Be careful about this “our culture” business. “Our history” includes a longstanding and virulent anti-Catholic streak. And “our culture” has changed considerably over the past couple of centuries because of immigration.

“Our nation” may not have been founded by Muslims, but it wasn’t founded by Christians, either, if you define “Christian” as someone who accepts the Doctrine of Trinity.

This country has a long-standing tradition of allowing for communities of religious believers who separate themselves from mainstream culture. The Amish are a good example, but there have been many others, not all of which survive to the present day (like the Shakers). Others, like the Mormons, manage to work their way into the mainstream. And some, like Orthodox Jews in New York City, manage to maintain a separate culture even while living in the midst of mainstream culture. Not everyone “assimilates,” and that’s OK as long as they aren’t interfering with anyone else.

THAT’S what this nation was founded on.

Of course not. It is up to them to assimilate into our culture, not for us to assimilate into theirs. If they want to ring bells five times a day, that’s okay because its what I am accustomed to. I just don’t want to hear a voice, in a foreign language, coming across a loud speaker five times a day (however unlikely this would be for me personally). This nation was founded on religious freedom - but it wasn’t founded by Muslims.

Every time they say “freedom” it acts like hitting one of those Chinese gongs that’s so loud you can’t hardly think. You’re supposed to immediately chime agreement.

They’re facists. There’s no more accurate description.

Picking a high number, say 5 million muslims in the US, that means we are 98.4% non-muslim. I would say that the “fear” of waking up “to the call of a muzzein,” implies that EVERYONE would be forced to wake up to that sound (as opposed to maybe a random small enclave here and there like you find with the Hasidics in New York, or the various Chinatowns across the country). So, I assume that for this “call of the muzzein” to become that ubiquitous in the US, the country would have to be AT LEAST 50% muslim.

That would mean that if NO ONE other than muslims imigrated, we would still need around 296,000,000 muslims to immigrate (and no one else), and for the rest of the US population to stay stagnant (ie no one has any kids). First of all, this is unreasonable, on so many levels, and even if it was not, it would take at least a century or two for this happen, and it would require one in four of all muslims throughout the world moving to the US, while no one else does.

Or do they think the evil muslims will do a mass land invasion and try to conquer and occupy a country of 300 million?

We, the largest military in the world, can’t even occupy a country of 30 million, yet 300 million people are to be subjugated so easily?

And, if we fear this muslim invasion (be it through migration or warfare), then why are these same GOP’ers trying to ban all the Catholic latinos from entering the country as well? If they really think 300,000,000 muslims are about to march across our borders, wouldn’t it be wise to counteract that with a whole bunch of Catholics if they fear the Muslim so much?

PLEASE I am begging for some rightwinger to explain the logisitics behind this idea that this country of 300,000,000 that is 98.4% non-muslim is “going to wake up” and suddenly find itself ruled by Islamic Sharia Law.

It is like saying that Russia and Pakistan combined will “wake up” one morning to find itself ruled by eskimos.

Indeed, my Muslim friends never complained about the Catholic church bells ringing, calling out for worship several times almost every day of the week. In fact, one remarked that he rejoiced that people were called to worship [the same God] in so many different ways.