Off Topic — HabitableZone

Off Topic » in reply to I would guess they're less afraid to be Muslim in Belguim.

On intimidation

Go over the news for the last year or two and find out who has rioted and made threats over simple cartoons, or other imagined slights against their religion.

There is only one religion in Europe where slighting it in public can get you put on a death list.

The number of hate crimes against Muslims in the United States is almost nil. In 2005, the number of hate crime incidents listed by the FBI against Muslims was 128.

In 2000, this number was 28. In 2001, it "soared" to 481. 2002, it was 155. 2003, 149. 2004, 156.

This is in a nation with a population of 300 million, including somewhere between 2 to 3 million Muslims, and under conditions of considerable provocation and negative press.

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