or anywhere else, if you are emigrating to the country, BE that country! This is just common sense, as if you do not, you will be unable to succeed. Not speaking the language, not learning and internalizing the social mores and traditions – these are just recipes for eventual success in your new homeland. I believe that your preparations should be done ahead of landing in your country of choice (if at all possible).
And that’s the problem. Many Muslims are complaining about backlashes and discrimination, yet what do they expect when they hold themselves apart by settling into enclaves? Finally, one country has had enough. From Dhimmiwatch is this:
A welcome display of anti-dhimmitude in Amsterdam, from SANA, via the Daily Times: "Holland won’t welcome Pakistani immigrants not speaking Dutch"
ISLAMABAD: The Dutch government on Monday passed a law aimed at heavily restricting the number of would-be Pakistani immigrants to the Netherlands, by linking applications to Dutch language proficiency, officials said.
Under the new law, any Dutch national of Pakistani origin will only be permitted to send for family members (with a view to settling in Holland) provided that they learn Dutch prior to immigration application. Similarly, any Pakistani wishing to immigrate to the Netherlands will be required to take a language proficiency test at the Dutch Embassy in Islamabad. Anyone failing the test will automatically be denied the right to apply for immigration.
Holland is rightfully wanting to preserve its national identity by requiring its citizens speaking a common tongue. And there should be nothing that prevents asovereign country from setting its own laws concerning this, right?
The Pakistani government has come under domestic pressure to protest the new law and seek its overturning. Currently, there are no Dutch language teaching institutes in Pakistan. Many see this latest move as a bid by the Dutch government to keep Holland "Dutch".
And this is wrong (staying "Dutch")…how? Sorry, this is just the height of arrogance to believe that a country not try to maintain its peaceful cultural heritage.
Last year, the country offended its Muslim population by threatening to ban women from publicly wearing burqas, claiming that such attire undermined the secular identity of the country.
It seems that there is a new "right" that receiving countries have to warp their culture to those incoming citizens…..
Well, I love the attitude of the Australians on this! Both the Prime Minister and the Treasurer have as much said "you want to be Australian, great – act like one. Want this to be an Islamic country – move to one."
Prime Minister John Howard says he has no need to apologise for telling Muslims they need to embrace Australian values.
Mr Howard sparked controversy yesterday by saying on talk-back radio a small group of Muslim migrants had refused to accept their adopted country’s values and had not learned English.
He told Macquarie Radio Australia had benefited greatly from immigration, but “there is a section, a small section, of the Islamic population … which is very resistant to integration”.
"What I want to do is to reinforce the need for everybody who comes to this country to fully integrate," Mr Howard said yesterday. "Fully integrating means accepting Australian values, it means learning as rapidly as you can the English language if you don’t already speak it.
"And it means understanding that in certain areas, such as the equality of men and women, the societies that some people have left were not as contemporary and as progressive as ours.
The prime minister’s comments sparked fury among some Muslim leaders who say they were offended by what the prime minister had said.
Needless to say, Muslims are "hurt" and feel discriminated against in that "hateful" environment. My comment about the Australians?
Wish my leaders would say the same things….
