You know, every once in a while we hear of a European politician demanding that Euros be allowed to vote in American elections, and we just think they're talkin' trash. Truth is, they must really feel that way, because they frickin' allow non-citizens to vote in their elections. Say hello to Allah, your new MP:
Belgium introduced voting rights for non-Belgian residents in order to counter the “islamophobic” and Flemish secessionist Vlaams Belang (VB).
As a result multitudes of Muslim candidates were elected in major cities in last Sunday’s local elections.
In Antwerp the immigrants are now demanding an alderman’s post in the city government, which consists of the mayor and ten aldermen. In Brussels the Parti Socialiste (PS) is embarrassed at the election of Murat Denizli as a Socialist councilor. Denizli is a hardright Turkish extremist belonging to the Grey Wolves.
In the Netherlands political parties are facing serious problems with Turkish candidates who refuse to acknowledge the 1915 Armenian genocide.
Denying the Armenian genocide? My, what big teeth they have. The better to eat those little Belgian chocolates with, I guess. Wait, you want to eat me?
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Just when you think governments can't possibly get any more stupid...
Well, of course, our Supreme Court here in the United States takes international law under advisement when making decisions. So, the stupidity is everywhere.
It's like Belgians are voluntarily digging their own grave and asking Muslims "Is it deep enough or should we dig a little deeper?"
Benue, I don't know if you are being facetious. It means they are allowing non-citizen residents in Belgium to vote in the Belgian elections. In other words, the Muslims.
On Ibloga there is a tendency to talk about "Islamofascism". When talking of the threat of the believers of Islam agaqinst Western societies.
I think the Muslims should be simply called Muslims and no connection should be made to recent European history.
Islam is 1.400 years old and has been a threat to its neighbours during that time. Fascism is 85 years old. I know of no modification in Islam in the last 85 years in order to align it to fascism.
However there is such a thing as Fascism in Islam. The example is e.g. Turkey. The Turkish "Grey Wolves" or "ideologues" are both Fascists and Muslims.
From Turkish friends I have heard there is a movement within Turkish fascism to further align Turkish fascism with Islam.
The Grey Wolves are a very strong force in Turkish politics together with the "Islamic prosperity" movement of Erdogan. Both used the Turkish diaspora in Western Europe to increase their strength.
Because the Turkish state has little power over the Turkish communities in Western Europe they can fundraise, recruit and print literature there. About 40 percent of the Dutch and German Turks used to support the Grey Wolves and another 40 percent the Islamic Prosperity party.
Because Western government have stopped guarding their borders and populations, transnational movements like these (think of Latin American criminal organisations in the USA) find sanctuaries in which they can build up their strength. Our governments keep their eyes shut, Westerners are powerless and our enemies multiply and beset us.
Another thing is, the secular Turkish state that some Westerners wax about so eloquently has a very strong "State worship" element to it. In order to weaken the appeal of Islam Kemal Ataturk turned the state in an object of veneration, which is very much alike to Communism, Fascism and Nazism. Kemal Ataturk is still venerated like a god by pro-American circles in the Turkish State, especially the army.
Furthermore I could write a similar story about the Syrian and Iraqi Baath party, which have strong fascist tendencies in order to counterbalance the strength of Islam in their societies.
On a final note: if you mix Western society with a non-western society such as Middle Eastern societies, as happens when you:
a. let them invade your society, thru immigration;
b. invade them with your own army
you are bound to find out that all your options are unsavoury.
Better not to mix civilisations and populations.
If you want a modern picture of Fascism surf to Ataturks Mausoleum
The real fascism is in the ideas, not in the symbols of course. Still these pictures gives one a good pointer, methinks.
I think that we should discern between Islam and real Islamofascism and not use the latter as a blanket term for things we do not like about Islam.
In the past 10 years Islamofascism is weakening and Islam is on the rise in Islamic communities in Asia, Middle East and The West.
Snouck,
Thanks for the lesson. I think you're right, and I'm probably the worst offender.
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