European
Immigration: Mainly Muslim, Mainly Male, Mainly Young
by Douglas Murray
• January 5, 2017 at 5:30 am
- In
the wake of the attack in Nice, there should have been a fulsome public
discussion over what if anything can be done to ensure that people who
have been in France for many years -- in some cases their entire lives --
are not indoctrinated to hate the country so much that they drive a truck
through a crowded sea-front on Bastille Day.
- Or
there could have been a wide public debate over whether, with so many
radicalised Muslims already in France, it was a wise or foolish idea to
continue to import large numbers of Muslims into this already simmering
situation.
- Merkel
seems to hope that with this raising of a burka ban the German public will
forgive or forget the fact that here is a political leader so devoid of
foresight that she unilaterally chose to allow an extra 1-2% of the
population to be added to her country in a single year, mainly Muslim,
mainly male and mainly young.
- The
burka and burkini, like the headscarf, are only issues because millions of
people have been allowed, unchecked, into Europe for years. The garment is
merely the simplest issue at which to take aim. Far harder are the issues
of immigration and integration. It is possible that Europe's politicians
cannot answer these questions, because any and all answers would point the
finger at their own failings.
- The
European publics might get fed up with the distraction tactics of talking
about garments and instead seek answers to the challenge we now face, as
well as retribution at the polls for the politicians who brought us here.
In the wake of the July 14
attack in Nice, France, in which 86 people were murdered, there should have
been a fulsome public discussion over what if anything can be done to ensure
that people who have been in France for many years -- in some cases their
entire lives -- are not indoctrinated to hate the country so much that they
drive a truck through a crowded sea-front on Bastille Day. (Image source: France24
video screenshot)
2016
was a fine year for Islamist terrorism and an even finer year for Western
political distraction. While Islamic terrorists repeatedly succeeded in
carrying out mass-casualty terrorist attacks, as well as a constant run of smaller-scale
strikes, the political leadership of the free world continued to try to divert
their public.
The
most striking example of the year came in the summer with the French debate
over whether or not to ban the "burkini" from the beaches of France.
The row erupted in the days after another 86 people were murdered in a jihadist
terrorist assault -- this time in Nice, France. With no one sure how to prevent
access to vehicles or any idea how many French Muslims might want to follow
suit, the French media and authorities chose to debate an item of beachwear.
The carefully staged decision by an Australian Muslim woman to have herself
filmed while wearing a burkini on a French beach ignited the row, which was
eagerly seized upon by politicians.
