapon.
BASSAM TIBI
The accusation of cultural insensitivity is a weapon.
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The accusation of cultural insensitivity is a weapon.
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America’s strength is that it is capable of accepting people into its communities.
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Muslims stand by their religion entirely. It is a sort of religious absolutism. While Europeans have stopped defending the values of their civilization. They confuse tolerance with relativism.
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It means that we share the same rules and values, and are still nevertheless different. Islam doesn’t have this idea. And Islam also has no tradition of tolerance.
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Muslims have to give up three things if they want to become Europeans: They have to bid farewell to the idea of converting others, and renounce the Jihad. The third thing they need to give up is the Shariah, which is the Islamic legal system.
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A lot of people don’t know if Denmark is a country or a cheese.
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The weaker the partner is viewed by the Muslims, then the greater the anger which they express. And this anger is often carefully staged.
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The Jihad is not just a way of testing yourself but also means using violence to spread Islam.
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Children born here are like blank sheets on which you can write European or Islamic texts. Muslim representatives want to raise their children as if they don’t even live in Europe.
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I myself am Muslim and I stand on the side of an open society.
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Pluralism and tolerance are pillars of modern society. That has to be accepted. But pluralism doesn’t just mean diversity.
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In Germany representatives of the Islamic communities try to hijack children who are born here, along with the entire Islamic community, to prevent them from being influenced by the society which has taken them in.
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Unlike multiculturalism, cultural pluralism doesn’t just mean diversity but also togetherness – primarily the understanding of the rules of the game – the European values structure.
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A conflict of values is not a misunderstanding. Islamic orthodoxy and the German constitution are not compatible.
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Accusing somebody of racism is a very effective weapon in Germany. Islamists know this: As soon as you accuse someone of demonizing Islam, then the European side backs down.
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