These were tried but…
…means nothing. In the past the assimilation policies were based on Anglofication. They were anti Catholic and pro Protestant.
Good luck with that.
And you think this is an issue for Muslims? It’s basically their raison d’etre. Islam is not just a religion. It’s a political ideology as well as a cultural element.
You seem to be unaware that Muslims are leaving Islam in droves, not only in the West but in the Middle East.
They are leaving the ME in droves for the West, but they are not leaving Islam. What’s the most popular baby name in England?
And how exactly does a Muslim leave Islam in the ME when it’s a death sentence?
In the US, for every Muslim who leaves Islam, there is a convert to Islam. You need to understand how percentages work when it comes to apostasy. Just because a certain percentage leave the faith doesn’t mean the overall number is shrinking. The fact is, the Muslim population, in spite of apostasy, is growing in Europe.
I am talking about young people. Muhammad is the most popular baby name in the UK because of the older people, who come directly from the Middle East, having children. A large number of the children will probably leave Islam as well when they grow up because Westernization has that effect.
You need to substantiate your claim that there is a convert to Islam for every one that leaves. Islam is growing because of Muslim birth rates, not conversions.
People in the Middle East are leaving Islam and keeping it secret. These people litter the Internet.
I’m not sure that’s ever played out in Lewiston. I’m sure it has with some, but the faith appears to be strong.
That so much of Lewiston is Muslim is concerning, given the incompatibility with so much of western values, but I don’t see any evidence of the Muslim faith intruding on public policy. All of the radical stuff in Maine is straight out of the DSA playbook, which happens to win LOTS of Muslim votes.
The religious breakdown of student population was just one of the few numbers that have been publicly disclosed to put the scope of the social experiment imposed on Maine into perspective. They don’t publish these numbers reliably where you can find them on google or something. Generally speaking, the state goes to great lengths to obscure as much as possible about immigration in Maine.
It puts everyone in a terrible situation. People like me who are generally very pro immigration have no choice but to react to years of Democrats’ enticing as many people as possible to move here and become state dependents and thus reliable Democrat voters, but only when the system is subverted as it is now to allow the non-citizens and non-residents to vote.
I feel terrible for all of the people who were guided here by activists and cynical non-profiteers who all knew that it was against the law that was simply not being enforced. Toying with vulnerable people’s lives, all to secure political dominance by subverting the entire system Maine is founded on.
All while we watch businesses close, long-time Mainers moving elsewhere and experience violence and chaos that’s never been a part of life in Maine until very recently.
All to win a few elections and get that non-profit money flowing to the right people.
Homogeny isn’t necessarily a good thing.
Imagine if every restaurant in your town only served mac & cheese.
Ideally legal immigrants would come in and bring their culture with them, like they used too.
But I definitely agree that hoards of unvetted illegals shuffled around to tip the scales in a political parties favor is flat out bullshit and using human beings as chattel in its lowest form.
One of the ironies in this situation is that Lewiston was already multicultural prior to this entire exercise in human trafficking at taxpayer expense.
When I moved here roughly 30 percent of Lewiston spoke French at home. We had more per capita French speakers than New Orleans (Cajuns are actually descendants of N. Maine and New Brunswick Acadians).
It was not the kind of diversity valued by Maine’s radical left, and despite the charter of City of Lewiston explicitly stating that preserving the city’s French culture is a priority, it has not been.
You don’t hear French spoken at all in Lewiston anymore, unless you go to a Catholic mass where a few can still be found.
42 other languages are now spoken at LPS. Up from 2 in the 20th Century and 4 after the Somali and Bantu initial migration in the early 2000’s.
Say it together with me.
Diversity is our strength. Diversity is our strength. Diversity is our strength.
But the numbers of Muslims is still increasing.
Islam is also political and cultural. The attitudes young Muslim men have about women are not just religious in nature. They might not pray fifty times a day and avoid alcohol, but they still like to get rapey.
Islam gains about as many converts as it loses in U.S.
Now what about your claim that
Assimilation goes both ways. Immigrants assimilate to American culture and add their own little pieces to it at the same time. But what we’re seeing amongst some immigrant groups is that they don’t see themselves as Americans first, but instead as whatever ethnicity they or their parents are. This is a problem.
But all that being said, I always find it fascinating that the first argument people bring up on why homogeneity is not good is that you can’t get exotic food. It so apparently demonstrates the decadence that’s at the heart of multiculturalism.
Considering that brazen lying in support of Islam, known as taqiyya, is a part of the Islamic religion, forgive me for not trusting what “Besheer Muhamed” has to say on this issue.
When it comes to my claim, most ex-Muslims keep their deconversion secret because they fear either their families or the government. No poll will be able to capture their true numbers. However, these people abound on the Internet where they can be vocal about their apostasy. You have to be in the right circles to see what I’m talking about. Notice that I am not making a statistical claim, only stating that large numbers of Muslims are leaving the religion.
I agree.
Its a quick & easy one that comes to mind.
I don’t suppose many people are willing to learn Greek to go to an orthodox mass, but a lot of people like gyros an baklava.
To expand on it, you could also go with it speaking to the sharing of their native foods and breaking bread with others from parts of the world you may never get a chance to visit.
In their defense: Why should they see themselves as Americans first? We have “African Americans” who haven’t had a family member in Africa for 400 years.
It is! I’ve never really thought about it before, but it’s pretty funny that so many people believe others have no positive qualities other than their food.
People get hungry all the time!
When is the last time you had a real hankering for a french or german polymath though?
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What exactly is that?
Rap, fat chicks, and shitty food?
What’s an American?
I don’t know if that’s what anyone was saying. Food is used pretty often to strengthen relationships in communities. It’s something we can all offer.
A citizen of the nation established through winning The Battle for North America with guns, germs and steel.
I don’t know what people mean, but I know that’s almost-always the only thing mentioned.