Hey, it's me. said:
No you misunderstand Boost (the Queen indeed! Lol)
These few would be a start.
1. Heavy penalties for Mosques that knowingly allow extreme Imams to preach at their mosques and jail time for repeat offenders. Also the banning of extremist preaching at universities, in the street and everywhere else besides mosques.
This one isn't a bad idea. In the US, we would probably see this as a violation of freedom of speech and freedom of religion, but much of what is taught by some of these guys is easily categorized as hate speech. However, this would have to be handled very delicately, it could easily be spun as repression.
This is the sort of thing where it is easy to fall into an Us vs. THEM standstill, rather than an issue of right and wrong. Peace loving Muslims ought to be just as condemning of an Imam that teaching extremism and violence (just as most American Christians will quickly condemn the Westborro Baptist), but if we hold an antagonistic relationship with them, it would be easy for them to see it as see it as more opposition to their religion rather than just opposition to violent extremist teachings. This is why I think it is wise to choose your battles. Are Burkas and street signs in Arabic really worth bitching about? These things may be silly or annoying, but also mostly harmless. Let them know we support and welcome them, while expelling the extremes and the intolerant aspects. In this way you are more likely to get them on your side in fighting against the dangerous and extreme aspects of their religion, which many of them disagree with anyway, rather than leaving them feeling like they are on the defense.
2. English language, and UK history and culture to be taught compulsory at every Mosque for Muslims who do not know how to speak the language and are oblivious to UK history.And then tested by an independant adjudicator on their fluency and knowledge.
Taught at Mosques? Are we talking Mosque that contain private schools? Or just normal houses of worship? Islamic private schools could be a dangerous thing. Education is the best cure for ignorance, but if ignorance is allowed to be taught in some schools, there is definitely an issue there.
3. NO Sharia courts in the UK. You live by our laws when it comes to family matters like every other resident of the population.
Absolutely! This should be a given. Any country that is willing to let Sharia into their court system is asking for it and just plain stupid. I'm with you 100% here. Religious freedom shouldn't extend to allowances for things that are otherwise illegal (maybe with a few small exceptions. For example, I appreciate that the use of ayahuasca, a potent hallucinogen, is legal in the US for practitioners of Santo Daime, even though I can't legally acquire ayahuasca for my own personal use. Of course, I think ayahuasca and other safe hallucinogens ought to be legal anyway).
4. The banning of the Burka as its a security risk.
Burkas bother me. I absolutely hate what they represent. But I have a hard time getting behind this one.
5 .(this ones all encompassing, not just Muslims) Child Benefit only payed for 1st 2 children and then your on your own. For new immigrants no benefits and healthcare until you have paid into the system for 2 years.
If You come to actively integrate and contribute you will live a good life. If you don't? Then these are the rules and if you don't agree? Tough shit.
I like this one. It would definitely slow down immigration of the parasitic class. Requiring two years before you can receive UK health benefits would ensure those coming there for it would be in it for the long haul, and not just taking advantage. The system is going to break if anyone in the damn EU can just cross the border and get in line without paying a pence.
One of my most pleasant medical experiences was a minor procedure I had done in London. It was the second time I had the procedure done, the first time being in America, where it didn't take. Even with insurance paying the majority of the cost, my parent's part of the bill was almost $700 dollars for this ten minute minor corrective procedure. I walked everywhere when I lived abroad and my foot was in constant pain, while visiting London one time I decided to see if I could get something done about it. A mere $200 dollars later, and I haven't had any trouble with it since. Even without the healthcare benefits of citizens, medical care in the UK is relatively inexpensive. Anyone ought to be able to wait out the two years, as long as life saving medical intervention is an exception. If they can't wait it out, then staying home might be a good option for them.
Ugh, and children. In the US incentives for having children are annoying. All it does is encourage people who can't even afford to support themselves to have liters of kids. We need incentives for the more affluent and educated to reproduce, not incentives for every obese single woman to fill every corner of her trailer with grimy FAS suffering children so our tax dollars can pay for them.
And by the way. Are fundamentalist Christian and Jews causing worldwide disharmony in societies due to mass immigration and intolerance?
They are not. I completely agree that the Muslim issue is a real legitimate problem. But I feel there is a better way to go about it than outright discrimination, which is what some of your solutions sound like to me.
Again, it is hard not to draw the parallels between this and the "Mexican problem" in the US. A lot of people are scared shitless because some formerly white regions have become mostly brown, complete with signs in Spanish, and many people that don't understand more than a handful of words in English. These areas often come with high crime rates, which is a real issue. Forcing conformity to US culture in these areas would accomplish nothing, high crime rates are due to poverty and poor or ineffective education. Those are the issues that need to be addressed in these regions, not limiting the "brown" influence or making sure middle aged immigrants are required to learn English.
For the most part the issue is ignorance. These people had the misfortune of being born into cultures that collectively believe in and value this backwards archaic bullshit. Education is the key here, not discrimination and ill attitudes which will only ramp up the distrust and discord.