Muslims Immigrating to Australia

[donnashuggy]

Do you have anything against it?

Why?

What about other religions? Buddhists and Christians, are they ok?

Comments welcome 🙂

[polksaladallie]

Not much has changed.  First it was the Italians, then the Greeks, then the Vietnamese, now the Moslems,  later it will be another group. In turn they are abused, then accepted, then welcomed.

[para-sights]

the problem with assimilation is that there really is no national identity. If someone tries they probably are more than likely basing it on a exaggerated stereotype of Australia. There are so many varied lifestyles in Australia and no two people live their lives like others. The hippie in Nimbin lives different to the "bogan" from the Western suburbs, they both live differently from city dwellers, the proffessionals and the CEO's etc. And within each they all choose their own style of living.

[para-sights]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Not much has changed.  First it was the Italians, then the Greeks, then the Vietnamese, now the Moslems,  later it will be another group. In turn they are abused, then accepted, then welcomed.

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You forgot the Japanese neo imperialism fear of the 1980's lol

[debra9275]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Not much has changed.  First it was the Italians, then the Greeks, then the Vietnamese, now the Moslems,  later it will be another group. In turn they are abused, then accepted, then welcomed.

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that's exactly what I was thinking polksa

[polksaladallie]

I think newcomers should integrate, not assimilate. 

[icyfroth]

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@donnashuggy wrote:

Islam is a faith though isn't it? Not really a culture given they come from so many different countries.

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Islam is a bit more than just a faith. It's a whole set of religious, social, ethical and moral way of life.

[para-sights]

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Islam is a bit more than just a faith. It's a whole set of religious, social, ethical and moral way of life.

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That's pretty much sums up any religion

[donnashuggy]

Many people become muslims for those reasons I suppose.

[joz*garage]

Do you have anything against it?

nah, not really

'cept, we're over populated enough as is, the increase in population should be better controlled, imo 

never mind the area size of this country, its believed australia can properly sustain only 10 million people, & we're well over double that 

[icyfroth]

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para-sights wrote:

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Islam is a bit more than just a faith. It's a whole set of religious, social, ethical and moral way of life.

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That's pretty much sums up any religion

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Why are we calling it "just a religion" then, as against any other?

Our religion is Christian yet it doesn't dominate what we eat, or our legal system, what we wear, etc, what we may or may not do.