To defeat the infection of islam you have to defeat the cancer that has allowed it to gain a foothold and prosper. The cancer is Socialism - euphemistically eluded to by Wilders and others as Multi-culturalism and Political Correctness and Hate-Speech Laws.
Islamo-socialism needs to be confronted, and then the internal contradictions and the blunting of the "sword" will arrest Islamization and cause it to recede to the paradises of Islam like Saudi-Arabia, and Somalia.
Even without the infection of Islam, Europe is not coming to grips with the cancer of Socialism. Keynesianism, 'Das Kapital' in sheep's clothing, is bringing inefficient, post-industrial, debt-addicted European economies to their knees, one by one. The response of the welfare conditioned populace is to strike, and to blame the foreign bankers for not recognizing the country's lack of sovereign self control.
To defeat islam we have to do more than ban the burka and the niqaab, and Geert Wilders knows and understands this. Here are some specific things the West can and, really, must do:
1) stop the nanny state mentality
2) stop the infringement of personal freedoms in the name of security
3) repeal hate-speech laws
4) challenge propaganda of self-hatred and cultural relativism taught to our kids
5) stop the reliance on oil from the Middle East
6) stop expanding welfare state by the long term debt - effectively robbing our grand-children
7) tear up the sham that is the Refugee Convention
8) leave the UN to the champions of human rights like Iran, Syria and Libya.
9) put tariffs on Chinese imports to compensate for the drastically undervalued Yuan (RMB)
10) let go of the dream of democratisation of islamic states and disengage militarily
Friday, May 13, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Seeking a solution out of anarchy
The Islamic conquest is essentially on autopilot. As has been said many times: demographics is destiny. PC/MC amplifies this problem by disarming the host.
Given this, an Islamic enemy that bides his time or, similarly, every Islamists attack that is thwarted, is a victory not for us but for Islamists.
In the last 10 years the Islamists have made great strides in Europe and to some extent in the US.
The hate speech laws allow the left-wing fascist to cut off any political movement at its infancy.
These are the depressing facts that we are confronted with on a daily basis.
While there has been some political progress in the last year against the PC/MC advocates the progress is to fragile and timid.
Various commentators have offered solutions that fall within the democratic and constitutional framework - along the lines of waking up out of the consumerism and MSM stupor. However, it will take a great leap of faith to believe that these solutions will be able to, firstly, stop the progress of Islamization and then reverse it.
The solution or the reversal will in all likelyhood not be pretty. I don't think it had to be this way but PC/MC has one after the other closed off all the sane defence mechanism.
Perversely in our desperation we may join our enemies in seeking a solution out of anarchy. And once a critical point is reach where sufficient groups feel this way, so anarchy will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. When we pass this point we will all regret it and realising this we return to our leap of faith option but with increased resolve.
Given this, an Islamic enemy that bides his time or, similarly, every Islamists attack that is thwarted, is a victory not for us but for Islamists.
In the last 10 years the Islamists have made great strides in Europe and to some extent in the US.
The hate speech laws allow the left-wing fascist to cut off any political movement at its infancy.
These are the depressing facts that we are confronted with on a daily basis.
While there has been some political progress in the last year against the PC/MC advocates the progress is to fragile and timid.
Various commentators have offered solutions that fall within the democratic and constitutional framework - along the lines of waking up out of the consumerism and MSM stupor. However, it will take a great leap of faith to believe that these solutions will be able to, firstly, stop the progress of Islamization and then reverse it.
The solution or the reversal will in all likelyhood not be pretty. I don't think it had to be this way but PC/MC has one after the other closed off all the sane defence mechanism.
Perversely in our desperation we may join our enemies in seeking a solution out of anarchy. And once a critical point is reach where sufficient groups feel this way, so anarchy will become a self-fulfilling prophecy. When we pass this point we will all regret it and realising this we return to our leap of faith option but with increased resolve.
Friday, January 14, 2011
You are a Hater - end of discussion
The term "hate" has become an ideological signature term of the left.
An ideological terms has lost all its conventional meaning and must, instead be understood in terms of a device, or weapon to attack and put down their ideological opponents. I will capitalise the term to indicate the left-wing meaning.
A left-wing ideolog will point the finger and say - this one is a Hater and this signal to the horde standing behind the accuser. They nod approvingly, with pitch fork in hand, and implicitly understanding what the next steps of the left-wing fascists machinery must be brought to bear against the accused.
It is the modern form of the accusation - "she is a Witch" - ahh, yes, now we know what to do .
This connection should hardly be surprising, since the secular left-wing ideology is highly religious in its operation - there are tenants that are beyond reason (beliefs) and reason is no defence. So, Geert and Elizabeth, just confess to the crimes against the ideology and the inquisition will show mercy.
A left-wing ideolog is not capable of Hate. They have only Pity when they take you down. Hate is really some metal defect of the Right. Haven't we recently seen great examples of this reflex 'reasoning' of left-wing political stooges.
An ideological terms has lost all its conventional meaning and must, instead be understood in terms of a device, or weapon to attack and put down their ideological opponents. I will capitalise the term to indicate the left-wing meaning.
A left-wing ideolog will point the finger and say - this one is a Hater and this signal to the horde standing behind the accuser. They nod approvingly, with pitch fork in hand, and implicitly understanding what the next steps of the left-wing fascists machinery must be brought to bear against the accused.
It is the modern form of the accusation - "she is a Witch" - ahh, yes, now we know what to do .
This connection should hardly be surprising, since the secular left-wing ideology is highly religious in its operation - there are tenants that are beyond reason (beliefs) and reason is no defence. So, Geert and Elizabeth, just confess to the crimes against the ideology and the inquisition will show mercy.
A left-wing ideolog is not capable of Hate. They have only Pity when they take you down. Hate is really some metal defect of the Right. Haven't we recently seen great examples of this reflex 'reasoning' of left-wing political stooges.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Critical of populist piece in American Thinker blog
I am a regular reader of the conservative blog, American Thinker (AT). But yesterday I read a contribution on the increased security for air travel that concerned me.
The piece criticise security measures as "un-American" but offered no "American" solutions that would address the security problem.
The TSA restricts. It dehumanizes. It depresses. It invades. It costs. It fails in its stated mission as it creates jobs for the unemployable. It is government on display for all to see. It is what our health care will become if we keep silent.
It's un-American. And it's not America. Not yet. But if we cannot defeat ObamaCare and the TSA's "grope and change," we won't recognize America in the near future. This is why it is such a defining and critical issue.
I think that this kind of populist criticism is lazy and opportunistic and is better categorized as propaganda.
Why Air Security is the Issue
Interestingly AT block my comment pointing this out. So much for standing for freedom of speech.
The piece criticise security measures as "un-American" but offered no "American" solutions that would address the security problem.
The TSA restricts. It dehumanizes. It depresses. It invades. It costs. It fails in its stated mission as it creates jobs for the unemployable. It is government on display for all to see. It is what our health care will become if we keep silent.
It's un-American. And it's not America. Not yet. But if we cannot defeat ObamaCare and the TSA's "grope and change," we won't recognize America in the near future. This is why it is such a defining and critical issue.
I think that this kind of populist criticism is lazy and opportunistic and is better categorized as propaganda.
Why Air Security is the Issue
Interestingly AT block my comment pointing this out. So much for standing for freedom of speech.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Multi-Culturalism leading to Parallel Societies
The real issue is that the integration process is actually slowed as the level of un-integrated immigrant increases.
The inflow has to be matched by the outflow (the integration capacity) to have a sustainable immigration policy.
The West in its ideologically enforced multiculturalism phase has had and is having unsustainable immigration levels well exceeding any host societies capacity to integrate. To make matter worst there is one more effect and the left-wing fascist greenies love using the notion: the tipping point. The capacity to integration not only slows as the pool of un-integrated immigrants and their descendants increases, but it also reaches a tipping point where long terms parallel societies are formed out of these ghettos that out friend above romanticises about. It is this development of parallel societies open to political guidance for foreign colonial powers (eg Erdogan or Turkish diplomats in Vienna) that we are seeing today.
The inflow has to be matched by the outflow (the integration capacity) to have a sustainable immigration policy.
The West in its ideologically enforced multiculturalism phase has had and is having unsustainable immigration levels well exceeding any host societies capacity to integrate. To make matter worst there is one more effect and the left-wing fascist greenies love using the notion: the tipping point. The capacity to integration not only slows as the pool of un-integrated immigrants and their descendants increases, but it also reaches a tipping point where long terms parallel societies are formed out of these ghettos that out friend above romanticises about. It is this development of parallel societies open to political guidance for foreign colonial powers (eg Erdogan or Turkish diplomats in Vienna) that we are seeing today.
In the left-wing world...
In the left-wing world there is no racism against white peoples - or western people - especially Christians ones.
It just is impossible and does not compute. These peoples are the only ones that have and can carry collective guilt and they must be culturally and racially diluted to better the world - a normal, non-indoctrinated person, and we are all in part infected, would say that such a view is racists, but in the left-wing world you must be a bigot for thinking this- and further steps of 'declassification' must be sought against you.
In the left-wing world Islam is free of this guilt and sin. Any acts of Islamic terrorism are acts of pure virtuous self defence.
No act of Islamic terrorism can ever match the guilt that western people have. Indeed Western people have brought it onto themselves when they are targets of such terrorism.
In the left-wing world, left-wing terrorism and left-wing fascistic regimes (read socialist/communist regimes) are free of guilt for the same reason.
PC and MC are fascistic mechanism of an ideology,of an ism; sense, logic, reason does not come into it. You are either with the reigning political ideology or you are THE ENEMY - now where have your heard that language used recently (hint: American politics).
Obama:
"If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us,' if they don't see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it's gonna be harder and that's why I think it's so important that people focus on voting on November 2."
It just is impossible and does not compute. These peoples are the only ones that have and can carry collective guilt and they must be culturally and racially diluted to better the world - a normal, non-indoctrinated person, and we are all in part infected, would say that such a view is racists, but in the left-wing world you must be a bigot for thinking this- and further steps of 'declassification' must be sought against you.
In the left-wing world Islam is free of this guilt and sin. Any acts of Islamic terrorism are acts of pure virtuous self defence.
No act of Islamic terrorism can ever match the guilt that western people have. Indeed Western people have brought it onto themselves when they are targets of such terrorism.
In the left-wing world, left-wing terrorism and left-wing fascistic regimes (read socialist/communist regimes) are free of guilt for the same reason.
PC and MC are fascistic mechanism of an ideology,of an ism; sense, logic, reason does not come into it. You are either with the reigning political ideology or you are THE ENEMY - now where have your heard that language used recently (hint: American politics).
Obama:
"If Latinos sit out the election instead of saying, ‘We're gonna punish our enemies and we're gonna reward our friends who stand with us on issues that are important to us,' if they don't see that kind of upsurge in voting in this election, then I think it's gonna be harder and that's why I think it's so important that people focus on voting on November 2."
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Necla Keleks: Aus Muslimen müssen freie Bürger werden
Necla Kelek, sociologist and feminist of Turkish descend, received the Freedom Prize of the Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung.
At the award night she gave a speech addressing the issue of how Muslims have responsibility, that goes hand in hand with the rights as equal citizens, to defend the freedom.
The Jury gave the following reason for awarding the Prize to Keleke:
Necla Kelek has engaged in the integration debate (in Germany) with strong personal commitment to openness, balance and honesty that is not without personal risks. Her commitment reflects a clear and principled stand in the defence of the value of freedom. (http://www.focus.de/panorama/vermischtes/friedrich-naumann-stiftung-necla-kelek-erhaelt-freiheitspreis_aid_561828.html)
Her speech is in part reproduced in FAZ.
09. November 2010
NOTE: if there is a request via comments, I will translate this article.
Die Liebe“, sagte ein inzwischen vergessener Dichter des Vormärz, „ist das Höchste im Leben, aber höher als das Leben steht die Freiheit.“ Lassen Sie uns also über Freiheit sprechen, denn ich habe den Eindruck, dass wir diesen Begriff von der Beliebigkeit und der populistischen Vereinnahmung befreien müssen. Lassen Sie mich zuerst etwas über die Freiheit der Frauen sagen.
At the award night she gave a speech addressing the issue of how Muslims have responsibility, that goes hand in hand with the rights as equal citizens, to defend the freedom.
The Jury gave the following reason for awarding the Prize to Keleke:
Necla Kelek has engaged in the integration debate (in Germany) with strong personal commitment to openness, balance and honesty that is not without personal risks. Her commitment reflects a clear and principled stand in the defence of the value of freedom. (http://www.focus.de/panorama/vermischtes/friedrich-naumann-stiftung-necla-kelek-erhaelt-freiheitspreis_aid_561828.html)
Her speech is in part reproduced in FAZ.
09. November 2010
NOTE: if there is a request via comments, I will translate this article.
Die Liebe“, sagte ein inzwischen vergessener Dichter des Vormärz, „ist das Höchste im Leben, aber höher als das Leben steht die Freiheit.“ Lassen Sie uns also über Freiheit sprechen, denn ich habe den Eindruck, dass wir diesen Begriff von der Beliebigkeit und der populistischen Vereinnahmung befreien müssen. Lassen Sie mich zuerst etwas über die Freiheit der Frauen sagen.
Saturday, November 06, 2010
What Ludwig von Mises has to say about Quantitative Easing
The only significant thing for us, however, since it explains the
political role of the inflationist procedure, is yet another insight.
We have seen that if a government is not in a position to negotiate
loans and does not dare levy additional taxation for fear that the
financial and general economic effects will be revealed too clearly
too soon, so that it will lose support for its program, it always considers
it necessary to undertake inflationary measures. Thus
inflation becomes one of the most important psychological aids to
an economic policy which tries to camouflage its effects. In this
sense, it may be described as a tool of antidemocratic policy. By
deceiving public opinion, it permits a system of government to
continue which would have no hope of receiving the approval of
the people if conditions were frankly explained to them.
THE CAUSES OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
LUDWIG VON MISES
political role of the inflationist procedure, is yet another insight.
We have seen that if a government is not in a position to negotiate
loans and does not dare levy additional taxation for fear that the
financial and general economic effects will be revealed too clearly
too soon, so that it will lose support for its program, it always considers
it necessary to undertake inflationary measures. Thus
inflation becomes one of the most important psychological aids to
an economic policy which tries to camouflage its effects. In this
sense, it may be described as a tool of antidemocratic policy. By
deceiving public opinion, it permits a system of government to
continue which would have no hope of receiving the approval of
the people if conditions were frankly explained to them.
THE CAUSES OF THE ECONOMIC CRISIS
LUDWIG VON MISES
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
Left-wing facism alive and well in Australia
I have always argued that Australia is really an apartheid county where there are two laws depending if you are indigenous or non-indigenous.
The problem with this left-wing racism is that: when are you indigenous enough?
A question the NAZIs would feel comfortable posing but so are le left-wing fascists of Australia.
Here is a practical example:
Perfect applicant not indigenous enough for job
The problem with this left-wing racism is that: when are you indigenous enough?
A question the NAZIs would feel comfortable posing but so are le left-wing fascists of Australia.
Here is a practical example:
Perfect applicant not indigenous enough for job
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Remembering: Banning of docudrama "Path to 9/11"
The docudrama is a well research docudrama of the events and decisions leading up to the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the twin towers of World Trade centre.
The movie is a must see the problems is that ABC/Disney is banning it from being released on DVD. They claim commercial reasons but it is clear that it is a result of political pressure from the left-wing fascists lead by the Clinton establishment.
Saving “The Path to 9/11″ Miniseries That Was Silenced By Political Intimidation
WALL STREET JOURNAL op-ed – Cyrus Nowrasteh
THE PATH TO 9/11 – Cyrus Nowrasteh blog:
The movie is a must see the problems is that ABC/Disney is banning it from being released on DVD. They claim commercial reasons but it is clear that it is a result of political pressure from the left-wing fascists lead by the Clinton establishment.
Saving “The Path to 9/11″ Miniseries That Was Silenced By Political Intimidation
WALL STREET JOURNAL op-ed – Cyrus Nowrasteh
THE PATH TO 9/11 – Cyrus Nowrasteh blog:
Two years later, documentarian John Ziegler made a film entitled BLOCKING THE PATH TO 9/11. In this program Mr. Ziegler examines the scenes that Mr. Clinton and his allies objected to in the miniseries, and interviewed prominent experts about the veracity of the program. Among the guests were Michael Scheuer, head of the CIA’s counter-terrorist center in the ’90s, Governor Thomas Kean, head of the 9/11 Commission, and Steven Emerson, head of the Investigative Project on Terrorism. These experts and others testify in BLOCKING THE PATH TO 9/11 that Mr. Nowrasteh’s miniseries got it right. Despite this vindication, the public still can not see THE PATH TO 9/11.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Wilders trial collapses, set to restart with new judges after bias claim
Wilders trial collapses, set to restart with new judges after bias claim
The trial of MP Geert Wilders on charges of inciting hatred and discrimination must be heard again, a special committee of Amsterdam district court ruled on Friday afternoon.
After a day of bizarre twists, Wilders' lawyer Bram Moszkowicz again asked for the judges to be dismissed because they refused to rule on whether a key witness should be recalled.
According to De Pers newspaper, defence witnesses Hans Jansen may have been pressured by another court official at a dinner party.
There is something deeply and disturbingly rotten with the Dutch legal system.
Their baying for Wilder's blood has clouded their judgement. This wasn't an innocent mistake by Tom Schalken, but it belies an unbridled arrogance of believing to be above the law, that the law is a valid instrument of personal ideological ambition.
It should by now be clear to everyone excepting those party to the ideological vigilant mission, that Wilder's can not get a fair trail in the Netherlands and if the Dutch people don't demand that an end be put to this show- process-at-all-costs, then they will be the losers and the lesser for it.
No to a re-trial, dismiss all charges.
The trial of MP Geert Wilders on charges of inciting hatred and discrimination must be heard again, a special committee of Amsterdam district court ruled on Friday afternoon.
After a day of bizarre twists, Wilders' lawyer Bram Moszkowicz again asked for the judges to be dismissed because they refused to rule on whether a key witness should be recalled.
According to De Pers newspaper, defence witnesses Hans Jansen may have been pressured by another court official at a dinner party.
There is something deeply and disturbingly rotten with the Dutch legal system.
Their baying for Wilder's blood has clouded their judgement. This wasn't an innocent mistake by Tom Schalken, but it belies an unbridled arrogance of believing to be above the law, that the law is a valid instrument of personal ideological ambition.
It should by now be clear to everyone excepting those party to the ideological vigilant mission, that Wilder's can not get a fair trail in the Netherlands and if the Dutch people don't demand that an end be put to this show- process-at-all-costs, then they will be the losers and the lesser for it.
No to a re-trial, dismiss all charges.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
When Ideology Displaces Reason
a review by David Martin Jones in October's Quadrant of Melanie Phillips’s new book (The World Turned Upside Down) - my copy will arrive in a week.
excerpt from review
Phillips came to prominence with her exposure of how radical Islamism had permeated the United Kingdom and transformed “Londonistan” into the epicentre of Islamic militancy in Europe. She now turns her attention to the larger question of whether Western civilisation actually wants to defend reason and modernity any more or “whether it has reached a point where it has stopped trying to survive”.
excerpt from review
Phillips came to prominence with her exposure of how radical Islamism had permeated the United Kingdom and transformed “Londonistan” into the epicentre of Islamic militancy in Europe. She now turns her attention to the larger question of whether Western civilisation actually wants to defend reason and modernity any more or “whether it has reached a point where it has stopped trying to survive”.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Speech of German President Christian Wullf in Ankara
19.10.2010 full text of speech
...Gleichzeitig erwarten wir, dass Christen in islamischen Ländern das gleiche Recht haben, ihren Glauben öffentlich zu leben, theologischen Nachwuchs auszubilden und Kirchen zu bauen. In allen Ländern müssen Menschen die gleichen Rechte und Chancen genießen, unabhängig von ihrer Religion.
Hier in der Türkei hat auch das Christentum eine lange Tradition. Das Christentum gehört zweifelsfrei zur Türkei. Ich freue mich, an diesem Donnerstag in Tarsus einen ökumenischen Gottesdienst mitfeiern zu können. Ich höre mit großer Begeisterung, dass in der Türkei Stimmen zu hören sind, die mehr Kirchen für Gottesdienste öffnen wollen. Zu dieser Entwicklung möchte ich Sie nachhaltig ermutigen: Die Religionsfreiheit ist Teil unseres Verständnisses von Europa als Wertegemeinschaft. Wir müssen religiösen Minderheiten die freie Ausübung ihres Glaubens ermöglichen. Das ist nicht unumstritten, aber es ist notwendig. Das friedliche Miteinander der verschiedenen Religionen ist eine der großen Zukunftsaufgaben dieser Welt im 21. Jahrhundert. Sie ist bei gutem Willen und Respekt vor der Würde eines jeden Menschen lösbar.
My translation:
At the same time we expect that Christians living in Islamic countries have the same rights, to practice their faith, to train future generations of priests, and to build churches. Citizens of all countries should have equal rights and opportunities, irrespective of their religion.
Also here in Turkey Christianity has had a long tradition. There can be no doubt that Christianity is part of Turkey. I am very pleased to be able to participate in the celebration of mass this Thursday at Tarsus. I observe with great enthusiasm, that there are voices in Turkey that are calling for the opening of more churches for mass in this country. I want to encourage Turkey in such developments: freedom of religion is an integral part of the common values of Europe. We have to enable religious minorities to freely practice their faith. This is sometime debated but it is necessary. The peaceful coexistence of the different religions is one of the great challenges posed to us, the global community, in the 21st century. It is a challenge that can be met if the basis is good will and respect for human dignity.
...Gleichzeitig erwarten wir, dass Christen in islamischen Ländern das gleiche Recht haben, ihren Glauben öffentlich zu leben, theologischen Nachwuchs auszubilden und Kirchen zu bauen. In allen Ländern müssen Menschen die gleichen Rechte und Chancen genießen, unabhängig von ihrer Religion.
Hier in der Türkei hat auch das Christentum eine lange Tradition. Das Christentum gehört zweifelsfrei zur Türkei. Ich freue mich, an diesem Donnerstag in Tarsus einen ökumenischen Gottesdienst mitfeiern zu können. Ich höre mit großer Begeisterung, dass in der Türkei Stimmen zu hören sind, die mehr Kirchen für Gottesdienste öffnen wollen. Zu dieser Entwicklung möchte ich Sie nachhaltig ermutigen: Die Religionsfreiheit ist Teil unseres Verständnisses von Europa als Wertegemeinschaft. Wir müssen religiösen Minderheiten die freie Ausübung ihres Glaubens ermöglichen. Das ist nicht unumstritten, aber es ist notwendig. Das friedliche Miteinander der verschiedenen Religionen ist eine der großen Zukunftsaufgaben dieser Welt im 21. Jahrhundert. Sie ist bei gutem Willen und Respekt vor der Würde eines jeden Menschen lösbar.
My translation:
At the same time we expect that Christians living in Islamic countries have the same rights, to practice their faith, to train future generations of priests, and to build churches. Citizens of all countries should have equal rights and opportunities, irrespective of their religion.
Also here in Turkey Christianity has had a long tradition. There can be no doubt that Christianity is part of Turkey. I am very pleased to be able to participate in the celebration of mass this Thursday at Tarsus. I observe with great enthusiasm, that there are voices in Turkey that are calling for the opening of more churches for mass in this country. I want to encourage Turkey in such developments: freedom of religion is an integral part of the common values of Europe. We have to enable religious minorities to freely practice their faith. This is sometime debated but it is necessary. The peaceful coexistence of the different religions is one of the great challenges posed to us, the global community, in the 21st century. It is a challenge that can be met if the basis is good will and respect for human dignity.
The extremes of moderate Islam
by Janet Albrechtsen, The Australian, October 20, 2010
The last paragraph of the article.
"...In a BBC interview last month to coincide with the publication of his memoirs, former British prime minister Tony Blair described radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the world. He's correct. But a Western leader pointing the finger at radical Islam is the easy part. The harder task is for leaders and the rest of us: to request help in the form of far more moderation from those who describe themselves as moderate Muslims. Unless that happens, the clash of civilisations between Islam and the West will end very badly indeed."
Janet Albrechtsen raises important questions too often ignored.
The Western modern concept of religion is far too narrow to understand the socio-political dimensions of Islam. We see religion as a personal relationship with God (or more generally a meta-physical dimension). Islam, however, through the direct word from that other dimension dictates not only how Muslims should believe but how Muslims should compel others to believe, and there is nothing introspective about those teachings. To be tolerant in the sense of equality of ideas is not to have compelled and so to have failed, blasphemed, Islam as it is written.
The last paragraph of the article.
"...In a BBC interview last month to coincide with the publication of his memoirs, former British prime minister Tony Blair described radical Islam as the greatest threat facing the world. He's correct. But a Western leader pointing the finger at radical Islam is the easy part. The harder task is for leaders and the rest of us: to request help in the form of far more moderation from those who describe themselves as moderate Muslims. Unless that happens, the clash of civilisations between Islam and the West will end very badly indeed."
Janet Albrechtsen raises important questions too often ignored.
The Western modern concept of religion is far too narrow to understand the socio-political dimensions of Islam. We see religion as a personal relationship with God (or more generally a meta-physical dimension). Islam, however, through the direct word from that other dimension dictates not only how Muslims should believe but how Muslims should compel others to believe, and there is nothing introspective about those teachings. To be tolerant in the sense of equality of ideas is not to have compelled and so to have failed, blasphemed, Islam as it is written.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Wilders inspires Merkel to ditch softly-softly integration
A short article from Radio Netherlands Worldwide.
“The multicultural approach has failed. Totally failed!” German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s words attracted global attention. It was a surprising statement from a chancellor who only recently warned against a Dutch government being reliant on parliamentary support from Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam Freedom Party.
It would be a mistake, however, to think Ms Merkel has been won over by Mr Wilders’ arguments. The same speech that denounced the softly-softly integration approach, described Islam as “part of Germany”. But one thing is perfectly clear: the naïve idea that ‘we all live together and we’re all fine with it’ just doesn’t tally with the reality in Germany.
“We brought foreign workers to our country in the 1960s. They live here now, and we've been fooling ourselves. We thought they would go away again, but that didn’t happen. Of course the multicultural approach 'we live next to each other and we like it' has failed. Totally failed.”
The figures demonstrate that Germany is a multicultural society. Out of a population of about 82 million, 6.6 million people hold foreign passports. Germany’s largest non-Western minority is its 1.6 million-strong Turkish community. The German capital Berlin has the highest Turkish population of any city outside Turkey itself. The number of Muslims living in Germany is estimated to be something in excess of 3 million.
“The multicultural approach has failed. Totally failed!” German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s words attracted global attention. It was a surprising statement from a chancellor who only recently warned against a Dutch government being reliant on parliamentary support from Geert Wilders’ anti-Islam Freedom Party.
It would be a mistake, however, to think Ms Merkel has been won over by Mr Wilders’ arguments. The same speech that denounced the softly-softly integration approach, described Islam as “part of Germany”. But one thing is perfectly clear: the naïve idea that ‘we all live together and we’re all fine with it’ just doesn’t tally with the reality in Germany.
“We brought foreign workers to our country in the 1960s. They live here now, and we've been fooling ourselves. We thought they would go away again, but that didn’t happen. Of course the multicultural approach 'we live next to each other and we like it' has failed. Totally failed.”
The figures demonstrate that Germany is a multicultural society. Out of a population of about 82 million, 6.6 million people hold foreign passports. Germany’s largest non-Western minority is its 1.6 million-strong Turkish community. The German capital Berlin has the highest Turkish population of any city outside Turkey itself. The number of Muslims living in Germany is estimated to be something in excess of 3 million.
Robert R. Reilly: The Closing of the Muslim Mind
from Frontpage
here is a short excerpt from the interview:
To protect their notion of God’s omnipotence, the Ash‘arites denied cause and effect in the natural world. For God to be omnipotent, nothing else can be so much as potent. Therefore, fire does not burn cotton; God does. Gravity does not make the rock fall; God does. God is the direct cause of everything and there are no secondary causes. To say otherwise is blasphemy – comparing something to the incomparable God. Everything therefore becomes the equivalent of a miracle. By their very nature, miracles cannot be understood. Without causality in the natural order, anything can come of anything, and nothing necessarily follows. The world becomes incomprehensible because it is without a continuing narrative of cause and effect.
slow-burning genocide
What Geert Wilders and Thilo Sarrazin have pointed out is that Islamisation of their respective countries is slow-burning genocide
- a process that is aided and abetted by Cultural Marxism (a term I borrow from Melanie Phillips).
- a process that is aided and abetted by Cultural Marxism (a term I borrow from Melanie Phillips).
Islam and the West
by Conrad Black in National Review Online, October 14, 2010.
It is certainly time that the West considered systematically whether it has irreconcilable differences with Islam. The belligerence of many Islamic spokesmen and the unassimilable quality of many Muslim immigrants in the West, as well as the spectacular terrorist provocations of extreme Islamic groups, make this a very legitimate question. But it is not so easy to answer. Some passages of the Koran, and some of Muhammad’s more purposeful remarks, certainly incite the inference that mortal conflict is inevitable, an impression heightened by the neurotic obsession of a great many Muslims with the red herring of Israel. It is hard for Westerners to know what to make of Islam. It speaks through an infinite number of clerical and secular leaders, and in a range of vocabularies from fraternal to genocidally hostile.
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The less house-trained Islamists who now frolic in and degrade the United Nations and some of its agencies and commissions should be sent packing. Militant Islam should be recognized as an antagonist, and moderate Muslims should be courted, much more systematically than they have been; Indonesia should be treated as a major power in the world, despite having a (very talented) president who rejoices in the name of Bambang. The debate should not be between ourselves about how to deal with Muslims, it should be between Muslims about the unwisdom of provoking us all.
Good article but for the reference the that mythical beast the "moderate Muslim" - always appealed to but never defined - is it like a cook feeding the marching Napoleonic army - a moderate Frenchman? Or is it the Muslim who believes in the Donald Duck version of the Koran.
"If you tear the hateful passages out of the Koran, you would get Donald Duck.", Testimony by Wafa Sultan at the Trial of Geert Wilders
It is certainly time that the West considered systematically whether it has irreconcilable differences with Islam. The belligerence of many Islamic spokesmen and the unassimilable quality of many Muslim immigrants in the West, as well as the spectacular terrorist provocations of extreme Islamic groups, make this a very legitimate question. But it is not so easy to answer. Some passages of the Koran, and some of Muhammad’s more purposeful remarks, certainly incite the inference that mortal conflict is inevitable, an impression heightened by the neurotic obsession of a great many Muslims with the red herring of Israel. It is hard for Westerners to know what to make of Islam. It speaks through an infinite number of clerical and secular leaders, and in a range of vocabularies from fraternal to genocidally hostile.
...
The less house-trained Islamists who now frolic in and degrade the United Nations and some of its agencies and commissions should be sent packing. Militant Islam should be recognized as an antagonist, and moderate Muslims should be courted, much more systematically than they have been; Indonesia should be treated as a major power in the world, despite having a (very talented) president who rejoices in the name of Bambang. The debate should not be between ourselves about how to deal with Muslims, it should be between Muslims about the unwisdom of provoking us all.
Good article but for the reference the that mythical beast the "moderate Muslim" - always appealed to but never defined - is it like a cook feeding the marching Napoleonic army - a moderate Frenchman? Or is it the Muslim who believes in the Donald Duck version of the Koran.
"If you tear the hateful passages out of the Koran, you would get Donald Duck.", Testimony by Wafa Sultan at the Trial of Geert Wilders
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Some Context on the Wilders Case
By Nina Shea October 17, 2010
The Corner, National Review Online
Geert Wilders is the latest in a lengthening roster of Europeans who have been criminally prosecuted for criticizing Islam. Under the slogans of stopping “Islamophobia” and banning “defamation” or “insult” of Islam, for two decades a concerted demand has been made for the West to enforce Islamic blasphemy rules, as is customary in certain member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
The Netherlands has been among the many EU states struggling to comply. In the name of liberalism, it has enacted laws criminalizing “hate speech,” with grossly illiberal results. A sample of the Dutch cases shows that the desire to protect minorities is a self-deluding piety in these circumstances. What really lies at the root of these vaguely defined and arbitrarily adjudicated cases is fear of Muslim violence.
read more at National Review Online
— Nina Shea directs the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom and co-authored the forthcoming book Silenced (Oxford University Press), on contemporary blasphemy rules.
The Corner, National Review Online
Geert Wilders is the latest in a lengthening roster of Europeans who have been criminally prosecuted for criticizing Islam. Under the slogans of stopping “Islamophobia” and banning “defamation” or “insult” of Islam, for two decades a concerted demand has been made for the West to enforce Islamic blasphemy rules, as is customary in certain member states of the Organization of the Islamic Conference.
The Netherlands has been among the many EU states struggling to comply. In the name of liberalism, it has enacted laws criminalizing “hate speech,” with grossly illiberal results. A sample of the Dutch cases shows that the desire to protect minorities is a self-deluding piety in these circumstances. What really lies at the root of these vaguely defined and arbitrarily adjudicated cases is fear of Muslim violence.
read more at National Review Online
— Nina Shea directs the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom and co-authored the forthcoming book Silenced (Oxford University Press), on contemporary blasphemy rules.
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