The far-right and anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders is heading for a massive parliamentary election victory. It's one of the biggest political upsets in Dutch politics since World War II and one that is bound to send shockwaves through Europe.
It’s no different than Christianity, except they don’t believe Jesus was the son of God. The people following the religion are just as varied as Christians. Some people are fundamentalists, while others are extremely liberal, and consider themselves merely spiritual and call themselves christians.
It’s an interesting one this. My wife’s mum is Iranian and my brother in law is Pakistani and I’ve heard (so take this with a metric tonne of salt) that families that emmigrated from middle Eastern cultures are often much more strict that those who didn’t.
This is simply because the community in the country the emmigrated to is much smaller and more isolated so doesnt allow views to slowly shift as easily as in a large group where you can more easily find like minded people if there’s a point you don’t agree with.
But like I said, I’ve only heard this so maybe it’s bs, I’ve never visited either country myself so it’s literally just another’s opinion. But I found it interesting and it made me think a bit more about how hard it must be to feel like you belong in a country different than your origin.
It’s no different than Christianity, except they don’t believe Jesus was the son of God. The people following the religion are just as varied as Christians. Some people are fundamentalists, while others are extremely liberal, and consider themselves merely spiritual and call themselves christians.
I think Christianity is the same backwards blight on humanity as Islam. They’re equal in their hatred of the ‘others’
It’s an interesting one this. My wife’s mum is Iranian and my brother in law is Pakistani and I’ve heard (so take this with a metric tonne of salt) that families that emmigrated from middle Eastern cultures are often much more strict that those who didn’t.
This is simply because the community in the country the emmigrated to is much smaller and more isolated so doesnt allow views to slowly shift as easily as in a large group where you can more easily find like minded people if there’s a point you don’t agree with.
But like I said, I’ve only heard this so maybe it’s bs, I’ve never visited either country myself so it’s literally just another’s opinion. But I found it interesting and it made me think a bit more about how hard it must be to feel like you belong in a country different than your origin.
The majority of people in the Netherlands aren’t religious, though. The same goes for some other European countries.
I wasn’t really making a statement on the article so much as the specific comment I responded to.