well first off, the muslims aren't the majority at all in athens. so therefore no.
the kurds represent the vast majority of kurdistan
By this line of reasoning, would you be willing to redraw the international borders between the USA and Mexico in Texas, so that those portions of south Texas that are more Mexican than gringo could become part of Mexico?
And perhaps while we are at it, cede the Cuban parts of south Florida to Cuba, the Canadian parts of northern Vermont to Canada, and the entire states of Minnesota and Wisconsin to Norway and Sweden.
Before you say that those who want to live in those cultures already have countries they can migrate to, consider this. Since northern Iraq is already considered to be an autonomous Kurdistan, why not just tell all Turkish Kurds who want to be part of Kurdistan to move across the border and quite fighting against the majority of Kurds in Turkey who do NOT wish for an independent Kurdistan?
Further, one could certainly make a case that the USA ought to relenquish governing authority over the Native American populations within its borders and set each of those Indian nations up as independent countries completely autonomous from American government. At least we could give Hawaii back to the Hawaiians and and create the countries of Eskimo and Inyuit out of Alaska and northern Canada.
As you and I live both in the USA, let us get our own house in order before we continue to impose our views on other countries. I think Turkey is in a better position to deal with this issue than we are.
and i think that if the U.K. has cities that are majoriy muslims, i wouldn't mind the shariah being implemented but ONLY for muslims. i wouldn't let the laws be applied for non muslims, and only certain areas should have it. and it should be a malaysia type shariah, not saudi arabia.
And should an independent Kurdistan be created, from which other countries is it to be formed. From just northern Iraq and eastern Turkey? Shouldn't part of Iran and perhaps Syria and some other countries also be included in it. And then, would the laws of the Kurds be applied to Iranians, Iraqis, Turks, Syrians and others who live within those borders?
I see from your previous post that you also support independent countries for the Quebecois and Basque. Exactly how small are you willing to go in carving up existing nations to create new nations for every ethnic group? Should the Hmong people of the highlands of Vietnam and Laos have their own country too? How about the native people of Taiwan/Formosa (or whatever you all it) before Chiang Kai-shek ran there with his nationalistic Chinese forces and imposed their will on those who lived there before them? Certainly the Mapuche of Chile, who never bowed to the Spanish conquistadores should be given southern Chile as their own country, except of course there are some other ethnic groups living their besides the Mapuche. Does each island in the Philippines become an independent country?
Interesting that in your England senario that only certain areas of these communities that are majority muslims would have shariah law applied. Could we determine it on a block by block basis? This block is predominately Muslim, where we have Shariah law. The next one isn't, here we don't have Shariah law. And if one block is predominantly Muslim from Saudi Arabia, why can't they have the Saudi form of Sharia law? Can we do the same thing in Austin where you live while we are at it, Thirdwatch? I'm sure that there are parts of Austin that are majority Muslim.
I get the emotions of your argument. But the realities of it are such a slippery slope that I fear the world could never recover.
