Why don't Muslims migrate to other Muslim countries instead of the West?
As it stands today, the so called Muslim countries don't really follow true Islam, and especially the teachings of social welfare and justice system of Islam. The real Islam is overtaken by various new and innovative versions of Islam, which, for the sake of this question we can call Islam 2. Various Islam 2.x versions of Islam, which are benefitting only the extremists, politicians, thugs, corrupt, royals and the rich, have made the so called Muslim countries very unattractive places to live. Remember, matters of the state and matters of religion has a separation in a true Islamic system, but we see the opposite in most of the Muslim countries these days.The Western countries maintain a separation between religion and state matters, and by far and large follow the social system which doesn't exist in most of the Muslim countries any longer, and which actually indeed was there in many of the Muslim countries until few decades ago (1970s), up until the rise of the extremists.The above is the major reason why citizens, whether Muslims or not, of the so called Muslim countries, migrate to the West where they have freedom and can live a productive and happier life.Unfortunately, extremism in the West is also on the rise lately.When it comes to war situation, reality is that majority of the affected Muslims migrate to other Muslim countries. Its only a small number which migrates to the West. And since West makes a lot of noise about it, so you feel like they are migrating to the West.For example, since the start of the soviet war, Pakistan has hosted over 1.5 million Afghan refugees, and this is only the official figure. Unofficial figure is higher. This has been the primary cause of the rise of the jihadists in Pakistan, coming from Afghanistan, trained to fight the Soviet armies. With Soviet armies gone, they brought their 'skills' to Pakistan UNHCR - PakistanSince the start of the Syrian conflicts, over 1.7 million refugees are living in Turkey as of last year. It is higher now. Syrian Refugees in Turkey: The Long Road AheadOver 2.1 million UN registered Syrian refugees are living in Egypt, Iraq and Jordan. UNHCR Syria Regional Refugee Response
Sharia and Democracy Muslims live in non-Islamic countries? 5Q!?
Why do many Muslims live in non-Islamic countries? Why don’t they live in countries which are run by the Islamic law (Sharia)? Why do they want to live in countries which are run by infidel law (Democracy)? Do Muslims who live under infidel law (Democracy) enjoy it? Enjoy it more than (Sharia)? Do westerners (non-Muslims) live under the Islamic law (Sharia)? If so, do they enjoy it?
Why don't Muslims from non-Muslim countries stay in Islamic countries like Saudi Arabia where the Sharia law is practiced?
Language barrier.Arabic is a very difficult language to learn. I had started learning Arabic together with English since I was 5 years old but until now, I cannot communicate with anyone in Arabic but I can write, read and understand English language.Cultural differences.Honestly, in my country, there are a lot of students from Arab but their culture is devastatingly different from us. I cannot understand how they wear black hijab everyday in the humid heat of Malaysia. I would faint by noon. Malaysians are also way gentler compares to the Arabs. Women in Malaysia are very independent and allowed to be independent whereas in Saudi Arabia, they are not allowed to drive (correct me if I am wrong). They also celebrate their Eid differently from us.FoodTheir food, although delicious, I cannot bring myself to eat it everyday. I can eat “masak lemak cili api” and “Nasi Lemak” continously but not their food. Heck, I would even choose Thailand or Indonesian’s food over them. Their food is a NO. My Malaysian tongue will cry if I cannot eat Malay food forever again. The “sambal belacan”, “tempoyak”, “budu” and “durian”.I know some people might get irritated by my answer as I am from Malaysia, a muslim country but I believe that everyone, deep down must have a special attachment to their own country especially if they live their childhood there. We are born in our respective country, we are Muslims not Arab. Who are you to ask them to migrate somewhere else? Migration is not as easy as it sounds.
Why do so many Muslims trample each other to flee Muslim countries but then seek to establish what they ran from in their new country?
IF those Muslims were fleeing their Country for a better life, then, they should have gone to,logically, the nearby Islamic Countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE. where they are so short of qualified manpower that they need to lure mediocre non-Muslims, paying them top dollar and giving them special privileges, housing and workplaces in Shari'a free zones, because, otherwise, the non-Muslims will not go there. The immigrants and "refugees" spend a lot of money [that they claim they do not have] to go the West and work for a pittance, instead; and once they are established there, they begin to demand Islamization of the host country. Why the Liberals are so bent upon supporting the people like these whom the Islamic Countries - Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and UAE are not permitting to enter, since they know exactly what they are like, is beyond me. Because the Muslims Hate Liberal Thought and will kill them all if and when they get in to power.
Why did every Western European country accept so many Muslim immigrants?
I understand in the case of France or UK... they had many former colonies that were Muslim, so naturally they attracted immigrants from these countries, who spoke English or French, who were educated in school systems set up by the British and French, etc. But Germany, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Belgium... these countries never had Muslim colonies... so what is the deal? There is something very suspicious about the whole thing.
What do Europeans think of Muslims who demand that Sharia law be implemented in European lands?
I’m not European, I’m Tunisian. But I’m living in Europe and I think it’s absolutely ludicrous and let me cite my reasons.1- Most of European countries (western Europe at least) are secular, and they made that choice after suffering from the religious driven states for hundreds of years and I find it stupid to try to rollback in time and drive back Europe to the dark ages.2- Most of us muslims (except the ones who were born in Europe) are guests here and we shall respect our hosts and their rules, not doing so is a sign of disrespect at best and great evil at worst.3- I firmly believe the rule of law (democratically and reasonably man made law that is) should be above all “divine laws” in a modern state. That is because laws should evolve to serve the greater good and to protect individual liberties, also laws should be precise and well defined, something most “divine laws” are not; they are often open for “interpretation” sometimes ludicrous interpretations.4- If you want sharia laws you can easily move to Saudi Arabia or Iran or w/e (depending on your version of the laws).5- Some of us have worked really hard to have the chance to live and to fit in a country with values we believe in and with rules we are ready to obey and abide by and folks like those make it harder for us to integrate and to be seen as your average Joe who wants just to work, live and have a laugh now and then.I know I was not supposed to answer this (because I’m not European) and for that I apologize but I am seriously thinking about becoming part of this great EU one day because I truly see it as a force of good in a world dominated by corporate greed and almost stripped naked of all humanity and solidarity, people here help one another even indirectly and as a tax payer I’m glad that I’m contributing to the stability and progress of the community I’m living in, and I truly believe secularism (true secularism that is, with not a favourable position to a religion over another and with true separation between state and church) is a must so that every citizen may be treated equally and so that all individual liberties may be respected.So that’s why I answered the question because someday I want to proudly call myself Tunisian-European.
Why do Western countries and people give a wide berth to Muslim religious laws?
You seem to be under the mistaken belief that Westerners have some kind of law against covering one's head. This just isn't true: there is no such law about this. Westerners consider head apparel to be trivial and irrelevant, by and large. Certainly too trivial to make laws about. The difference is NOT "Muslim countries demand head covering, Western countries demand no head covering". The difference is "Muslim countries demand head covering, Western countries demand freedom to choose for yourself what you do or don't put on your own head". Muslims who come to the UK with headscarves are following UK law perfectly - they simply choose to put a religious signifier on their head. Others choose not to.