Immigration

[andrewducker]

Leaving asylum to one side for a moment as a special case:
[Poll #1558346]

Comments

[momentsmusicaux.livejournal.com]

Why would people want to create an alienating culture in the first place? It's hardly fun.

[drainboy.livejournal.com]

Muslims wanting Sharia law in Britain. I was about to say "possibly a limited subset of Muslims" but surely their religion demands Sharia law and any true Muslim would want it?

I find any law that gives a woman's word half the value of a man's, alienating.

And anyone that goes to a country long term and doesn't bother learning the language would be fairly alienating. I'd feel ashamed if I moved to France and didn't bother learning French.

[andrewducker]

Only in the same way that any "true Christian" would want homosexuals stoned to death. There are a wide range of Muslims and lots of them are very happy to have secular law over the country.

"There is tremendous variety in the interpretation and implementation of Islamic Law in Muslim societies today. Liberal movements within Islam have questioned the relevance and applicability of Sharia from a variety of perspectives; Islamic feminism brings multiple points of view to the discussion. Some of the largest Muslim countries, including Indonesia, Bangladesh and Pakistan, have largely secular constitutions and laws, with only a few Islamic Law provisions in family law. Turkey has a constitution that is officially strongly secular."