[Adventurer]

What a shame.
I was never racist before believing for many years that the world should be a melting pot. People living together in harmony whatever their colour or creed and not causing harm or hindrance to others.
Fanatics and fundamentalists of all creeds fall outside of this + unfortunately Muslims in general.
Islam as a religion is just about the only one in a general, meaningful and practical sense that wants everyone to live under Islamic ways and laws. Most religions accept that people are different and are happy to live and let live. Islam does not believe this. Moderate Muslims- there are hardly any such people. The only reason some Muslims pay lip service by saying they deplore the violence etc is due to the society they live in and not what they really believe.
I suggest that you speak to Muslims who seem to be moderate and 'westernised' as I have done. I have had many colleagues and acquaintances who are Muslim and seemingly carrying on with their normal lives in a similar way to most other people. But when you discuss matters with them deeply, as I have done, it is absolutely amazing to hear the brainwashed ideological clap trap that comes out. It would not matter if it was only meant to effect their lives and not others but ridiculously they think that all should suffer in their ways.
For instance one of my friends was a young lady in her 20's who is a 1st class honours graduate from Oxford University with a top job earning over 100K GB Pounds a year and practicing aerobics and a variety of other modern pursuits with a seemingly (on the surface at least) very westernised outlook. She would never wear a hajib or robes, but when I visited her family home it was almost like walking into the dark ages with various religious scrolls all over the place etc.
And when having reasonably meaningful chats with her about life and philosophy etc i was quite surprised to find out that deep down she believed that the world should be Islam and even UK should be an Islamic state etc. You may ask why she told me? It is because I enjoy this type of discussion and can be quite insistent that people answer me probing questions etc..
I now realise that the one large faith that cannot live with the rest of humanity in a decent, tolerant and understanding way is Islam. And I am very upset with myself for now despising Islam and Muslims in general, especially as it goes against my basic feelings and beliefs.
Without being too dramatic I think this problem is going to get worse and worse in the World as Islam does not accept the premise of Live & Let Live.
What the solution to this will be heaven only knows. I doubt a solution exists.
When you have believers of a faith like this thinking that they will go to everlasting paradise when they give up their lives in suicide bombs etc. what possible chance has anyone got to persuade them otherwise?? And it cannot be too long before technology will enable them to have small nuclear bombs, and incredibly potent poisons for the water systems, and all manner of new biological warfare that we have as yet not even thought about.
For this inevitable advance in mass destruction technology the world has much to fear and I suggest that there is a strong possibility that the earth and humanity will probably end up destroying a large percentage of themselves in the next few 100 years if not this century.
In conclusion New Zealand would in my opinion be a far better place without Muslims, so if the original posting helps to dissuade Muslims from coming to new Zealand, so much the better.

I would ask that any moderator rereads what I have written before considering about removing my post. It is my personal opinion borne out of experience and I am not being rude nor vulgar.