As ever, your words are full of wisdom, indeed, I can see now that the real reason for the minaret referendum was to protect swiss culture, which is absolutely justified. That is why I always prefer to take the word of the person on ground, since he is the most well aware of the situation.
I last visited Europe in 2003-2004, and I really enjoyed myself. I found the people to be quite compatible with minorities, but recently, the wing of our family in the UK have encountered more people hostile to them than before.
They were denied jobs even when there were vacancies and they were quite qualified, one of my cousins, a chemical engineer is unemployed for two years even after securing a commendable spot in his batch from Nottingham University, plus they have also had abuses hurled at them around streets. That is what lead me to believe that muslims are being seen with increasing lack of respect.
And I don't blame anybody for it, we(Muslims) are to be blamed, until everyone of us does not denounce violence and extremism, I am afraid we will never be able to regain our lost respect in the eyes of the world.
Prior to the soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Buddhists and Muslims were believed to be two of the most peace loving people on the planet, how times have changed, now we are regarded as the most violent................
I last visited Europe in 2003-2004, and I really enjoyed myself. I found the people to be quite compatible with minorities, but recently, the wing of our family in the UK have encountered more people hostile to them than before.
They were denied jobs even when there were vacancies and they were quite qualified, one of my cousins, a chemical engineer is unemployed for two years even after securing a commendable spot in his batch from Nottingham University, plus they have also had abuses hurled at them around streets. That is what lead me to believe that muslims are being seen with increasing lack of respect.
And I don't blame anybody for it, we(Muslims) are to be blamed, until everyone of us does not denounce violence and extremism, I am afraid we will never be able to regain our lost respect in the eyes of the world.
Prior to the soviet occupation of Afghanistan, Buddhists and Muslims were believed to be two of the most peace loving people on the planet, how times have changed, now we are regarded as the most violent................
