A Muslim community in Britain
Immigration and political asylum requests by people of Islamic background, in the United States of America and Western Europe, have doubled more than expected in recent years.
As they settle, society`s influence and integration change their mind and attitudes against Islam, the religion they belonged to. These young girls begin to realize that `Islam` is a religion of burden, discrimination, and domination against women, forcing women to stay indoors rather than the freedom and happiness they are looking for.
To follow Western life, some ignore the dominant rules of the Islamic religion and even choose to stop wearing the traditional Muslim headscarves. It is then that trouble starts brewing.
Devout Muslim parents who can`t handle the influence of the Western cultures that the Muslim girls are following become violent overnight, especially the males.
A Muslim girl who refuses to listen to her parents receives death threats from her father. Some girls are brutally murdered by their families. This is totally insane.
In Belgium, I interviewed a Muslim woman, with two beautiful twin girls, married to a Jamaican, if she isn`t scared of her life of marrying a Christian. `Scared of what? It`s my life, Islam doesn`t tell me what to do, she said.
One thing Muslims living elsewhere than their countries of origin have to understand is that society influences people. One can take a horse to the river, but can`t force the animal to drink if not thirsty.
Thus, if the girls do not want to follow the Islamic doctrine any longer, they should leave them alone. Killing is not a solution.
Instead of killing a Muslim woman in Europe or America, for `bringing dishonor on her family` as they say, they must return to the countries of origin.
Muslim men must begin to understand that marrying a woman doesn`t make her his property. Women must equally get the same respect they give to their men.
Meryl Streep
The film is not only entertainment but also generates a lot of money for the industry, especially when the film is good. Many films are based on true events, and some of the stories are very inspiring.
Regarding Margaret Thatcher, the former British Prime Minister`s film `The Iron Lady` role played by which Meryl Streep, in my point of view, I see nothing special about Margaret Thatcher that her story has to be acted upon as a film.
Margaret Thatcher was one of the biggest racists who supported Apartheid in her era. As prime minister, she opposes immigrants, and even though it was wrong for immigrants to get council houses ahead of `white citizens.'
Yet she forgets that Jamaican immigrants were those who built the British railway connection with blood, sweat, and tears.
During her rule as Britain`s prime minister, South Africa suffered naked repression of terrorist acts, at the hands' successive Apartheid governments, without emotion, and when the victims and anti-apartheid activists and the ANC tried to fight for justice, she branded them as `terrorists.'
It isn`t amazing when David Cameron, the present prime minister, tries to disassociate himself from Margaret Thatcher due to her bad policies during the Apartheid era.
I quote `Mr. Mandela was one of the greatest men alive. The mistakes my party made in the past with respect to relations with ANC and sanctions on South Africa make it more important to listen now, said Mr. David Cameron.
What makes Margaret Thatcher's governance so special to earn her the name `Iron Lady'? I don't even think South Africa would welcome this film when released.
According to Saturday's edition, December 3, 2011, of ``, Baroness Thatcher will not see a film of her life, because she does not watch films or programs about her. How could she watch when her bad conscience and wrongdoings haunt her while watching programs of herself?
I am really surprised that a great actress like Meryl Streep could accept a role, portraying Margaret Thatcher in a film, knowing very well the crimes this woman committed against humanity during her era in South Africa.
Film lovers may enjoy this film, but victims of racism, discrimination, and apartheid will put this film in the trash even when distributed free of charge.
The European Union flag
The European Union was formed to boost the relations between the governments of the European countries and to strengthen trade and commerce.
The members of unified Europe then came out with one common currency known as the 'Euro.'
The problem the union is currently facing is adequately enough to know that the union has brought disaster and calamity upon the member states and the economy than the effective trade and boost of the economy planned previously before the union was formed.
The current position in Europe is very fragile. Many have lost their jobs, firms and industries have gone bankrupt, industries and factories permanently shut down and prices of commodities twice more expensive than before, making the life of the common man unbearable.
To save the situation, the union is financially helping the worst affected countries within the union but yet progress is still far. The question many Europeans are asking is if the countries should go back to their old currencies.
But would that solve the problem? The economy is already in very bad shape, that may many years to salvage it.
From every angle, the European Union is a total failure, since the goals on which the union was built couldn`t be achieved.
