Peace Village
Just for a little change from all the Islamophobia and such. :)
"The homes come with separate living rooms for men and women. Streets are named Bashir, Zafrulla Khan, and Abdus Salam. And every house has a view of the mosque, visible from miles around.
This is Peace Village, a residential housing development in a Toronto suburb that caters to Muslims -- but is open to anyone.
It grew around a small mosque that sprouted in the early 1990s in a corn field along a desolate highway in this nondescript suburb of Toronto, Canada's largest metropolis with five million residents, where one in two people are immigrants."
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/A_Peace_Village_in_Canada_...
hmmm ... now i can think of buying a house in a Peace Village!!
This is indeed very informative article and am sure in every place small communities makes their societies to keep their cultural alive which is very common.
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I was actually thinking that if I ever move back to Canada this might be a cool neighbourhood to live in, especially after my expereinces here. Then I realized not only can I not afford a 500,000$ house but I would have to live near Toronto. ick. :P (kidding)
"How come I can pick my ears but not my nose? Who made up that rule anyway? How come you say that's the way it is, that's just the way it goes, maybe you should decide for yourself what you can do and what you can say." Ani Difranco
interesting read G.
great article Gypsy..good to see a postive article circulated here although i wonder how long this thread will go before the bickering begins again. Cant say you didnt try though....
Thanks DaRude. With all the bickering on this site sometimes we seem to forget that their are people out there who are making multiculturalism work. :)
"How come I can pick my ears but not my nose? Who made up that rule anyway? How come you say that's the way it is, that's just the way it goes, maybe you should decide for yourself what you can do and what you can say." Ani Difranco
Great impressed with that and with you am already :D
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I can only speak from what I see from the families of friends of mine. My family has been in Canada from about 20,000 BC at the latest to 1650 at the eariliest. :) We're pretty well adapted at this point. LOL.
"How come I can pick my ears but not my nose? Who made up that rule anyway? How come you say that's the way it is, that's just the way it goes, maybe you should decide for yourself what you can do and what you can say." Ani Difranco
I already see the difference between my parents generation and mine for instance.
Stay safe all.
Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?
I can see the worry about ghettoization, but to me it's always seemed that people only segregate themselves for the first generation, then as there children are more well adapted to the culture, they move out and join the rest of the multicultural mosaic.
"How come I can pick my ears but not my nose? Who made up that rule anyway? How come you say that's the way it is, that's just the way it goes, maybe you should decide for yourself what you can do and what you can say." Ani Difranco
While i'm not too surprised to read about it, i'm kinda torn about this concept.
On one hand it highlights Canada's openess and readyness to cater to the specific needs of its immigrants...but on the other hand, it reinforces segregation (eventhough it may be voluntary).
I would much rather see all of Canada's immigrant communities living side by side...practicing their unique cultures (as long as they are not infringing on others rights)...and sharing the wonderfully unique and rich world view they bring to our mosaic society.
But I guess its human nature (espcially when first confronted with an alien culture) to seek comfort in the familiar....which is why we have little Italys and China towns etc...in our cities.
Stay safe all.
Perfection does not exist. The question therefore, is: what level of imperfection are we willing to settle for?