Although it is bad, and I apoligize in advance to any Eurpoean visitors on the board, I think something like this is exactly what needs to happen in Europe. Until there is a major strike in Europe, a lot worse than a train derailmant, they are not going to wake up and start taking terrorism out of the Middle East seriously. There was a joke a week back or so with the Concorde slamming into the Eiffel tower. This, or something of the same magnitude, is exatly what needs to happen.
Ack! and Double Ack! Europe is nearly lost!
Will the French dames enjoy wearing their burkhas?
Will the Irish, et al be willing to give up drinking?
They need a revival of some kind over there STAT!
Or consider the European reception of Yusuf al-Qaradawi, heir to Sayyid Qutb as the religious authority of the Muslim Brotherhood. Wanted on charges of terrorism in his native Egypt, al-Qaradawi now lives in Qatar. Like Tariq Ramadan in Switzerland, he emphasizes that Muslims must keep apart from liberal democracy as it is practiced in the West while also availing themselves of its benefits and advantages. But he goes much further. Unlike Ramadan, he approves of wife-beating in the forms sanctioned by the Qur’an; as for homosexuals, he is agnostic on whether they should be thrown off a high cliff or flogged to death. Yet this year, in an official ceremony at London’s City Hall, al-Qaradawi was welcomed as "an Islamic scholar held in great respect" by the mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. "You are truly, truly welcome," gushed Livingstone, an otherwise enthusiastic supporter of gay pride.
European Ping
Sadly, the truth is we (US collectively) are aiding the Muslim
Jihad against us. Even after 911, Iraq and all the rest, we still have leaders - including President Bush - who still don't "get it."
The percieved necessity of political correctness that leads us to at least pretend to see Islam as "The Religion of Peace" flies in the face of 1500 years of history.
The first step to resolving a problem is to recognize the problem. The US still does not recognize the problem. Europe doesn't even recognize that there is a problem.
Unfortunately, American political leaders are as weak and worthless as European when it comes to the threat posed by Islamic immigration.
Long but excellent read...ping
I heard Pryce-Jones on The Dennis Prager Show the week before last.
He mentioned that in public schools in The Netherlands there is MANDATORY study
of the Koran, while the Holy Bible "ist verboten".
That was a very excellent essay. The Europeans find themselves in the position that our very own lefties in America would find themselves in if all of their wishes came true - everything politically correct, no God anywhere, only Muslim history taught in schools and no violent or legal action taken against any Muslims regardless of what they did.
America has enough sensible thinking people around who would not let that happen however Europe is beyond recovering their former identity - whatever that was. They are like empty beer cans floating down the river of Muslimism.
bttt