Problems in Europe with Muslims

Submitted by Herve Duray (France), Jul 31, 2002 at 07:23

I've just finished reading all the comments, and that one made laugh a lot:

Mirko Bodul wrote:
"Bosnia, ruled by the Turks, was a very tolerant place for the persecuted of Europe. You were allowed to practice your religion and live in peace if you were a non Muslim.
All you had to do was to pay a yearly tax. If you converted to the Muslim faith, you did not have to pay the tax."

When I said "dhimmis" have less rights than Muslims, that is exactly what I meant. Dhimmis are allowed to be in peace IF they pay for their lives. If they don't, or if Muslims decide to not allow them from now on, end of the story.

Even in today's Turkey, christians are having a hard time. And in all the Muslim countries, even Tunisia or Morocco, it is still impossible to build a church. In Dar al Islam, only Islam is allowed and nothing else! And now that there are a lot of Muslims in Europe, the very same questions arise. For instance in France last year, about 50 synagogues and churches or Jewish religious schools were damaged by voluntary fires set by Muslims (using "molotov cocktails" mostly). And I guess many informed people have heard about the rise of "anti Judaism" in Europe ? Guess who and why is the cause of the rise, unprecedented for 60 years.

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