Toni displays hatred towards those who have given him/her such a luxurous lifestyle. Maybe he should go to the outback communities and open his eyes instead of blathering such rot.

If you go to an Arabic country you are expected to respect their culture and most Westerners would go out of their way to make sure they do. Is it too much to ask that Muslims (as well as all other immigrants) respect our culture if they want to visit or stay here?

Why is it some on OLO feel the expectation that migrants be willing to adopt our values and customs is racist or culturally insensitive, yet have no issue with the Islamic countries applying exactly the same standards?

As I said to a couple of Muslim friends on Sunday, "have a good Christmas, if I don't see you before" and their reply to me "You too".

The problem is that people like to see that a situation is under control.

Merkel has simply surrendered control of Germany's borders to anyone and everyone, with the result that her previously iron clad popularity is plummeting in much the same way that Labor's plummeted after Rudd and Gillard's bungling.

Paul1405,
My daughter had a Shia Muslim friend from a Syrian family when she was in primary school who used to give out christmas cards every year like all the other kids. They are a lovely family, I had to ask the older brothers to stop calling me "sir" when I'd go round to their house LOL.
Nevertheless, the conduct of individual Muslims doesn't negate the conduct of the group as a whole, nor does the conduct of Muslims as a whole negate the conduct of individuals.
If the former is true so must the latter be but your side only ever expresses it as "Not all Muslims".

Suseonline,
-European and Anglosphere intervention in Muslim societies has been a disaster and should immediately stop along with all foreign aid to those countries.

-Sponsored Immigration of vulnerable (ie illiterate, incompetent and criminally inclined)Muslims to non Muslim societies has been a disaster and needs to stop immediately, only migrants who can pay their way and who have skills should be allowed freedom of movement.

Removing the troops, the bases and the aid from the mid east and central Asia will be a disaster as the Saudis and Iranians go to war, it will probably plunge much of the West into recession but the short term pain would be worth the long term gain and we can mitigate the inevitable energy crisis with technology and forward planning.

Plastic Christmas trees can be bought in Dubai grocery stores. Unfortunately that would probably be seen as blasphemy by ISIS.

In India state of Kerala Christians, Hindus and Muslims live and work side-by-side without adversity. Yet inside their house, if invited to dinner, you will hear what they think of each other's religion. But there religious differences do not stop them from getting along or from functioning as a cooperative society.

If the Arab Muslims could accept and promote secular freedom within their own countries, and more importantly accept that is the way of the West, perhaps the funding for the Muslim extremists would dry up. But regretfully that's not going to happen soon enough to change ISIS's plans.