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Happy vs Unhappy Muslims

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Where did you find that information Banjo?
Maybe off the KKK website? Or was it the 'I'm a Superior White Christian' website?

Do you know how all Muslims in all these countries actually feel do you?

The British originally spread themselves all over the world, and were often happier in their new countries. They certainly didn't 'integrate' well in countries like Australia, America, Ireland, Africa, and India.
Instead they tried , and often succeeded, to force their own cultures and religions on their new lands and the native inhabitants.

People in glass houses...
Posted by Suseonline, Friday, 19 October 2012 2:08:26 PM
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Banjo, you know we share opinions on this issue.
But I firmly think we can go too far.
Not every Muslim is, or ever will be a problem.
Just as not every Lebanese Migrant is or ever was a promlem.
We have pre ww 2 refugees from both the faith and the country mentioned.
Get.s tricky here.
Every country you mentioned has problems, clearly an over representation taking numbers in to consideration.
Dare I say it is the faith not the people, the actions of some in the name of that faith that is the problem.
We should NEVER forget, the page one day may be highlighted by over seas press.
And our contributions, while heart felt, truly fearing for our own way of life, should not see our site, self, country, branded racist.
I think we hold the right to fear but can fight without getting to the level some of those sign wavers world wide do.
Posted by Belly, Friday, 19 October 2012 2:53:19 PM
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The country with the biggest Muslim population in the world (Indonesia) seems reasonably happy.

Maybe some of those in the Middle East are not happy because parts of the West (UK and USA in particular) have deliberately and systematically overthrown their democratically elected governments and installed oppressive regimes, plundered their resources and kept them as economic basket cases for the last 100 years.
"It is the policy of this Government to promote and maintain instability in the Middle East" said the British Government to ensure the supply of oil.

Maybe a 1% royalty for oil is a bit unfair. Maybe no royalty at all for providing pipeline access is also unfair. Maybe empty promises of assistance to rebuild after fighting proxy wars on behalf of others is also unfair.

Then again, our wealth relies on their poverty.

But that's just history I suppose. Never let it get in the way of ignorance or blind prejudice.

Let's just generalise everything instead and tar them all with the same brush.
Posted by wobbles, Friday, 19 October 2012 6:15:50 PM
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wobbles,
Oil rich Muslim countries are not poor as you state. They are rather wealthy. Agricultural Muslim cuntries may be poor.
Posted by Josephus, Friday, 19 October 2012 8:08:28 PM
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Oil rich Muslim countries are not so poor?

As far as GDP per capita is concerned, the IMF puts Saudi Arabia 13 places behind Israel and the World Bank puts them 8 places behind.

The only Muslim countries with a better GDP Per Capita than Israel are some small monarchies drowning in oil.

However, even in those despotic but wealthy regimes it doesn't mean the average citizen gets a fair share of that income, except through welfare.

Maybe that's one of the main reasons for the unrest in Egypt and Syria.

After the Egypt uprising, the Saudis decided to hand out big wads of cash to their citizens.
Posted by wobbles, Saturday, 20 October 2012 1:04:06 AM
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Your showing a bit of that prejudice there yourself Wobbles.

You only have to take a little look at how much of the real work, in those oil rich states, is done by imported labor.

An awful lot of the critical work in both the oil industry, health care, & general work would stop if imported skilled people left. Bit hard to be wealthy if you can't do anything.
Posted by Hasbeen, Saturday, 20 October 2012 1:47:12 AM
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