by Liriena » Thu May 05, 2016 10:01 am

If the German people do not believe in religious rights for all, they are free to abandon their constitutional principles and every human rights treaty they've ever signed. I'm sure the international community will not bat an eye at it.



The Islamic faith is not without its problems, and some of them are ancient and deeply ingrained. These problems do have to be addressed, and a healthy reform must be encouraged.



However, caving into the far-right's hateful, paranoid rhetoric is not a solution. It's like trying to cure the flu with an autoimmune disease.



Much as I may dislike many of her policies, I do hope Merkel will continue to hold German xenophobia and religious prejudice at bay for the duration of the current crisis. History has provided human civilization with several examples of how giving power to far-right populism in a time of crisis, while understandable, is as myopic as it is irresponsible, and can have severe, long-lasting consequences.