Baroque_Dude said:
...... too many people think that religious freedom = allow EVERYTHING. Isn't that the whole point in freedom?
Freedom also consists in the respect for the other's freedom, remember? If you don't respect my freedom, what happens with mine?
.......why the major problems are related to Islamism. Bin Laden bankrupted the banks?
well........... we are talking about religious issues, aren't we? That sentence was pointing to the context.
The truth is that Muslims are difficult people to deal with. .... they generally tend to practice (in a more or less aggressive way). No, they're actually not difficult to deal with. Don't offend Mohammed and they are actually extremely reasonable.
If that's your personal experience, I'm glad of it. It's a shame that this isn't the same in other cases.
.....they don't care if the new country has a different culture or religion. Are they supposed to convert?
Nope, they are just supposed to respect. Isn't it easy? Don't change my words, that's ridiculous.
There are more cases in France or in Spain (as far as I know) where Islamics don't respect the rules about noise levels. I'm woken by church bells every Sunday morning on the hour. I wish them Christians would respect noise levels.
I agree with you, but does this make minarets better?
.......and healthiness at their houses or worship places. Now that's just rude.
That's not rude! I'm not talking about personal hygiene or something like that, I'm speaking about the fact that sometimes they do sacrifices or cook without having a special permission.
In some other towns, they asked the local authorities to close the swimming pools to the general public, one day a week, for their women to take a bath. Probably because the pool will make extra money. Take a bath? Are you sure they didn't go there to have a swim?
Nah, to take a bath sounds classier. 
On the other hand, as a Christian you can't go to a Muslim country and openly profess your faith, in most of the cases. No, that's not true, most majority-muslim countries have a christian population too. Some might not allow churches but I don't see many mosques in the holy see either and their are only FOUR minarets in Switzerland.
I personally know cases of people living their faith in secret.
Yes, Muslims MUST have their freedom, but so does the other people.
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