Genesis,
I am all for what people want for their own country.
Qatar has lost its identity but there is no harm in trying to recover it. The only difference between Switzerland (as an example among many others) and Qatar, is that people here have little or no say in the destiny of their country.
What is happening in Europe and in some extent in the non-Muslim countries, is a result of reacting to what is happening in the world - a high visibility of Islamic Extremism silently witnessed by the Muslim world.
Before I came to Qatar I was all for diversity. I do come from that background and grew up in such society, where color, religion, race, or whatever other criteria, cannot be an issue for discrimination. Sadly, the experience of living here in Qatar, the observation of this society and the reaction to invasive and aggressive imposition at several levels of believes, philosophies and life styles, is turning me into bitter and less tolerant.
Similar to the change in my perception, nations also change, reacting from what they observe and learn.
My hope is that when I do go back to Canada, I will forget all this quasi traumatic experience and stop associating it with Muslims or Islam and become again the tolerant person I was before coming to Qatar.
Genesis,
I am all for what people want for their own country.
Qatar has lost its identity but there is no harm in trying to recover it. The only difference between Switzerland (as an example among many others) and Qatar, is that people here have little or no say in the destiny of their country.
What is happening in Europe and in some extent in the non-Muslim countries, is a result of reacting to what is happening in the world - a high visibility of Islamic Extremism silently witnessed by the Muslim world.
Before I came to Qatar I was all for diversity. I do come from that background and grew up in such society, where color, religion, race, or whatever other criteria, cannot be an issue for discrimination. Sadly, the experience of living here in Qatar, the observation of this society and the reaction to invasive and aggressive imposition at several levels of believes, philosophies and life styles, is turning me into bitter and less tolerant.
Similar to the change in my perception, nations also change, reacting from what they observe and learn.
My hope is that when I do go back to Canada, I will forget all this quasi traumatic experience and stop associating it with Muslims or Islam and become again the tolerant person I was before coming to Qatar.