Posted on 11/03/2015 8:00:34 AM PST by SJackson
Does the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees in Europe pose a threat to Jews who live there?
Prof. Daniel Byman (of Brookings and Georgetown) wrote recently that
If the refugees are treated as a short-term humanitarian problem rather than as a long-term integration challenge, then we are likely to see this problem worsen. Radicals will be among those who provide the religious, educational, and social support for the refugees â creating a problem where none existed. Indeed, the refugees need a comprehensive and long-term package that includes political rights, educational support, and economic assistance as well as immediate humanitarian aid, particularly if they are admitted in large numbers. If they cannot be integrated into local communities, then they risk perpetuating, or even exacerbating, the tensions between Muslim and non-Muslim communities in Europe.
The non-Muslim communities most likely to feel the brunt of those tensions are Jewish communities. German Jewish leaders explained the problem to Chancellor Merkel this week, warning of âwidespread anti-Semitism among Muslim youthâ in Germany and noting that âMany refugees come from countries where Israel is an enemy; this resentment is often transferred to Jews in general.â There are also reports that Germanyâs security agencies have expressed the same warning.
Itâs a fact that the terrorist attacks against European Jews in recent years have been made by Muslims, all with North African backgrounds except for Amedy Coulibaly, who murdered four Jews at a kosher grocery in Paris in January; he was from a Malian Muslim family. So itâs not a great surprise that the arrival of very many more immigrants from countries where hatred of Jews is rife would give rise to fears in Jewish communities. It is difficult to know what should be done in the face of the risk of more and more anti-Semitic violence, which has already made Jewish life dangerous in many European cities. It was reported that the Dutch Deputy Prime Minister suggested in 2013 âthat each refugee seeking asylum in the Netherlands should sign a declaration accepting the rights of women and homosexuals, and assertion that he would not tolerate any intolerance against atheists or people of other religionsâ because âthe new refugees come from cultures where most people cannot accept equal rights for homosexuals, Jews, atheists and women.â But that was before the great waves of refugees in 2015.
The general position of Jewish communities over the decades has been pro-immigration, welcoming refugees. Today some of those communities are wondering whether they are going to see the dangers facing Jewish life increase. If Byman is rightâthat when refugees cannot be integrated well there is a great risk of exacerbating tensions with non-Muslim communitiesâthe future will almost certainly be even more difficult for the Jews of Europe.
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I'm sure they'll blend in just fine in the US.
CHoose who you would like to live beside
Jews who want to assimilate, while retaining their identity
Or muslims, who won't assimilate , and want to convert you to their way of non-thinking,
and are willing kill you or not converting to Hedonism and 72 virgins.
“Does the arrival of hundreds of thousands of Muslim refugees in Europe pose a threat to Jews who live there? “
One word....Y E S
And it holds true for any non Muslim there as well, but likely to a lesser extent.
Jews need to get over their victim mentality...
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