I will give you local insight,
@Kate .
Bulgarians are maybe the most tolerant people in the world.
Some famous evidence for that are the "Rescue of the Bulgarian Jews" where the Orthodox Church played a key role. The only two countries that did that were Bulgaria and Denmark. Quoting the WaPo article:
""When Nazi Germany began murdering Europe’s Jews during World War II, the public did little to stop it. Citizens of France, Italy, Holland and Poland, for example, did not flood the streets in outrage when their neighbors were shipped to concentration camps.But 70 years ago, one nation protested: Bulgaria. The only Eastern European country that kept much of its Jewish population from the gas chambers and crematoria.""
https://www.washingtonpost.com/life...62f083ba93f_story.html?utm_term=.ec6e4086817f
This is not the first time we accept refugees. And one of this famous occasions is the accpeting of the Armenians after the Turrkish genocide against them. We love them as our brothers and they are highly respected in our society then and now.
"In 1894-1896, an Armenian rebellion in Asia Minor was brutally suppressed by the Ottoman authorities, and led to forced resettlement in the Balkans. About 20,000 refugees were accepted by Bulgaria.
The next big wave of Armenians arrived in Bulgaria in 1922, after the Ottoman atrocities of 1915-1922. The 22,000 new refugees doubled the size of the Armenian community."
Nowadays the Bulgarian Ethnic Model is famous for keeping our country stable and united - and you know where we are situated - the Balkans. War after war and I will give you another insight - expect another one really soon. And it will not be in Bulgaria.
There are many many examples but I don't have the time to write them all. I am doing this for one reason only.
Bulgarians are not racists. Bulgarians are not xenophobic. Bulgarians are not nationalist freaks (like the Serbs for example).
So - there should be another reason why
Bulgarians don't want these "refugees". Do we agree on that? Your example is just one of the many hapenning in Bulgaria right now. People all over the country don't want them.
WHY?
1.
We know Islam.
Bulgaria is an old country. Very Very old. The only one in the world that has the same name as when it was formed in 681. Back then it was called Bulgaria. 1300+ years later surprisingly enough it is still called Bulgaria.
Let me tell you something interesting. We have been under Ottoman (Turk, Islamic) rule for 500 years.
1396 - 1878
Can you imagine? 500 years. How many generations are that? Let me put it in this perspective. Your country is 250 years old. Right? USA declaration of independence is from 1776. And we have been under ottoman rule for 500 years.
@Kate , believe me -
we know islam.
And exactly for that reason - we don't want this Islam in our lands. No. Never again,
@Kate. Yes - we have Muslim minority (8-10 percent) - but they are living here from hundreds of years. They are part of our society. We have the same culture. Totally different from the Saudi sponsored islamists that are invading Europe.
2. These refugees are not refugees.
It is so obvious for every rational, thinking human being that this wave is sponsored by Saudis and Qatar.
The Syrians are just under 10 percent from all the Islamists coming into Europe. The others are from Pakistan, Afghanistan, Maroco, Tunisia, Phillipines, Iraq, Somalia, etc. What they have in common - of course - they are muslims.
Bulgarians are wise people. They see that.
They know that this is orchestrated and directed. This is muslim invasion of Europe. And Bulgarians don't want to be part of that. And believe me - the majority of Europeans don't want this too.
Regarding your remarks about the Church. Our Church is one of our pillars and help us to preserve our identity through 500 years of Islamic torture. Our Bulgarian Church is more than 1000 years old. Who are you to judge our Church? Don't you think that this institution knows better?
We are proud. We are good. We are helping. We are smart. We are wise.
That is your local insight,
@Kate.