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One more possibility
Reader comment on item: Muslim Autonomous Zones in the West?
Submitted by Hans Gesund (United States), Jan 14, 2009 at 14:00
I believe there is one more possibility: Coexistence of secularized Moslems and secularized Christians in peace, cooperation, and intermarriage, with Islamists not expelled, but made sufficiently uncomfortable so that they will move back to the strictly Islamic countries. This has happened to some extent in Israel, where many Arab students go to Israeli universities (which all have Arab faculty members) and Arab professionals work side by side with Jewish professionals.
There is a stark imbalance with the Arab countries, where Jews, whether religious or not, are not permitted to even live, let alone attend educational institutions. For some reason this does not seem to ever be mentioned in the media.
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| 2 | Thank you for the courage to report the facts [93 words] | Stephen Blanton | Oct 6, 2011 17:39 | 189883 | |
| 3 | Cheers [68 words] | Loki | Nov 26, 2010 06:48 | 180490 | |
| 3 | EXPULSION [182 words] | Ilene Richman | Jun 30, 2010 16:32 | 175025 | |
| 1 |  It's started already [147 words] | Mathilda | Feb 21, 2011 15:14 | 175025 | |
| Communism Preceeded Fascism/Nazism [96 words] | Tom Dundee | Oct 26, 2013 20:12 | 175025 | ||
| CONROL OVER THE POPULATION OF A COUNTRY [266 words] | Ilene Richman | Oct 29, 2013 06:10 | 175025 | ||
| 1 | DEPORTATION [465 words] | Ilene Richman | Nov 2, 2013 14:33 | 175025 | |
| segregation - administration in another language - some autonomy in europe [148 words] | myth | Jan 19, 2010 10:08 | 167553 | ||
| 1 | Democratic peaceful counter-attack [530 words] | DEMSCI | Feb 15, 2009 03:14 | 150478 | |
| Micro-states for democracy [206 words] | DEMSCI | Feb 14, 2009 09:21 | 150442 | ||
| Let's put an autonomous zone in Mecca [41 words] | Tom Dundee | Mar 10, 2010 13:43 | 150442 | ||
| But where will they get jobs? [123 words] | Farid H. | Jan 30, 2009 20:36 | 149560 | ||
| Several Pakistans in Making [266 words] | B N Gururaj | Jan 27, 2009 05:01 | 149209 | ||
| Muslims have changed their strategy India.. [198 words] | Michael | Mar 22, 2010 09:28 | 149209 | ||
| Poll: Should Muslims living in a non-Muslim country integrate into host society? [13 words] | Muslims Against Sharia | Jan 25, 2009 23:42 | 149061 | ||
| Please see this video that was on channel 4 in uk [80 words] | Val | Jan 23, 2009 17:28 | 148865 | ||
| If it worked for the Huguenots it must be a good idea [17 words] | Randy McDonald | Jan 22, 2009 14:40 | 148756 | ||
| Muslim microstates [18 words] | Richard | Jan 22, 2009 10:32 | 148745 | ||
| 1 | A Humanist World Free From Religion [185 words] | Robinoz | Jan 22, 2009 05:57 | 148736 | |
| 1 | What hubris! [255 words] | Fay Voshell | Jan 25, 2009 10:58 | 148736 | |
| 1 | You're Upset Understood [190 words] | Robin | Jan 26, 2009 18:19 | 148736 | |
| Hitler and Christianity [201 words] | Fay Voshell | Jan 28, 2009 12:14 | 148736 | ||
| Religion Manmade [376 words] | Robin | Jan 28, 2009 19:00 | 148736 | ||
| dont like that idea [17 words] | gem | Nov 2, 2010 21:42 | 148736 | ||
| Hitler was not a Roman Catholic [116 words] | Tom Dundee | Oct 26, 2013 20:19 | 148736 | ||
| Muslim's perseverence & European Innovations [62 words] | Ahmed | Jan 22, 2009 04:06 | 148728 | ||
| Do you know? [129 words] | adil | Jan 21, 2009 09:38 | 148639 | ||
| 1 | Europe may hold their own in the future! [218 words] | Ms. Anne | Jan 20, 2009 07:24 | 148501 | |
| possible outcomes [271 words] | logical thinker | Jan 19, 2009 19:00 | 148457 | ||
| bottom line for the U.S.A. [133 words] | joel carson | Jan 19, 2009 16:08 | 148436 | ||
| Difficulty of expulsion of Islamic microstates [470 words] | Archimedes2 | Jan 18, 2009 18:29 | 148369 | ||
| Muslim Conversion? [231 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Gilbert Mane | Jan 18, 2009 01:47 | 148327 | ||
| Interesting observation, Gilbert [222 words] | Archimedes2 | Jan 19, 2009 18:08 | 148327 | ||
| 1 | Converts to Islam Also [144 words] | Robinoz | Jan 27, 2009 18:07 | 148327 | |
| moslem conversion [186 words] | rw | Feb 9, 2009 01:03 | 148327 | ||
| mass madness [39 words] | Val | Jan 17, 2009 14:51 | 148294 | ||
| Chris Slater's option, a stepping stone [86 words] | Lynne Schultz | Jan 15, 2009 22:29 | 148165 | ||
| A culture like Europe's is at risk any way you look at it. [144 words] | GWK | Jan 15, 2009 12:21 | 148127 | ||
| Muslim microstates = Additional Muslim votes at the UN. [71 words] | M.D'Souza | Jan 15, 2009 10:51 | 148111 | ||
| "Expulsion of Muslims"? We can't even expel the terrorist, Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Mohammad [49 words] | Krista | Jan 15, 2009 09:33 | 148108 | ||
| Possible but not likely [90 words] | Robert Friedmann | Jan 15, 2009 05:58 | 148097 | ||
| Islamist "intentions" have never been under any doubt.. [9 words] | kman | Jan 18, 2009 18:50 | 148097 | ||
| i agree [16 words] | ivy | Nov 2, 2010 23:27 | 148097 | ||
| Glad you asked, "ivy" ... [86 words] | kman | Nov 4, 2010 02:24 | 148097 | ||
| The more likely unmentioned alternative [82 words] | David | Jan 15, 2009 03:17 | 148090 | ||
| RE=MUSLIM EURO-STATES SOONER THAN YOU THINK [95 words] | Terry | Jan 15, 2009 02:23 | 148087 | ||
| Will the West surrender? [257 words] | Susan | Jan 14, 2009 23:59 | 148080 | ||
| Muslim Autonomous Zones in Europe. [233 words] | Prakash | Jan 14, 2009 23:00 | 148077 | ||
| The nose [12 words] | Steve Merkel | Jan 14, 2009 22:36 | 148075 | ||
| 'Autonomous Muslim? [226 words] | Ulysses Black | Jan 14, 2009 19:08 | 148054 | ||
| Slater, Autonomous Zones, and Israel [588 words] | Lowell Blackman | Jan 14, 2009 17:12 | 148042 | ||
| Chris Slater's comments [104 words] | Ron Irvine | Jan 14, 2009 15:30 | 148037 | ||
| The never-ending Muslim Empire ?? [51 words] | Rich from Tampa | Jan 14, 2009 14:33 | 148031 | ||
| Shariat in Action! (Warning! Not for the weakhearted.) [40 words] | Turk | Jan 14, 2009 14:10 | 148029 | ||
| Turk's not for the faint hearted [263 words] | w. June Pedigo | Jan 15, 2009 12:35 | 148029 | ||
 One more possibility [110 words] | Hans Gesund | Jan 14, 2009 14:00 | 148028 | ||
| slater is making a good point [292 words] | Betsy Ross | Jan 14, 2009 13:21 | 148024 | ||
| Harmonious [64 words] | Phillip | Jan 14, 2009 11:42 | 148020 | ||
| autonomous zones, as in the W.Bank or Gaza? [107 words] | wynne | Jan 14, 2009 11:38 | 148019 | ||
| A fifth outcome scenario [144 words] | huck | Jan 14, 2009 08:45 | 148011 | ||
| There is a Precedent for the Islamic CityStates [334 words] | Nehama | Jan 14, 2009 08:44 | 148010 | ||
| Excellent idea! [107 words] | PDM | Jan 14, 2009 05:27 | 148004 | ||
| Partially agreeing with Chris Slatter and totally with Dr. Pipes: Muslim autonomous zones as a mid step towards expulsion of Muslims or a Muslim takeover. [143 words] | Ynnatchkah | Jan 14, 2009 02:45 | 147998 | ||
| Response to Slater [145 words] | joe | Jan 13, 2009 15:03 | 147938 | ||
| Autonomous zones - Gaza is one [169 words] | Skeptic | Jan 13, 2009 08:53 | 147918 | ||
| Palestinian Christians [26 words] | Joseph Adams | Jan 14, 2009 18:11 | 147918 | ||
| Resulting primarily from the inhumane acts of Hamas - Lebanon is another "autonomous zone"... [478 words] | Skeptic | Jan 16, 2009 13:00 | 147918 | ||
| Entirely bad idea [195 words] | suitepotato | Jan 12, 2009 14:03 | 147854 | ||
| Entirely possible [196 words] | sam | Jan 13, 2009 14:42 | 147854 | ||
| It's not that it must be the law of the land in absolute [327 words] | suitepotato | Jan 13, 2009 22:44 | 147854 | ||
| A ghetto by any other name... [191 words] | Fay Voshell | Jan 12, 2009 12:26 | 147842 | ||
| Very interesting perspective, Fay Voshell [170 words] | jennifer solis | Jan 15, 2009 16:16 | 147842 | ||
| Re-thinking secularism [459 words] | Fay Voshell | Jan 16, 2009 09:56 | 147842 | ||
| Monolith against monolith [467 words] | Fay Voshell | Jan 16, 2009 14:58 | 147842 | ||
| Makes no sense [82 words] | Sean Silver | Jan 12, 2009 11:51 | 147841 | ||
| 1 | kick them out [10 words] | tania | Jan 16, 2009 04:25 | 147841 | |
| Australia Needs to Kick Them Out [171 words] | Robinoz | Jan 22, 2009 06:13 | 147841 | ||
| Would You Care To Revise Your Assessment [41 words] | Tom Dundee | Oct 26, 2013 19:58 | 147841 |
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