Steve 41oo wrote:people probably think I'm obsessed with Islam but in UK right now it seems there are two or three stories every day
this the latest to break from BBC
Quote:
Terror alert school is shut down
An Islamic school at the centre of a terror alert last year is to be shut down after education officials said it was no longer good enough to operate.
The Department for Education and Skills has removed the independent Jameah Islameah school in East Sussex from the Register of Independent Schools.
This means it is illegal for the school, which was raided by anti-terror police last year, to operate.
good.
Perhaps you are obsessed with Islam. If you think of nothing but Islam; you probably are. On the other hand, if you alarmed by a rapidly growing religious, cultural, and political influence within your country, not to mention the physical threat presented by extremists ostensibly acting in its name, then you are more than likely simply a sensible person.
Immigrants who are not substantially assimilated within the culture of their new home present difficulties for the society that has welcomed them. These difficulties are more pronounced if the cultural norms the immigrants hold on to are in direct opposition to those of their new home. These difficulties rise to the level of threat (cultural and possibly physical) if the immigrants are not content with maintaining their ways within separate institutions and enclaves, and insist that the larger culture either adopt them or make concessions to them that impose on the choices of the host citizens. Add to the mix demographics that indicate the newcomers are
out-procreating their hosts at a rate that can, by itself, assure an Islamification of Britain, and I think you have every reason to be
interested in Islam in the UK.
Until this thread, I thought I had a pretty good idea of how things will play out in the UK and Europe in the relative short term: The increasing popularity and power of far Right parties and increased acts of violence by both Muslim immigrants (including second and third generation citizens of the host countries) and the non-Muslim host "natives." Walter though, has added a fascinating wrinkle though with his note about Catholicism overtaking Anglicanism.
Of course it isn't very hard for any faith to outpace the moribund Anglican Church in England, and someone could probably create a religion based on worship of Princess Diana and in 30 days have more adherents than the Anglicans in the UK, but the rise of Catholicism is an interesting dynamic. The article Walter cites indicates the rise of Catholicism has at its roots the same cause as the rise of Islam --- immigration.
Assuming the Catholic immigrants continue to adhere to and practice their faith, it will be interesting to see what sort of interaction they have with UK Muslims, particularly if they are competing for the same or similar economic niche. What will the multi-cultural, secularist Brits do in the midst of a modern crusade for control of London rather than Jerusalem?
