Conservatory wrote: » Dr sattar fixed my back for me. Pushed my wheelchair when other hospital staff watched me hobble. I thanked him afterwards and said he gave me my left leg back. He said “no god gave you your leg back I am just his tools”. Came across as a great man. I wish him well with his new venture he had a devastating family tragedy in the uk due to I believe a wrong address getting attacked. I don’t have religion but I hope he finds peace in his.
Mutant z wrote: » Not from the north and most of it was before my time but that was a completely different situation to the current Islamic terror inflicting the world and anyhow why does that justify importing Islamic terror into this country.
suicide_circus wrote: » What other countries pour money into religious and cultural projects in other countries?
endacl wrote: » I for one welcome our new Muslim overlords?
facehugger99 wrote: » I for one, welcome our new Muslim overlords.
A Pint of Goo wrote: » A conservative male, I welcome our new Muslim friends. I intend to convert so I can reap the benefits of Islam: can have multiple wives, will no longer be bound by political correctness, can say and do as I please safe in the knowledge I can use my minority privilege as a get of jail card. Can beat, assault and oppress women and feminists will defend my right to do so.
Mutant z wrote: » If the Saudis want to fund mosques then they should only stick to the ones in their own country they should be told to **** off from here Ireland is a European non Islamic country and should remain so.
wakka12 wrote: » The only thing making ireland non christian is the vast numbers of irish people who chose not to follow religion anymore!
bubblypop wrote: » I live in a muslim majority country, the call to prayer is audible everywhere. It's not annoying at all. I used to live beside the railtrack in Drumcondra, not annoying either after a week. I'm not seeing a problem here? plenty of people live under the flightpath for the airport, what is the problem there?
One eyed Jack wrote: » We haven't really worked all that hard at anything. Western society evolved out of centuries of war between countries, and I don't agree for a minute with your perspective that I live in a tolerant, liberal society. Everyone agreeing to live in a certain way while excluding anyone from society which they feel would threaten their way of life is neither liberal nor tolerant. You're ignoring the fact that it wasn't ideology was responsible for our past, it was the people who held an ideology and wanted to promote it, no different than you wanting to promote the idea that we live in a liberal and tolerant society as long as everyone agrees to live by our rules and standards. Had it not been for the fact that we actually don't live in a liberal and tolerant society, those people who committed heinous acts would still be committing heinous acts. We put a stop to that kind of behaviour because we weren't going to tolerate it any more that those people had the freedom to commit heinous acts. We're not exposing ourselves to anything "again", there will always be people in any society who commit heinous acts, and in an attempt to prevent them from doing so, we limit their freedom to do so. This is a constant and ongoing and evolving process. If it wasn't, we wouldn't enjoy the freedom that we do enjoy, and we'd be a backward shìthole which people would want to escape from. What's more worrying is the idea that there are people who exist who want to impose their will on other people, but don't want those people to enjoy any of the good things about living in what they like to call a liberal and tolerant society. You don't appear to have paid attention in history class when they were teaching about how many countries in Europe colonised other countries and extracted all their resources in return for centuries of exploitation. When people from those countries want to come to Europe, suddenly - "Oh no, we can't be having that". I have no doubt those people didn't know what hit them when they were invaded and colonised either, but I don't imagine it was all that pleasant to be forced to live in a tolerant and liberal society where they, the natives, suffered terribly at the hands of people who imagined themselves to be more enlightened. Social evolution.
Mackerel and Avocado Sandwich wrote: » I used to work beside the mosque in Clonskeagh years ago and on Fridays you could go there to eat. Really delicious food for cheap and friendly people.
topper75 wrote: » I'm not great at finding stats but I know what I see in front of me in the street. In the two cities I'm most familiar with Lim and Dub, the volume of people in obvious muslim attire has jumped a lot in this decade. Why are they all coming here? Is there a trade in which they specialise that is experiencing growth here a la the Irish working as navvies in the UK etc.?
A Pint of Goo wrote: » A conservative male, I welcome our new Muslim friends. I intend to convert so I can reap the benefits of Islam: can have multiple wives, will no longer be bound by political correctness, can say and do as I please safe in the knowledge I can use my minority privilege as a get of jail card. Can beat, assault and oppress women and feminists will defend my right to do so. If I decide to commit an act of terror, liberals will brush it under the carpet as the desperate actions of a 'mentally ill lone wolf' who felt alienated from society. Oh yes, it will be good. On a serious note, I don't believe all Muslims are bad people, not at all. Just that we are probably not importing the best and brightest and we really should avoid the same mistakes as continental Europe.
