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Originally Posted by blankall
Do people really think that education is the solution? Or that change will come naturally? Have you not looked at a newspaper in the last 10 years? Things are going the exact opposite way. These fundamentalist behaviours are not traditional behaviours that are slowly being wiped out. In fact, it's the opposite, these are new behaviours that are being imposed recently. Look at pictures of places like Iran, Afghanistan, or even Saudi Arabia from 40 years ago. These communities were far more liberal than they are today.
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This is a good point. The notion that Islamic societies naturally move away from conservative religious mores doesn't hold up. Look at Turkey - it's far less secular than it was even 15 years ago.
So I guess what we're hoping for is assimilation into broader Canadian norms. But isn't that something we don't like to push in Canada?