[ENG] Discussie

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Morgen heb ik een mondeling Engels waarbij ik in discussie moet gaan met de docent over een bepaald onderwerp. Ik heb gekozen om het over de Deense cartoons te doen, omdat het gesprek dan ook nog wel over de Islam op zich kan gaan en het hierdoor dus niet zo heel beperkt blijft.

Als eerste opzetje heb ik de volgende tekst gemaakt:

At 30 september last year, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published its twelve Muhammad cartoons. For months after publication, no mainstream media said anything about the cartoons, but when they decide to divide some attention to the case, there was a lot of protest against Denmark. Islamic people decide tot boycott Danish products and they set Danish flags on fire. Main question now is: Did Europian newspaper make the right decision when the choose to publicate the cartoons again?

Many people asked what’s wrong with the cartoons. They say that it is just a freedom of expression to publicise the cartoons. Muslims said that the cartoons might not be publicised because in the Koran stands that it is forbidden to depict Mohammed. Some people react on that by saying that nowhere was said that it was Mohammed on the cartoons.

The people who published the cartoons said that they just want to "break the Taboo of Islam" and to "enforce the Muslims". But why do they publish it to enforce the Muslims? What’s the main idea of this? In my opinion there is no reason to enforce a group. The only result is that there is a lot of protest against Denmark. And why should people try to break the Taboo of the Islam. It is not our religion so why should we try to break the Taboo of Islam? I think that it must me there own choose if they want to do things who do not fit with the Koran.

A big problem is that Muslims try to impose their rules and laws wherever they settle in Europe. Muslim culture simply seems to be incompatible with European way of life. A lot of secular Muslims do integrate (a minority), but the great majority just don't fit it.

Heeft iemand nog tips over wat ik moet veranderen of over wat ik nog kan toevoegen? En hoe kan ik me het beste voorbereiden op een dergelijke discussie?

Alvast bedankt voor de reacties!

On 30 September last year, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published twelve Muhammad cartoons. For months after publication, no mainstream media said anything about the cartoons, but when they decided to draw some attention to the case, there was a lot of protest against Denmark. Islamic people decide to boycott Danish products and they set Danish flags on fire. The main question is: did European newspapers make the right decision when they chose to publish the cartoons?

Many people asked what is wrong with the cartoons. They say that publishing the cartoons is only part of freedom of speech. Muslims said that the cartoons should not have been published, because the Koran says that it is forbidden to make pictures of Muhammed. Some people reacted on that point of view by saying that it is not sure that it was actually Muhammed on the cartoons.

The people who published the cartoons said that they just want to "break the taboo of islam" and to "strenghten the muslims". But why did they published it to strenghten the muslims? What is the main idea of this? In my opinion there is no reason to strenghten a group. The only result is that there is a lot of protest against Denmark. And why should people try to break the taboo of the islam? It is not their religion, so why should they try to break this taboo? I think it is their own choice when they want to publish cartoons that are contradictory with muslim beliefs.

A big problem is that muslims try to force their rules and laws in cultures whenever they settle in Europe. Muslim culture simply seems to be incompatible with European way of life. A lot of secular Muslims do integrate (a minority), but the great majority just don't fit it.

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Wel hier en daar heel erg rare fouten, en de laatste alinea is grote onzin.

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Sylph schreef op 22-03-2006 @ 15:58 :
Wel hier en daar heel erg rare fouten, en de laatste alinea is grote onzin.

Mijn engels is ook erg belabberd, en het gaat hier om een mening. Daar hoef je het niet mee eens te zijn

[Barry K]

A majority of all muslim people are not willing to make significant changes in their way of thinking, they have such a strong believein their own culture/believes that they bring over their 'message' in a very obstrusive way

Ik zou meer zoiets zeggen in je laatste alinea

[Barry K]

En hoe ging het?