Source: populardoctrine.com
A very interesting read on the merits of Islam
Source: news.bbc.co.uk
It is an uncomfortable conclusion from happiness research data perhaps - but multicultural communities tend to be less trusting and less happy. Research by the Home Office suggests that the more ethnically diverse an area is, the less people are likely to trust each other.
Source: Reuters
Immigrants in the Netherlands have had enough. Four years ago, populist Pim Fortuyn promised voters in Rotterdam he would stop the building of a huge new mosque near the city's Feyenoord soccer stadium.
Source: voanews.com
-- Belgium is still reeling from the aftershock of the racially motivated killings of an African nanny and her two-year-old charge. The 18-year-old murderer said he set out to kill foreigners.
In a dry glacial valley, 1000m above sea level and 40 miles from the coast of Antarctica, a friend of mine was shown the mummified remains of a seal.
Source: service.spiegel.de
Multiculturalism has failed, or so everyone says. So now what? Should Germany toss out its 6.7 million foreigners? Populist barroom politics won't do the nation any good. Germans old and new need to find the will to get along.
In an age of increasing immigration and rising demand for tolerance of diversity, to what degree should multiculturalism matter in the United States?
Source: Canadiac Press
Another victory for multicultural double standards!
Source: msnbc.msn.com
Farewell, multiculturalism. A cartoon backlash is pushing Europe to insist upon its values.
Source: abc.net.au
Federal Treasurer Peter Costello has been accused of playing wedge politics with the comments he has made about multiculturalism.
Source: theage.com.au
In recent days, Australian leaders have made some alarming remarks about immigration in Australia. Immigrants into Australia should take "Australian values" over their own when they immigrate. Can anyone define what "Australian values" are?
Source: Bankstown-Canterbury Torch
Campsie is a very multicultural area, and is home to the largest concentration of Koreans in Australia. Shopping is diverse -- Chinese, Indian, Arab, Greek and other ethnic outlets vie for space in the Campsie Centre and along the strip mall of Beamish Street.