reply to post by operation mindcrime
Hi :-) A good question I ask myself is why Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims are having different expereinces in the countries they migrate to..
The time line of migration is about the same.. yet the expereince different..
Given that India is on it's way to becoming a super power and indeed a threat on many levels, with Jobs being lost to Indian call call centers, Jobs
being lost to migration, and Indian businesses buying out European businesses, yet the expereince of the migrants is different.
I feel there-in lies a good question, why the difference in expereince?
Following that chain of thought, another good question could be asked why a Hindu or Sikh headscalf/veil does not raise the same issues as the Islamic
headscalf/veil!
There are many religions migrants to Europe, raising a multitude of issues, like the Sikh Kirpan (ceremonial sword) that has caused issues, do we
allow one group of children to carry daggers at school as part of their religion or not?
Like all things, it is a bumpy road of negotiation and compromise! But like the issue of the Sikh turban and motorcycle crash helmet laws it'll get
resolved in time.
My point is that resolution process needs both sides engaged.. and pehaps this is part of the issue with some sects, in that they find it hard to
compromise their beleifs.. and that makes it difficult for the wider communities to move forward.
Not compromising your beleifs is not wrong, but you still have to co-exist within wider multi-faith community..
So why do you think Hindus and Muslims are having such different expereinces?
As for the question about Americans,
Are you saying that their is NO Anti-American feeling in Europe?
or that some in America percieve Europeans as seeing Americans as fat, brash, arrogant religious nutters etc who want to dominate the world?
Or that there would not be an expectation that Americans leave behind those perceived cultral traits if they were to move to Europe!
I say that as I have difficulty convincing my relatives in the US that Europeans are not all Anti-American, and that it is safe from descrimination
for them to visit.. But still I suspect I will end up visiting them in the US instead