This is kind of an oxymoron isn't it?
"Now I have nothing against the religion in and of itself but there's no denying the risk it poses to us. "
Yes, lets go back to the days of the crusades, the Spanish inquisition, and lynching people in the streets because they are "different" than "us".
Then of course who would we get to cook and serve our food in restaurants and wash the dishes afterwards, spend all day on a scooter delivering food to our homes because we're too lazy to walk a few blocks, do the dirty work on our farms, clean our houses and hotel rooms, drive our trucks, build our houses, etc., etc., all for a wage that almost amounts to slavery???
Not an oxymoron at all.
Turn it round. What if our religion(s) would change their culture and habits in their countries? Would they allow that to happen? I think not.
We, however, have to allow that to happen because of laws and chit we came up with ourselves. Equal rights this and that, freedom of religion and so on.
And those things are okay in themselves but when they were created they didn't (have to) think about the problems we're dealing with now. Like the mass influx of M refugees in our countries and the impact of that.
We have come to accept them and all they bring and are, but most of them do not do us the same courtesy. What it comes down to is that they use the laws that were created to protect people against us and force us to change our own culture, rituals, habits, and so on.
And that isn't right. We could co-exist but they don't seem to want that. They want to change us and our entire way of being and living.
And they don't hesitate to use violence to get there. Young girls and women aren't safe anymore, they get pulled off their bicycles, threatened with knives, verbally & physically assaulted & harassed.
Where's the gratitude for being safe, having a proper house and all the luxuries that come with it, smart phones, as good as free healthcare while the Dutch pay a fortune per month, and so on?
And if they choose to live and dress the way they do & want according to their religion in their own country, I ain't biotching. Their country, their rules.
That's why I said, I have no problem with it.
When I visit a mosque I have to put on a headscarf. I do that out of respect for their culture.
In many of their countries women have to cover their wrists. Even Caucasian women must do this, and they do.
Where the reciprocity in respecting
our ways and our culture? It doesn't exist.
Who would work the less paid jobs? Not so well educated people usually and often also people who choose to do that work and are simply okay doing it. Over here also Eastern Europeans.
Pay that equals slavery doesn't exist in The Netherlands. We have set minimum wages, and by law a set number of days off per year (average of 23 days, some jobs 28), unemployment benefit, sickness benefit, and oftentimes pension.
Low income groups get rent and healthcare allowance. The amount depends on income.
Everyone who works automatically gets these things.
That's not to say that having low income means you live a life in luxury but certainly not close to slavery.