Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Bruce Bawer reflects that in Europe, "instead of encouraging Muslim immigrants to integrate and become part of their new societies, Western Europe's governments have allowed them to form self-segregating parallel societies run more or less according to Shariah." One result:
Ubiquitous youth gangs, contemptuous of infidels, have made European cities increasingly dangerous for non-Muslims-especially women, Jews and gays. ...
One measure of the dimensions of this shift: Owing to the rise in gay-bashings by Muslim youths, Dutch gays-who 10 years ago constituted a reliable left-wing voting bloc-now support conservative parties by a nearly 2-to-1 margin.
If our anti-gay religious right were predominantly Muslim and violent instead of Christian and merely reactionary, would the U.S. left be throwing gays under the bus?
2 Comments for “Meanwhile, in Europe…”
posted by TS on
Mwahaha. I once saw old Bawer on PBS. Clever fellow.
I’d like to know, are these gangs real, and is the threat they pose to those they hate imminent and a genuine large-scale social problem? If this is more hyperbolic victimology, then this is nothing but damaging. But if it isn’t, then I am scared shitless. Western civilization, for all its faults, is a beautiful thing!
posted by Mark on
Bruce Bawer is a trusted and reliable reporter. He has lived in Europe for several years and I trust that he knows whereof he writes. The Muslim population is growing in Europe significantly, and I have heard or read of this reaction by Muslim youth from other sources. I have read and been a fan of Bruce Bawer for several years, and have every confidence that he is neither alarmist nor given to overreaction.