I have written about the flow of immigration abroad, the consequences of pro-Muslim policies, and the effect those policies are having across Europe. It would seem that I am not alone in my belief. It also appears that some in Europe are waking up to the impacts, perhaps setting the tone for the United States and its immigration challenges.
In a recent news conference, Austria’s Chancellor Sebastian Kurz drew a “red line” in the sand. His administration now plans to expel as many as 60 different imams. Imams are the religious leaders of Islam who preach the Quran and promote not just Sharia law but call for jihad as well. Further, his administration also plans to close seven mosques and dissolve the coalition of the “Arab Religious Community” that is in charge of the mosques.
Why? There is transparent opposition by the Muslims to assimilate into the culture or country they inhabit. Instead, they create organizations (usually with the assistance of the Muslim Brotherhood) and begin the process of demanding socio-political standing, religious concessions, then taking over entire neighborhoods by displacing the existing residents until such a time they become the majority and can vote in their “own brand” of government. Up until now, most countries (including ours) have acquiesced.
But not Austria. Using a 2015 law that prohibits foreign funding for religious communities, Austria is taking charge and making changes. When you consider the situation, who can blame them?
Kurz himself described one of the targeted closures in Vienna as “a hardline Turkish nationalist mosque.” To understand why, a little history lesson follows.
In April of 2018, the Mosque in question put on a little play. In that play, the children were caught and photographed playing “war” and playing dead during a re-enactment of the World War One Battle of Gallipoli.
The Battle of Gallipoli was one of the most disastrous military campaigns of World War One. Over 29,000 British and Irish soldiers died at the hands of the Ottoman Turks.
According to the Daily Mail: “The photos of children, published by the Falter weekly, showed the young boys in camouflage uniforms marching, saluting, waving Turkish flags and then playing dead. Their ‘corpses’ were then lined up and draped in the flags.”
This is akin to a German Christian Church re-enacting the Second Battle of Kharkov in Russia and draping the Third-Reich flag over the fallen German soldiers.
Kharkov was a strategically important city in the Ukraine that had seen fierce fighting in the autumn of 1941, when the Germans captured it. The following year, the Red Army launched a major offensive to retake the prized city. Unfortunately for the Red Army, the Germans were still very much active in the area and were able to call upon forces to launch a strong defense and counter-offensive. The Germans encircled the three Soviet armies and effectively destroyed them. In a devastatingly effective operation, the Germans wiped out nearly 280,000 Russian men and 650 tanks. It was a massacre of Soviets.
Can you imagine? The absolute unmitigated gall of the Muslims to reenact this play. It was a slap in the face of the Austrian government and a total affront to human sensibilities.
When it was discovered that these imams were breaking the law, the process was started to expel them from the country. As Interior Minister Herbert Kickl stated: “[T]he imams are suspected of ‘contravening a ban on foreign funding of religious office holders,’ which would be a violation of the prohibition for receiving religious community financial support from abroad.”
In fact, according to Kickl: “40 of them had an active application for extending their residency and that a number of these had already been referred to immigration authorities, where a process for expelling them was underway.”
This is not the first time that European nations have had to deal with this existential issue. Nor has it been the first time that we in the United States have had to either. One of my favorite quotes comes from one of my favorite presidents, Theodore Roosevelt. In 1907, the United States was dealing with an immigration problem when he said, “There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag…We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language…and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
Roosevelt held this position throughout his life and career. According to Snopes: “[A]s World War I raged in Europe and America entered the conflict on the side of the Allies, he frequently spoke of his belief that immigrants taking up residence in the U.S. should assimilate into American society as quickly as possible, learn the English language, eschew hyphenated national identities (e.g., “Italian-American”) and declare their primary national allegiance to the United States of America.”
Meaning we are not African-American, Mexican-American, or German-American…we are simply Americans. You cannot serve two masters. Read the Bible for more guidance on that one. What is even more interesting is, for decades, most immigrants felt the same way and worked hard to assimilate into the American culture.
Which brings us back to Austria and their rationale for expelling the Muslims. In short, Chancellor Kurz expressed in a speech on June 8, 2018 the very same sentiment expressed by Roosevelt: “Parallel societies, political Islam and radicalization have no place in our country.” The new Austrian administration from the right-leaning Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) won “on promises to prevent another influx and clamp down on benefits for new immigrants and refugees.”
It should come as no surprise that the Muslims and Turkey’s government are having a conniption. The spokesman for Turkey’s president, Ibrahim Kalin tweeted his countrymen’s moral outrage: “Austria’s decision to close down seven mosques and deport imams with a lame excuse is a reflection of the anti-Islam, racist and discriminatory populist wave in this country.”
So there it is, folks. The go-to playbook anytime someone says anything that is even remotely against the “pro-Muslim” agenda: the race card. But let’s examine those accusations. In short, these are the globally endorsed talking points that are nonsensical hyperbole used to “guilt-trip” Western civilizations and citizens.
First is the opening salvo: “lame excuse.” Well, contrary to what some would like you to think, the reason these imams are being displaced is not an excuse. It is the law. If you don’t like the law, then you petition your government for a redress of wrongs and you influencing changing the law. That’s the way things work in a democracy.
Next, Kalin uses the statement, “anti-Islam, racist and discriminatory populist wave.” Let’s break those down point-by-point:
- “Anti-Islam” – Anti-anything is a belief system that one can choose to participate in or not. There are plenty of people in the world that are anti-Christian and anti-Semitic. But it’s ok to be anti-Semitic, just as long as you aren’t anti-Islam? It’s pretty simple. The Islamic holy books and religious dogma boils down to a simple premise: death and oppression of all “non-Muslims.” So, forgive the Austrians for being “Anti-Islam.”
- “Racist” – To quote from one of my favorite movies: “You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.” The root of the word “racist” is “race.” Islam is not a race, it is a religion…it is also a political/government system, but I will leave that argument for another day. Calling people who are “anti-Islam” racist just shows the depth of ignorance and the feeble attempt to stir the flames of racism. Calling people “racist” is the preferred tactic of the left and of the Muslims themselves, since they both will stop at nothing to exploit the guilt and the “bleeding heart humanitarianism” of the West.
- “Discriminatory populist wave” – Here, hypocrisy is just out in the open for everyone to see. You invade a nation and then take over entire neighborhoods where you impose Sharia law discriminating against the very citizens you displaced. You do not assimilate and you do not conform to the existing laws. Instead, you demand, protest, taunt, and “discriminate.” Is it no wonder that the local citizens are organizing together in order to resist your form of discrimination? Coming together as a community to fight against discrimination is not discrimination…it’s a resistance.
The threat from Islam is real. Your town might just turn into another London where there are neighborhoods you can’t go into, gangs roaming the streets to enforce Sharia law, or worse, the rape gangs we have seen in Germany, London, France and others.
