Islamists are sworn to make war on the West, to drive out freedom and democracy, replacing them with the mandated tyranny of Islamic law.They declare all laws and all nations that do not originate or abide by Islamic law to be invalid.
And they reserve the right to make war on them by any means necessary, from the political to the economic to the terroristic.
And yet it might surprise many people to realize that most Islamists are not haggard fanatics living off dried goat meat in caves.
Instead many of them are doctors and lawyers working in major American and European cities, they serve as advisors to Western politicians and write newspaper columns. Their organizations are treated with respect and given veto power over the policies of governments whose existence they reject.
And that in a nutshell is the trouble of it all. Because Islamism should carry a price, instead it only carries rewards.
Islamists in Europe and America do not actually have to be isolated hermits working out of a few ghettos. Instead they are able to gain all the benefits of the West, from advanced degrees to high paying jobs to political recognition, while maintaining their hatred for the West.
The results are inevitable. The investigation of a CERN physicist for contacts with Al Queda, and a Glasgow doctor and dentist attempt to carry out an airport car bombing.
Instead many of them are doctors and lawyers working in major American and European cities, they serve as advisors to Western politicians and write newspaper columns. Their organizations are treated with respect and given veto power over the policies of governments whose existence they reject.
And that in a nutshell is the trouble of it all. Because Islamism should carry a price, instead it only carries rewards.
Islamists in Europe and America do not actually have to be isolated hermits working out of a few ghettos. Instead they are able to gain all the benefits of the West, from advanced degrees to high paying jobs to political recognition, while maintaining their hatred for the West.
The results are inevitable. The investigation of a CERN physicist for contacts with Al Queda, and a Glasgow doctor and dentist attempt to carry out an airport car bombing.
These are not the alienated or disenfranchised immigrants, a description that the press routinely uses to try and turn the perpetrators into victims.
No, some are even European born. Rather what they are are Islamists who blended successful lives in the society of the infidels, with their own religious fanaticism. And they were able to do that because tolerance for Islam eliminated any barriers and obstacles to being both Islamists and middle class professionals.
The question is not a casual one, because in reality most terrorism stems from the sons of the middle and upper class.
The immigrants in the ghettos may riot, toss molotov cocktails at the police and rob and rape-- but it tends to be the university graduates who actually join up with international Muslim terrorist groups and begin planning attacks.
Traditionally the middle class has always provided the upper ranks of terrorist groups, and it is no different with Islamist terrorists.
No, some are even European born. Rather what they are are Islamists who blended successful lives in the society of the infidels, with their own religious fanaticism. And they were able to do that because tolerance for Islam eliminated any barriers and obstacles to being both Islamists and middle class professionals.
The question is not a casual one, because in reality most terrorism stems from the sons of the middle and upper class.
The immigrants in the ghettos may riot, toss molotov cocktails at the police and rob and rape-- but it tends to be the university graduates who actually join up with international Muslim terrorist groups and begin planning attacks.
Traditionally the middle class has always provided the upper ranks of terrorist groups, and it is no different with Islamist terrorists.
H/T: gramfan
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