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Polonia in scandinavian countries [23]
Cultural differences can cause a lot of difficulties because the differing values can prevent cohesive society.
Not all cultures are equal, but I don't know of any that don't at least have something good to offer.
Muslim countries other religions are not looked well upon
Two baptist churches in a small, well-to-do English village I know look upon eachother as infidels!
I know a small number of Bahais who came from Iran and Iraq. Their religion, being much younger than either Islam or Christianity (neither is it a dodgy sect) is being legislated against in Iran, Egypt, and probably a few other Islamic countries too. These countries' views on much older religions such as Zoroastrianism, seem to be slightly better, but they have a long way to go.
The opinions of individuals are usually more than balanced out by the prevailing attitudes of cultural minorities' religious and community practises, especially when they feel under threat. It does seem strange how some groups of people react to countries that shelter them from opression and war in their own countries.
I don't think the age-old mixture of Finns, Swedes and Sami has been able to teach the Finnish state much about different ethnic groups or different cultures making Finland their home. But I'd be interested to find out more, as I find Finland to be an intereseting country.
Unfortunately, there are no simple answers.
