DAR AL HARB - CANADA: CANADIANS KEEN ON MOSLEMS MORE THAN YOUR AVERAGE WESTERNER

Canadians more keen on Muslims than Western average: poll
Randy Boswell, CanWest News Service

Canadians are least likely among citizens of 23 western countries to have bigoted attitudes toward Muslims, according to a new international study that measured the level of “Islamophobia” in each nation.

More than 32,000 respondents from 19 European countries, plus Canada, the U.S., Australia and New Zealand, were asked the question: “Would you like to have a person from this group as your neighbour?”

Of the nearly 2,000 people surveyed in Canada only 6.5 per cent said they would not like to live beside a Muslim. Respondents in Greece (20.9 per cent), Belgium (19.8), Norway (19.3) and Finland (18.9) were most likely to answer “No” to the question.

Results in Britain and the U.S. were 14.1 per cent and 10.9 per cent respectively, and the average percentage of negative responses across all western countries was 14.5 per cent.

Despite the West’s “reputation for liberalism, there can be little doubt that, in the past decade or so in western countries, there is an increasing awareness of, and a hardening of attitudes towards, people who are ‘different,’” argue the study’s co-authors, economists Vani Borooah of the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and John Mangan of the University of Queensland in Australia.

“Arguments about the Muslim veil in Britain, and the headscarf in France, are part of a wider debate ... about the erosion of national identity through the steady drip of special demands predicated on tolerance for cultural diversity,” the authors state in the paper titled Love Thy Neighbour: How Much Bigotry Is There In Western Countries? to be published in the journal Kyklos, International Review for Social Sciences.

Salma Siddiqui, an official with the Toronto-based Muslim Canadian Congress, told CanWest News Service on Wednesday that the survey results reflect the fact that “Canada is a very tolerant nation.

“We are lucky to be living in a country that recognizes all human rights,” she said.

The Quebec town of Herouxville has made news around the world recently after adopting a controversial code of conduct that welcomes newcomers to the municipality of 1,300, but explicitly warns that its residents will not tolerate alien cultural practices such as stoning or burning women or forcing them to wear a veil.

Some Muslim groups, arguing that the town’s expression of community “norms” is specifically and unnecessarily targeting certain Muslims, have threatened to lodge a formal complaint with Quebec’s human rights commission.

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EXCERPTS FROM HEROUXVILLE'S STANDARDS:
Excerpts from the Municipalite Herouxville's "Publication of Standards"

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So that the future residents can integrate socially more easily, we have decided unanimously to make public certain standards already in place and very well anchored in the lives of our electors.

These standards come from our municipal laws being federal or provincial, and all voted democratically. They also come from the social life and habits & customs of all residents of our territory. ... We would especially like to inform the new arrivals that the lifestyle that they left behind in their birth country cannot be brought here with them and they would have to adapt to their new social identity.

Our Women We consider that men and women are of the same value. Having said this, we consider that a woman can drive a car, vote, sign checks, dance, decide for herself, speak her peace, dress as she sees fit respecting of course the democratic decency, walk alone in public places, study, have a job, have her own belongings and anything else that a man can do. These are our standards and our way of life.

However, we consider that killing women in public beatings, or burning them alive are not part of our standards of life.

Our Children Our children are required to attend public or private schools to insure their social development and to help integrate into our society. Any form of violence towards children is not accepted.

Our Festivities We listen to music; we drink alcoholic beverages in public or private places; we dance and at the end of every year we decorate a tree with balls and tinsel and some lights. This is normally called "Christmas decorations" or also "Christmas tree" -- letting us rejoice in the notion of our national heritage and not necessarily a religious holiday. These festivities are authorized in public, schools, and institutions and also in private.

Our Education In our schools certified men and women teach our children. The women or men teachers can teach boys or girls with no sexual discrimination. They do not have to dress any different to accomplish their tasks.

In our schools the children cannot carry any weapons real or fake, symbolic or not. The children can sing, play sports or play in groups.

Our Sports & Leisure For the longest time, boys and girls have played the same games and often play together. For example, if you came to my place we would send the kids to swim together in the pool. Don't be surprised, this is normal for us. You would see men and women skiing together on the same hill at the same time. Don't be surprised, this is normal for us. You would also see men and women playing hockey together. Don't be surprised, this is normal for us.

In our public swimming pools we have men and women lifeguards for our security to protect us from drowning. Don't be surprised, this is normal for us.

Our Security Our immense territory is patrolled by police men and women of the "Surete du Quebec."

They have always been allowed to question or to advise or lecture or to give out an infraction ticket to either a man or woman. You may not hide your face as to be able to identify you while you are in public. The only time you may mask or cover your face is during Halloween, this is a religious traditional custom at the end of October celebrating All Saints' Day, where children dress up and go door to door begging for candy and treats.

All of us accept to have our picture taken and printed on our driver's permit, health care card and passports --a result of democracy.

Our Families You will appreciate that both parents manage the children's needs and both have the same authority. The parents can be of the same race or not, be from the same country or not, have the same religion or not, even be of the same sex or not.

If a boy or girl wants to get married, they may -- they have the liberty to choose who their spouse will be. The democratic process is applied to ensure each and everyone's liberty to choose.

In our families, the boys and girls eat together at the same table and eat the same food.
They can eat any type of meat, vegetables or fruit. They don't eat just meat or just vegetables.



Understandably, MOSLEMS ARE PISSED...LOLOL...
Especially since women are EQUAL and not the beasts of burden they are in islam...LOLOLOLOLOL

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Pertinent Links:

1) Canadians more keen on Muslims than Western average: poll

2) Welcome! Leave your customs at the door, Quebec town posts cultural code

3) Municipalite Herouxville, Publication of Standars (PDF file)