by Auggie » 16 Feb 2018, 18:27
johnsmith wrote:CaesarAugustus wrote:I believe in democracy .... as it stands, Australia will never be an islamic state.
How do you know?
educated guess.
But If at some point I'm wrong, you can come back and tell me.
Ok, let's assume that at some point in the future, Australia has a Muslim population of 15%. If at least half of those 15% don't integrate into society and support the Islamist project, and assuming that Australia's population is about 40 million, that is about 3 million people. If those 3 million people are organized, and make up some important political constituencies, they could have some influence over the political process. Whilst it won't result in sharia law, it could result in changing attitudes toward ideas such as freedom of speech, etc.
In Canada recently, there was a Muslim-Canadian MP who introduced a Bill to criminalize criticism of Islam. Why did she do it? Because she had a large Muslim constituency who pressured her to pass the law. Now, it didn't become law, and instead a resolution was passed in the Parliament; but it shows that MPs are being subject to their demands of their constituencies, particularly if those constituents are migrants.
It is not unreasonable to predict that politicians will be politicians and attempt to appease their constituents. If a large constituency consisted of Islamists, then more MPs would be compelled (although they may not personally agree with it) to support erosions of existing institutions.
[quote="johnsmith"][quote="CaesarAugustus"][quote]I believe in democracy .... as it stands, Australia will never be an islamic state.[/quote]
How do you know?[/quote]
educated guess.
But If at some point I'm wrong, you can come back and tell me.[/quote]
Ok, let's assume that at some point in the future, Australia has a Muslim population of 15%. If at least half of those 15% don't integrate into society and support the Islamist project, and assuming that Australia's population is about 40 million, that is about 3 million people. If those 3 million people are organized, and make up some important political constituencies, they could have some influence over the political process. Whilst it won't result in sharia law, it could result in changing attitudes toward ideas such as freedom of speech, etc.
In Canada recently, there was a Muslim-Canadian MP who introduced a Bill to criminalize criticism of Islam. Why did she do it? Because she had a large Muslim constituency who pressured her to pass the law. Now, it didn't become law, and instead a resolution was passed in the Parliament; but it shows that MPs are being subject to their demands of their constituencies, particularly if those constituents are migrants.
It is not unreasonable to predict that politicians will be politicians and attempt to appease their constituents. If a large constituency consisted of Islamists, then more MPs would be compelled (although they may not personally agree with it) to support erosions of existing institutions.
