When I travel, I adapt. I follow the law. I respect the culture. I don’t go to a country to tell them how to live.
So why do some immigrants do the opposite?
Look, I get it. I understand why people move to places like the UK or Europe. Their home countries may be unsafe or broken. And if immigration laws allow it, fair enough. You followed the system.
But once you get citizenship, you’re not just a resident. You become an unofficial spokesperson for that country. How you act reflects on the nation that gave you safety and opportunity.
You got a passport, not a license to rewrite the country.
Yet some Muslims in the UK move there for freedom, then try to push for aspects of religious law like multiple wives or Sharia-based arbitration that may directly conflict with the laws and values of the country they now represent.
You don’t walk into someone’s home and demand they redecorate it for you.
Citizenship isn’t just about rights. It’s also about loyalty. If you can’t defend the country you’re in, or worse, you’re trying to turn it into the one you left behind, then maybe you were never there to belong, maybe you were just there to benefit.
I’m from the UAE. I’m proud of it. I respect others, and I expect the same. I’d defend my country without hesitation.
Would they do the same for the countries that took them in?