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John Ptaszek's avatar

Good luck with that religious group. I have not seen much evidence where they assimilate as a group. Especially where they form a community in larger numbers.

Where they coexist within a neighborhood, on a one to one relationship, they can be great to be around.

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Tom Welsh's avatar

"...which devout Muslim will be the first to repudiate his own [faith]?"

One who is thoroughly tired of life. The punishment for apostasy laid down by the Koran is - you've guessed it! - death. As is the punishment for atheism.

You may be happy knowing that your life depends on a very large number of people ignoring some of the basic commandments of their religion, but I am not.

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Rolf Norfolk's avatar

Our security lies partly in vigilance and firmness, and partly in encouraging wider reading. It is easier to be an extremist in countries where there is only one book.

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Tom Welsh's avatar

"Besides, most Muslims here are peaceable and law-abiding, so far".

As the Byzantines said about the Goths. "So far". Then came the Battle of Adrianople.

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Rolf Norfolk's avatar

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

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