With Jihadi Islam, everyone's a loser
It seems the world is gradually accepting the need to identify problems accurately instead of baptising them with politically correct euphemisms.
The Swiss decided in a referendum to ban the construction of minarets on mosques. Many – but far from all – mosques are increasingly regarded as fertile breeding-grounds for Islamist fanatics peddling a sinister brand of anti-democratic venom.
The Egyptians have tightened control over their sovereign territory by banning foreign troublemakers such as renegade British MP George Galloway and his ilk. The rioters and their organisations have been labelled as seditious forces aiding and abetting a recognized terrorist entity, Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Britain has outlawed a number of Islamist groups headed by British Muslims. To the mindset of the traditional British left-wing liberal movement, this is an astonishing step. Essential, but astonishing – and it shows just how firmly the realization has finally dawned on the powers that be in the UK.
In the USA, the ADL has come out swinging at CAIR for the Muslim organisation’s anti-American, anti-democratic stance. This is something that veteran Middle East analyst and commentator Daniel Pipes has been doing for some time now. So much so that US President Barack Hussein Obama is himself edging towards identifying the nature of the problem facing his country: terrorism practised by Muslims in the name of Islam. He is increasingly turning to American Muslims to clean up their own act – the spectre hanging over the US is the prospect of outlawing American Muslim organisations, which is precisely what Britain has now done.
The failed hatchet and knife attack on Danish Mohammed cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was carried out by a Somali with Danish citizenship. He was apparently regarded as a role model for successful integration. He reportedly visited Sweden a few months ago in the company of a compatriot – who subsequently blew up himself and dozens of innocent civilians in Somalia – and tried recruiting Swedish Muslims to the cause of violent jihad in the name of Islam. Thus far the Swedish authorities have kept a low profile because that is what the Swedes do best, but perhaps the truth will eventually dawn here too.
Is the West involved in an existential struggle against an aggressive Islam? The answer is that unless peaceful adherents of Islam take back their religion from the hate-mongers and violent jihadis, they are likely to be drawn into an all-encompassing battle, whether they like it or not. And if and when that happens, it will be too late to protest their innocence.
It is up to the Muslims in the West to assert themselves and seize control of their faith and their reputation. Today. Otherwise, watch for increasingly stringent impositions on various Muslim groups and increasingly widespread general anti-Muslim sentiment.
If that happens, everybody loses.
The Swiss decided in a referendum to ban the construction of minarets on mosques. Many – but far from all – mosques are increasingly regarded as fertile breeding-grounds for Islamist fanatics peddling a sinister brand of anti-democratic venom.
The Egyptians have tightened control over their sovereign territory by banning foreign troublemakers such as renegade British MP George Galloway and his ilk. The rioters and their organisations have been labelled as seditious forces aiding and abetting a recognized terrorist entity, Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Britain has outlawed a number of Islamist groups headed by British Muslims. To the mindset of the traditional British left-wing liberal movement, this is an astonishing step. Essential, but astonishing – and it shows just how firmly the realization has finally dawned on the powers that be in the UK.
In the USA, the ADL has come out swinging at CAIR for the Muslim organisation’s anti-American, anti-democratic stance. This is something that veteran Middle East analyst and commentator Daniel Pipes has been doing for some time now. So much so that US President Barack Hussein Obama is himself edging towards identifying the nature of the problem facing his country: terrorism practised by Muslims in the name of Islam. He is increasingly turning to American Muslims to clean up their own act – the spectre hanging over the US is the prospect of outlawing American Muslim organisations, which is precisely what Britain has now done.
The failed hatchet and knife attack on Danish Mohammed cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was carried out by a Somali with Danish citizenship. He was apparently regarded as a role model for successful integration. He reportedly visited Sweden a few months ago in the company of a compatriot – who subsequently blew up himself and dozens of innocent civilians in Somalia – and tried recruiting Swedish Muslims to the cause of violent jihad in the name of Islam. Thus far the Swedish authorities have kept a low profile because that is what the Swedes do best, but perhaps the truth will eventually dawn here too.
Is the West involved in an existential struggle against an aggressive Islam? The answer is that unless peaceful adherents of Islam take back their religion from the hate-mongers and violent jihadis, they are likely to be drawn into an all-encompassing battle, whether they like it or not. And if and when that happens, it will be too late to protest their innocence.
It is up to the Muslims in the West to assert themselves and seize control of their faith and their reputation. Today. Otherwise, watch for increasingly stringent impositions on various Muslim groups and increasingly widespread general anti-Muslim sentiment.
If that happens, everybody loses.
Etiketter: Barack Hussein Obama, CAIR, Daniel Pipes, English, Islamism, Jihad
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