Welcome!
By Common-Man-In-Europe on Monday, June 4 2007, 17:48 - Permalink
The objective of this blog is to discuss questions linked to the subject of ‘Islam in Europe’. For centuries Islam has influenced European culture. Today Muslims are – in spite of all difficulties – one of Europe’s most important religious groups and a permanent part of European societies.
On this blog I will write of current debates and events from all over Europe. The focus is on the political, cultural and social integration of Muslim migrants. Possible subjects are political questions as the representation in the media or religious instruction at school, cultural questions as the position of women or the ideal of honour, as well as religious questions as the interpretability of the Koran or the interdiction of images in Islam.
On this blog you will find news, analysis, commentaries and if possible interviews and reports. The objective is not to give a neutral description of events, since there are other medias more suited to this purpose, but to give a critical interpretation. This blog wants to encourage an open debate on the questions discussed: Your commentaries, corrections and critic are therefore welcome! As far as possible I will reply to them.
Most texts will be in my mother tongue: German. But I will also write in French and English. Have fun!
Comments
we have a strong suspicion that the sort of rational debate that this blog is trying to foster is sadly hard to come by. anyway, the polemicists are so much more entertaining. We were particularly drawn by the rational arguements deployed by the Brit MP here: http://daviddaviesam.blogspot.com/2...
Anyhoo - we are also new to this game and would welcome visits/comments thoughts: http://europhobe.wordpress.com/ - we feel there is enough euro-anxiousness to go around...
As a "man of Europe" I resent the invasion of Muslims in my homeland. Germany opened her arms to those who needed our help only to be paid in return with high crime, filthy, smelling Islamics, lazy non-productives who prefer Social Security and Kindergeld payments to building a better Germany. These are people who openly declare their hattred Germany and German culture. Most even fail to ever learn our German language. They did not come to our German Fatherland to do anything else but dominate us and destroy our way of life. They have become social parasites in every way. I refuse to speak Arabic in my country. If you want to live in Germany, learn German and live by our ways and cultur. Eat German food, not the smelling bad slop that is to pass for food.
Michael, are you serious? Did you ever meet the "immigrants". They are human being, like you and me, they are trying to survive the best they can do
valerio, I think Michael is right. I'm not surprised the same things happen in Germany as well as in France. They hate France. They come here just to spread Islam (of course there are exceptions, but it is because of our fears of being tagged as racists that muslims advance so easily, impunished) and take benefit of the social aids. everywhere they write and say that they hate France, in rap 'music', on the walls, in the metro. They are agressive and violent with white people. They may be human beings trying to live (they don't even have to try, so easy in my country that is ruined by social aids that they take without working) , but they're muslims, and death and paradise is SO much more important than life to them... did you see these manifestations in London, for example? They openly say "kill freedom", "kill those who insult Islam". no need to add that they don't make a difference between insult and objective critic.