Author Guy Millière writes about how European leaders are
killing Europe by a suicidal policy of promoting Multicultural diversity as a
new cultural era that is destroying a European cultural heritage that has a
foundation of a couple thousand years of building blocks.
In essence Islamic culture is stuck in the days of its
founder Mohammed and Europe (as all
influenced Western culture) has moved from intolerant politics to tolerant
representative government (for the most
part). Islam is stuck in a 7th century mindset and Europe – for all
its current plusses and minuses – is at a 21st century stage. As
Islam is allowed to infect Europe with Islamic 7th century thinking,
it will be inevitable that a return to an intolerant ruling political principle
will return to Europe. If allowed to continue Europe will experience its second
Dark Ages – all thanks to Islam.
As you read Millière’s essay, you should think of some similarities America is even now in the
beginning stages of experiencing under the Multicultural guidance of
President Barack Hussein Obama and the Democratic Party. In my God! A
significant amount pro-Dem Party voters are seriously considering to have a
bald-faced liar or an open prominent of socialism! AND there is actually a
statistical possibility that American voters will select a liar or a socialist
(or both for that matter) as the President of the United States of America
ensuring a likelihood of a European-style cultural regression.
JRH 4/16/16
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Europe: Suicide by Jihad
By Guy Millière
April 16, 2016 5:00 am
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In the last two decades, Belgium has become the hub
of jihad in Europe. The district of Molenbeek in Brussels is now a foreign
Islamist territory in the heart of Belgium. It is not, however, a lawless zone:
sharia law has effectively replaced Belgian law.
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One of the organizers of the Paris bombings, Salah
Abdeslam, was able to live peacefully in Molenbeek for four months until police
decided to arrest him. Belgian police knew exactly where he was, but did
nothing until French authorities asked them to. After his arrest, he was
treated as a petty criminal. Police did not ask him anything about the jihadist
networks with which he worked. Officers who interrogated him were ordered to be
gentle. The people who hid him were not indicted.
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Europe's leaders disseminated the idea that the
West was guilty of oppressing Muslims. They therefore sowed the seeds of
anti-Western resentment among Muslims in Europe.
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Hoping to please followers of radical Islam and
show them Europe could understand their "grievances," they placed
pressure on Israel. When Europeans were attacked, they did not understand why.
They had done their best to please the Muslims. They had not even harassed the
jihadists.
The March 22 jihadist attacks in Brussels were predictable.
What is surprising is that they did not take place sooner. What is also
surprising is that more people were not killed. It seems that the authors of
the attacks had larger projects in mind; they wanted to attack a nuclear power
plant. Others may succeed in doing just that.
In the last two decades, Belgium has become the hub of jihad in
Europe. The district of Molenbeek in
Brussels is now a foreign Islamist territory in the heart of Belgium. It is
not, however, a lawless zone: sharia law has effectively replaced Belgian law.
Almost all the women wear veils or burqas; those who do not take risks. Drug
trafficking and radical mosques are everyplace. The police stay outside and
intervene only in cases of extreme emergency, using military-like commando
operations. Other areas of Belgium, such as Shaerbeek and Anderlecht have the
same status as Molenbeek.
The Belgian authorities have allowed the situation to
deteriorate. The situation in the country now is virtually
equivalent to a surrender.
They seemed to hope that willful blindness and accepting the
unacceptable would permit the country to be spared. It did not.
The attack on Belgium's Jewish
Museum on May 24, 2014 should have served as a warning. It did
not. That "only" Jews were the target led the Belgian government to
underestimate the threat. The jihadi who wanted to kill passengers on train
from Amsterdam to Paris, on August 21, 2015, prepared his attack in Brussels.
That three American heroes neutralized him before he could start shooting again
led the Belgian government to think the danger was not large.
The jihadis who struck Paris on November 13, 2015 had also organized their attacks from Molenbeek,
but the blood was not spilled in Belgium. Belgian authorities perhaps assumed that
Belgium would be spared. They spoke of "imminent danger" for a day or
so, but never increased security.
One of the organizers of the Paris bombings, Salah Abdeslam,
Europe's most wanted terrorist criminal, was able to live peacefully in
Molenbeek for four months until
police decided to arrest him. Belgian police knew exactly where he
was, but did nothing until French authorities asked them to. After
his arrest, he was treated as a petty criminal, not a jihadi terrorist. Police
did not ask him anything concerning the jihadist networks with which he worked.
Because he was hurt during police operations, officers who interrogated him
were ordered to be gentle.
The people who agreed to hide him for so long were not considered suspects and
were not indicted.
The Brussels jihadist attacks took place two days later.
Despite the worst attacks on Belgium soil since World War
II, Belgian authorities do not seem ready to change their behavior.
After the attacks, Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel denounced "violent
and cowardly acts" and stressed his "determination," without
saying what he intended to do. He did not speak of the necessity of changing
the Belgian laws to make them more effective. He did not mention any enemy. He
never used words such as "jihad" or "radical Islam."
He behaved and talked as most of his European counterparts
did. French Prime Minister Manuel Valls used more courageous words and said many
times he is fighting "radical jihad" and "Islamism." The
French parliament passed laws allowing what is still impossible in Belgium: police searches at night. But
France stands alone, and effectively the situation in France is no better than
in Belgium. Islamist enclaves exists
in many suburbs. Whole cities are
controlled by thugs and radical imams: cities such as Roubaix, Trappes,
Aubervilliers and Sevran in the northeast of Paris.
Islamist enclaves also exist in other European countries:
Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, the
United Kingdom and Sweden.
European leaders have been making choices. After World War II, they decided Europe would be a region of the world where war would be banished and all problems solved through diplomacy and appeasement. They gradually abandoned financing defense and security activities. Instead, they built welfare states. They thought that taking care of people from cradle to grave would suppress anger and conflicts. They denied the existence of totalitarian dangers and the necessity of showing strength. To this day, their statements indicate that European leaders think both the Berlin Wall and the Soviet empire fell thanks to the benevolence of Mikhail Gorbachev, not thanks to the determination of Ronald Reagan. To this day, they seem to think that Islam is essentially a religion of peace and that the jihadis belong to a tiny, marginal sect.
European leaders have been making choices. After World War II, they decided Europe would be a region of the world where war would be banished and all problems solved through diplomacy and appeasement. They gradually abandoned financing defense and security activities. Instead, they built welfare states. They thought that taking care of people from cradle to grave would suppress anger and conflicts. They denied the existence of totalitarian dangers and the necessity of showing strength. To this day, their statements indicate that European leaders think both the Berlin Wall and the Soviet empire fell thanks to the benevolence of Mikhail Gorbachev, not thanks to the determination of Ronald Reagan. To this day, they seem to think that Islam is essentially a religion of peace and that the jihadis belong to a tiny, marginal sect.
Decades ago, Europe's leaders adopted a general policy of
"openness"
to the Islamic world in general, and the Arab world in particular. They decided
to welcome migrants from the Muslim world by hundreds of thousands but without asking them to integrate.
They made cultural relativism and multiculturalism their guiding principles.
They acted as if Islam could mingle in the Western world harmoniously and
without difficulty. Europe's leaders disseminated the idea that the West was
guilty of oppressing Muslims and had to pay for its sins. They therefore sowed
the seeds of anti-Western resentment among Muslims in Europe.
When in the Muslim world jihadis started to kill, Europe's
leaders wanted to believe that the attacks would take place in the Muslim world
only. They thought that by not interfering with what European jihadis were
planning, they would not risk jihadi attacks on European soil.
When Jews were attacked, Europe's leaders decided that the
problem was not jihad, but Israel. They stressed the
need not to "export Middle East conflict in Europe." Hoping to please
followers of radical Islam and show them Europe could understand their
"grievances," they placed increasing pressure on
Israel. They also increased their financial
and political support for the "Palestinian cause."
When Europeans were attacked, they did not understand why.
They had done their best to please the Muslims. They had not even harassed the
jihadists. They still do not know how to react.
Many of them now say privately what they will never say in
public: it is probably too late.
There are six to eight million Muslims in France, and more
than thirty million in
Western Europe. Hundreds of jihadis are trained and ready to
act -- anytime, anyplace. European intelligence services know that they want to
make "dirty bombs."
Surveys show that tens of thousands of Muslims living in Europe approve of
jihadi attacks in Europe. Millions of Muslims living in Europe keep silent,
behave as if they see nothing and hear nothing, and protest only when they
think they have to defend Islam.
European political leaders know that every decision they
make may provoke reactions among the Muslims living in Europe. Muslim votes
matter. Riots occur easily. In France, Belgium, other European countries,
Islamists are present in the army and police forces.
In the meantime, Islamist organizations recruit and Islamic lobbies gain ground.
European governments are now hostages. The European media
are also hostages.
In most European countries, "Islamophobia" is considered a crime --
and any criticism of Islam may be considered "Islamophobic." People
trying to warn Europe, such as the Dutch MP Geert Wilders, despite an
apparently biased judge and forged documents against him, are now on trial.
Books on radical Islam are still published but surrounded by
silence. Books praising the glory of Islam are in every bookstore. When Bat
Ye'or's Eurabia was published in Europe, she was denounced and
received hundreds of death threats. Bruce Bawer's While Europe Slept,
published in the U.S., was not even available in Europe. Ten years later, the
situation is worse.
Political movements expressing anger and concerns are rising. All
are demonized by political power holders and the media. They have almost no
chance of gaining more influence.
Populations are gnawed by fear, frustration and impotence.
They are looking for answers, but cannot find them. A few hours after the
attacks on Brussels, a man on Belgian television said that Europe is on the
verge of suicide.
Europe looks like a dying civilization. European governments
created a situation that can only lead to more attacks, more massacres, and
maybe unspeakable disasters. Europe's leaders continue to react with speeches
and a few police operations.
If some European governments decided to restore their
abolished borders, it could take years, and most European leaders would
probably disagree with
such a policy. Meanwhile, millions more "migrants" will enter Europe,
and among them many more jihadis. In spite of the mayhem created in Germany by "migrants" who
arrived in 2015, Angela Merkel said she would not change her decisions.
No Western European government dared to disagree with her, except Viktor Orbán
in Hungary, a lone voice of dissent.
In Brussels, as in Paris earlier, people gathered where the
attacks took place. They brought candles and flowers to mourn the victims. They
sang sentimental songs. They cried. There were no shouts of revolt against
jihad. Members of the Belgian government called on
the Belgian people to avoid reactions of violence, and declared that Muslims
are the main victims of terrorism.
In Europe's near future, more people will bring candles,
flowers and songs to mourn victims. Another two or three jihadists will be
arrested. But nothing will be done.
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Dr. Guy Millière, a professor
at the University of Paris, is the author of 27 books on France and Europe.
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