Kriga wrote:El-Amin Caliphate wrote:That's cultural imperialism. If a country calls itself democratic, it must let people express themselves. Culture is one way of it. Besides, how do you expect people to throw away who they are? It not going to happen, so both sides must learn about one another.
We're not expecting them to throw it away, but again, how do you foster cohesion and unity? Do you let them have their own schools? If you think my proposition is cultural imperialism, then the alternative would be to segregate them.
We shouldn't change our schooling to meet their religious or cultural demands. That distorts unity and breeds tension. I am not saying we should outright convert them to Western values, but as a western, liberal, secular society, we should at least follow the same system we have before they came here, and not change it for their needs. If they come here, they should learn the language and understand the values their host country wants. Otherwise, it breeds nothing but tension and hatred on both sides.
Now that you've cleared it up I see what you're saying. The West could build religious schools though since it already does that. With he Western values thing, I understand what you're saying there too. True, language learning would help, but having Arabic classes would help also.