(ANSA) - Vatican City, November 11 - Pope Benedict XVI called on Islamic countries to reciprocate the religious freedom Muslims usually enjoy in predominantly Christian countries in a document published Thursday.
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When I was younger (and this may still be the case in many places), there was a fear within the immigrant community - one day we will be kicked out, told to go back home.
This started decades ago from when the labourers came over to earn money with a view of returning "back home". This meant that they saved up money and sent it back, maybe even built mansions there, to eventually return to. They lived more affordable lives here - if they were going to get kicked out or leave voluntarily, there was no point building a future here.
Muslim women should be banned from covering their faces, Nigel Farage of the UK Independence Party has said.
Mr Farage, an MEP and UKIP’s former leader, said wearing a veil had become a symbol of cultural divisions in Britain. He denied the call was motivated by prejudice.
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"It is a symbol of something that is used to oppress women, it is a symbol of an increasingly divided Britain, and the real worry – and it isn't just about what people wear – is we are heading towards a situation where many of our cities are ghettoised and there is even talk of Sharia law becoming part of British culture."
The Letter Reads:
This is a message from Muhammad ibn Abdullah, as a covenant to those who adopt Christianity, near and far, we are with them.
Verily I, the servants, the helpers, and my followers defend them, because Christians are my citizens; and by Allah! I hold out against anything that displeases them.
No compulsion is to be on them.
Neither are their judges to be removed from their jobs nor their monks from their monasteries.
No one is to destroy a house of their religion, to damage it, or to carry anything from it to the Muslims' houses.
Should anyone take any of these, he would spoil God's covenant and disobey His Prophet. Verily, they are my allies and have my secure charter against all that they hate.
No one is to force them to travel or to oblige them to fight.
The Muslims are to fight for them.
If a female Christian is married to a Muslim, it is not to take place without her approval. She is not to be prevented from visiting her church to pray.
Their churches are to be respected. They are neither to be prevented from repairing them nor the sacredness of their covenants.
No one of the nation (Muslims) is to disobey the covenant till the Last Day (end of the world).
British National Party leaders have voted "overwhelmingly" to ballot members on changing its constitution to allow non-white members to join.
Leader Nick Griffin said he welcomed the change, which the party had been "moving towards" for years.
If the new membership rules are approved, the BNP would be brought in line with the recent Equality Bill.
The party's "closed for business" talks in Hindley Green, Wigan, came on the first day of its annual conference.
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All hail our red white and blue overloads.
From my friendly discourse with Casuals United:
why cant you intergrate into society like other races? why moan and set up ghettos and no go zones for whites etc?
Have you personally been exposed to any of these "no go zones" for whites? Are you sure they are not simply a figment of the media's imagination (actually no, I do suspect there to be morons around where there are such cases and yes, if they do exist, they are wrong)
I have a friend hounded out of a property he bought and paid for because it was in a predominantly white area. He repeatedly was threatened, had his windows smashed, people threaten and break in.
There should be no "no go zones" anywhere IMO as they are all bad and counter productive.
When the Europeans went to south America, within a generation the local/native population had plummeted by 90% or so. This was not due to war or genocide or ethnic cleansing, but because the locals, due to not having previous contact, had not developed immunity to European diseases.
To "win", the Europeans just had to turn up.
So, where does that leave the concept of "live and let live"?
By Majed Iqbal-
It was on September 30, 2005, when the Danish daily newspaper Jyllands-Posten’s, published cartoons depicting the Prophet of Islam in an attempt to “test the level of tolerance of Muslims†living in Danish Society.
Two years on from the international furor created by these publications, a sequel with an even more loaded message to this issue is about to re-kindle another international situation.
Dutch lawmaker, MP Geert Wilders, who last summer called for the Quran to be banned in the Netherlands has now made a movie, entitled “Fitnaâ€, to support his contention that the Koran inspires “intolerance, murder and terror.â€
Bleeding from head to toe, battered and exhausted, he was faced with a choice.
Should he or shouldn't he seek to destroy the people who had just humiliated him by having their children chase him out of town while throwing stones at him? And this was simply for sharing his message and seeking help for his people.
The Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, was in Taif, a lush town of green palm trees, fruits and vegetables, about 50 miles southeast of his arid hometown Makkah. He was hoping that perhaps the people of this town would be receptive to his message, which had been rejected by most of the Makkans for over a decade.
