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Originally Posted by Centropolis
why do the jewish populations seem so low in european cities? my knee-jerk is maybe that people don't identify as jewish as much in europe if they are non-practicing.
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More and more are turning ultra religious again here, though. You can see from the way they dress. Like orthodox weirdos. It's pretty strange to see.
And some are fleeing to Israel or to other developed countries (some to Canada as Acajack mentioned) cause they no longer feel safe in this country that's always been theirs.
Heck, even the local Catholic community that has yet been rather relaxed and open-minded for long is somewhat tense these days.
It's all because of the mess of radical Islam - that is the money of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and such to fund their medieval ideology - and the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians that will never end, it seems. Some people, either Jewish or Catholic, feeling threatened are going back to their so called roots, even when it'd be backward and reactionary, in a desperate defensive move.
All of this sucks, looking bad. Indeed, we're not so used to religious attitudes or bigots at all here. The good thing is most are aware of the danger, so we should be able to avoid any serious related trouble, enlightened as we are in that matter.
This is quite a challenge anyway, showing our society must get better.