Just thought I'd point out that in the article about Islam I linked to in the previous post, there's an interesting passage about the tendency of governments to look the other way when Muslim immigrants import their more distasteful practices. The authors cite the case of a Tunisian immigrant community in Sicily which practices infibulation & polygamy without prosecution. The conclusion is worth thinking about, even where Islam isn't at issue:
One the whole, this creates an asymmetry among citizens before the law, by virtue of which some minorities are first protected, but then become privileged. And this proves the incompatibility of radical multiculturalism and the rule of law.
Bingo!
