Austria to close seven mosques

[Millhouse]

(06-08-2018, 12:54 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: But you're not actually teaching of that with a ban. You're teaching them that their religious leaders claims that their ways are under attack are then vindicated. 

You need the actual outreach component where you explain to them the benefits of a free and open society to them and you find ways to make them understand that they're not going to be persecuted for their religion. Make them want to remove the hijab if they feel like they need to.

I think a ban like that is more suited for the long term than the immediate short term. I understand what you are saying as it is the idealistic approach, but too often an approach like that just falls to deaf ears. And the girls wont remove their scarfs because of fear of repercussion from their father or maybe mother even.

I think it is a good thing though from an academic perspective. Do the ban, and see how it plays out over the next ten to twenty years. Study the 'results' so to speak, and learn from it one way or the other. But ultimately I am on the side that if someone immigrates into a different culture, then they should have to adhere to that culture while keeping some of their traditions, mainly their foods. Because I love ethnic cuisine.