Wu Ting Feng wrote on Nov 5
th, 2018 at 12:24pm:
How about you? What do you think of multiculturalism?
I think it's fine if you integrate. Bulgarian Muslims on official data are around 11% but we don't have active mosques in our big cities. Varna, a city with almost half a million people has only one mosque, it's on Baba Tonka Street, and I've never seen it working, or Muslims going there. It's desolate. We also have a law that prohibits them from playing any sounds on their speakers; they have no speakers on mosques.
Islam in Bulgaria is merely a tradition; left from ancient times. Muslims here celebrate Christmas, Easter, Saint Nicholas of Myra's day, etc. They don't celebrate the typical Muslim holidays like Kurban Bayram and such.
Turks here also speak Bulgarian. Only 20-30% of the Turks in Bulgaria can speak some Turkish. They don't dress differently. They don't have an attachment for Turkey or the Middle East. Our Turks' and Arabs' IQ is much higher than your typical gibbon. We've succesfully integrated them. Now we're on a path to integrate the gypsies. It appears it's working. They're becoming much more civilised. We're integrating them through violence and then friendship mostly, like the "bad cop god cop routine", and I know it may sound cruel, but it works.
One of the best Bulgarian actors is Bashar Rahal (بشار رحال). He's born in Dubai but doesn't even speak Arabic. I'd say he's my most favourite actor in Bulgaria, together with some other younger guys.
My two best friends in middle school and around when I was a kid were Turks. Like I said, they're completely integrated. You cannot tell they're Turks or anything like that.
That's way different than what I see in Germany. You won't ever see a Turkish flag being raised in Bulgaria, but in Germany...