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Now a brand new phenomenon arrived soon
after the end of WWII, when large groups of Muslims began to arrive in
Europe
. Neither the British, nor the French, nor other Europeans host countries,
thought through the implications of the presence of a growing Muslim population.
They ignored a simple fact that Muslims don’t feel at home within Daru’l-Harb.
They do their utmost to create conclaves that resemble their original homeland
within Daru’l Islam. As the number of legal and illegal
immigrants increase, and as their birthrate outnumbers that of the Europeans,
the problems of Muslims in
Europe
will grow exponently.
It may be too late for
Europe
to continue to be a continent of freedom and democracy. Some have predicted
that by the end of this century,
Europe
would have been overrun by Islam. For the present, the solutions that are being
considered by the French government as reported in Le Figaro are
mostly of economic nature. It is certainly helpful for the young and disaffected
Muslim youth to find jobs and earn a decent livelihood. But the heart of the
problem is not economic, but cultural and religious.
France
has been secularized since the 1789 Revolution; but Islam does not accept
secularization. Right now, Islam is undergoing what’s known in Arabic as sahwa,
a revival that affects Muslims all over the globe. No matter where they live,
Muslims are not able or willing to set aside the political baggage that has been
the very essence of their worldview. Even if their economic and social status in
Western Europe
improves, they will still dream of Islamizing the host country. To forget this
fundamental nature of Islam is to court disaster.
At this point, I would like to
refer to an article in Human
Events Online posted on November 7, by Mac
Johnson: As
France
Burns, Immigration Rears Its Ugly Head. First
he refers to “a number of historical
factors have favored immigrant assimilation in the
United States
.” Among them he states this important factor which is quite often
forgotten nowadays:
“Until the mid-20th Century, immigration to
America
occurred from a very restricted pool of nations. For all our celebration
of the great melting pot,
America
was mostly melting European peoples in that pot. These peoples shared a
great deal of cultural inheritance before ever setting foot in
America
. The gaps we formerly needed to bridge were thus relatively small.
Religious differences consisted primarily of differences in various Christian
sects. As much as it sometimes hurts to say it, a Frenchman and an
American have most things in common, as do most other European nationalities.”
“It is only recently that the West has begun
experimenting with mixing peoples from opposite sides of the Earth, with basic
cultural incompatibilities and little shared experience. It can be done,
especially where two geographically distant cultures have evolved convergent
beliefs. But it can also present problems on a scale that no nation has
had much experience in resolving.”
“These factors demonstrate that
America
’s ability to assimilate millions of immigrants over two centuries was not a
result of sweeping government assimilation policies and projects. Neither
was it a magical result of some pro-assimilation impurity in our drinking water.
It occurred for specific, if often fortuitous, reasons. Study of these
reasons can allow a society to encourage cultural assimilation and unity, if it
so chooses. But because some of the reasons are politically uncomfortable
to discuss, I believe they will continue to be ignored.”
“If you want to admit and assimilate large numbers of
immigrants into your country, it can be done. Begin by choosing an
immigrant pool as much like your existing culture as feasible. Do not
admit too many immigrants from a single source. Disperse the immigrants
into the general population—avoid ghettoes. Encourage a single language.
And remind newcomers that admission into your country is a gift, not a
right, and the gift carries with it certain obligations born of gratitude.”
[Emphasis
is mine JT]
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