Post: #1
Title: Why Muslims seek protection from "non-Muslim" countries?
Author: Mohamed osman Deraij
Date: 03-10-2005, 07:04 AM
How can we explain the lineup of Muslim individuals seeking protection from "non Muslim" Countries?
DOES it mean "Muslims" have failed to produce a "moral system" (like the one of the non-muslim west)that would respect the integrety of the individual and hence proctect her/him against ill-ltreatment, torture, fear, etc?
WHY is there hardly any "Muslim" country that is willing and ready to obsorb the army of asylum seekers from Muslim countries who are every where in the four corners of the globe?
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Post: #2
Title: Re: Why Muslims seek protection from "non-Muslim"
Author: Mohamed A. Salih
Date: 03-10-2005, 09:11 AM
Parent: #1
Deraij:
It is not really a matter of Islamic vs. non-Islamic countries when it comes to Asylum/Refugee. These has to do with the system of governments we have in Muslim countries. Also, there is a large number of Asylum seekers from other non-Islamic countries. Look at the Table below from the US Immigration statistics, which lists top 10 countries with number of asylees approved in 1996.
Asylees, FY 1996:
All countries* 18,556
Yugoslavia 2,205
India 1,709
Haiti 1,491
Soviet Union 1,440
Iraq 918
Guatemala 889
Ethiopia 818
Liberia 694
Cuba 634
Iran 607
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Post: #3
Title: Re: Why Muslims seek protection from "non-Muslim"
Author: Mohamed osman Deraij
Date: 03-10-2005, 02:17 PM
Parent: #2
Dear Mohamed A. Salih:
Thank you for passing by (this is a direct translation from the other platform, lol).
I do agree with your statement that | Quote: It is not really a matter of Islamic vs. non-Islamic countries when it comes to Asylum/Refugee |
. Moreover, the nature of work I do -or rather some of it- 'exposes' me to tens of asylum seekers coming --Ontario-Canada-- from all over the goble. Among them the number of those coming form 'Muslim' countries is very little, and is going down everyday, specially after 9/11. However, what I tried to 'reach' by posing these questions is the issue of why have we failed to egineer a moral system that would provide appropriate guarantees to protect the integrety of the individual as the case with the "non-Muslim" West. Bearing in mind the fact that the 'public discourse' in our world portrays the West as maintaing "relax" moral system that would 'contradict' in some aspects our 'moral values' which are supposedly relying on "God's plans" as their basic source.
Thank you again, and hoping to see you again.
Deraij
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