Melanie Phillips:
Angela Merkel has got the point. Multiculturalism has failed, she states flatly, as she surveys western Europe going down under the tide of radical Islam. Rather than liberal society creating the utopia of harmonious cultural pluralism, it is being swallowed whole by the giant predator whose voracious mouth it encourages, in the spirit of tolerance, to open ever wider in the unshakeable belief of western liberals that the jaws about to snap shut around their necks are actually stretched wide in a smile.
All over mainland Europe, a few shoes are belatedly â maybe too late — starting to drop.France and Belgium have banned the burqa and other countries are debating doing the same.Switzerland has banned minarets.Denmark has imposed ferocious limits on immigration.
In the Netherlands the prosecution in the case against the Dutch politician Geert Wilders for allegedly inciting religious hatred — through his criticism of Islamic hatred — has thrown in the towel and asked the judges to acquit him of all charges. See here for an authoritative analysis of the significance of this.
And so what of dear old Blighty, the country which in 1940 stood alone against the threat to democratic life and liberty and the values of western liberalism? Is the shoe of reality starting to drop in the UK too? (forts.)Melanie Phillips: Grovelling alone Selv pĂ„ CNN ser man idag: Germany’s Merkel is right — multiculturalism has failed
Ja, hvor er Sverige og Englands politikere ? Skyldes det Englands topartisystem og Sveriges hidtidige Ă©tpartisystem ? To dĂžgn efter Merkels tale, blev den kundgjort i Sydsvenskan under rubrikken: Angela Merkel ifrĂ„gasĂ€tter âmultikulturen.â Jeg plejer at vide hvad citationstegn betyder, men her ? Hvorfor ikke sĂŠtte hele avisen i citationstegn, fra fĂžrste til sidste side ? Med betydningen: “Her er nogle dĂ©pĂȘcher fra virkeligheden, undskyld vi holder os for nĂŠsen sĂ„ lĂŠnge.” Eller bedre – man kunne ogsĂ„ omlĂŠgge den helt til fiktion, sĂ„dan lidt a la Suzanne BrĂžgger: “Her er en masse jeg mener, det er bare ikke mig, der mener det.” Det er iĂžvrigt typisk at svensk journalistik i sin konsensusnarkomani kalder enhver livlig debat og reel politisk uenighed for “infekterad” (betĂŠndt.) Det er fuldstĂŠndig misforstĂ„et, enhver der kan tysk, kan se at debatten foregĂ„r pĂ„ et civilliseret og hĂžjt informeret niveau, noget Sverige burde beundre og tage ved lĂŠre af, hvis det ikke var for sent. Vidende, kompetente debattĂžrer med forkerte meninger, er smidt ud af den offentlige diskussion for mange Ă„r siden. Axess der, – hvis de endelig mener det samme som andre – mener det pĂ„ en lidt finere mĂ„de, skriver om Merkel.Johan Lundbergs problem er, at han er sĂ„ bange for at skrive sig ud af det gode selskab, finrummet, man ved.. I modsĂŠtning til os “populister og nationalister”. Populist, det kan han selv vĂŠre, litteraturdengsen.
Den multikulturelle katastrofe
»Form er tomhed,« hedder det i en gammel buddhistisk tekst. BistĂ„et af manipulerende spindoktorer leverer statsministeren, hans vicestatsminister – der pĂ„stĂ„s at vĂŠre en sĂ„dan – og makkerparret Thorning-SĂžvndal dagligt sandhedsbeviset. Fire politiske krĂŠmmere, som mĂ„lbevidst gĂžr, hvad de kan for at overbevise vĂŠlgerne om, at den politiske verden styres af mennesker, hvis eneste mĂ„l er magten for magtens egen skyld.[..]
Truslerne fra islam indskrĂŠnkes til et ghettoproblem………Islam er den stĂžrste trussel imod samhĂžrigheden i de europĂŠiske samfund, herunder det danske. Nok er der sat visse grĂŠnser for indvandringen, men i kraft af en forkvaklet skyldfĂžlelse over for et mindretal tilpasser vi os lĂžbende normerne i den muslimske verden. Inden vi ser os om, vil der vĂŠre skabt et parallelsamfund, hvor shariaens love gĂŠlder. Udviklingen og truslerne er nĂžje beskrevet og dokumenteret i bogen “Islams magt” af Karen Jespersen og Ralf Pittelkow. Et kampskrift, der burde vĂŠre pligtlĂŠsning for enhver politiker og isĂŠr regeringschefen og lederen af oppositionen. Med rette kalder de to forfattere den multikulturelle model en katastrofe og ser den som et resultat af det kollektive vanvid, der prĂŠgede store dele af eliten. Tilpasning til islam mĂ„tte vĂŠre en selvfĂžlge for enhver, der yndede at reprĂŠsentere den politiske korrekthed.
IsĂŠr skildringen af udviklingen i Storbritannien er rystende. Fra hĂžjre til venstre og velsignet af den anglikanske kirke lukker det politiske establishment Ăžjnene for indfĂžrelsen af shariaen og islamiske parallelsamfund. Tilpasningen til islam har pĂ„ det nĂŠrmest vĂŠret total.Modsat Storbritannien viser den folkelige reaktion i Tyskland pĂ„ den nye bog af den socialdemokratiske politiker Thilo Sarrazin, at et oprĂžr er pĂ„ vej i Europas stĂžrste land. Som den tidligere forbundskansler, Helmut Schmidt, allerede erklĂŠrede for seks Ă„r siden: »Forestillingen om multikulti er svĂŠr at forene med et demokratisk samfund.« Ved at tie over for den stĂžrste trussel imod nationalstaten og det danske frihedssyn foretrĂŠkker en moderne dansk statsminister og hans nĂŠrmeste konkurrent stiltiende at tilpasse sig islams undertrykkende holdninger. – Fhv. chefredaktĂžr Sven Ove Gade Tavsheden i dansk politik, JP 17.10.2010.
En saudier fester igennem
Cocktailen – no pun intended – er sĂ„ absolut ‘fit for a prince’, men herren til hĂžjre skulle ikke overleve mĂždet med sin drukfĂŠlle. Og vender prins Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud nogensinde hjem til Saudi-Arabien efter udstĂ„et straf i Storbritannien har man ogsĂ„ lige en dĂždsdom at afsige over ham selv. Hykleriet og rĂ„ddenskaben i det en CIA-mand betegnede ‘mĂžrkets hjerte’ er magelĂžst, men sĂ„ lĂŠnge det foregĂ„r helt internt skal jeg ikke komme med indvendinger (LFPC).
A gay Saudi prince today faces a life sentence for beating and strangling his servant to death in the culmination of a campaign of ‘sadistic’ abuse.
Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering Bandar Abdulaziz in a ‘brutal’ assault at their five-star hotel suite.
The prince was fuelled by champagne and ‘sex on the beach’ cocktails when he bit the 32-year-old hard on both cheeks during the attack in February. […] Pictured together, happily sharing a cocktail: The Gay Saudi prince and the manservant he beat to death in a London hotel room
Barbarerne ved byporten
David Solways artikel er noget af en ÞjenÄbner for en blogger som undertegnede der ikke er overbebyrdet med historisk ballast. For selv om de seneste Ärhundreder i den vestlige verdens historie er unikke og uden egentlige fortilfÊlde, er der pÄ flere kritiske omrÄder alligevel slÄende paralleller at finde i antikken. Kan man bruge dette til noget konstruktivt? Jeg aner det ikke, men i og med at oplevelsen af vanvid og apati i de daglige nyheder i sig selv er frustrerende, kan det tjene til afklaring at prÞve at indkredse noget man kommer til at se som en mere almenmenneskelig foreteelse. Nogle pluk fra et hÞjst lÊsvÊrdigt essay (LFPC).
A senior Afghan Taliban official has warned of an attack against the Netherlands if its new government implements the agenda of anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders, the Volkskrant daily reported Monday. âIf the Netherlands maintains or intensifies its anti-Islam policy, it is certain that the Netherlands will be the target of an attack by a jihadist group,â Zabiullah Mujahed, a long-time Taliban spokesman, is quoted as having told the newspaper. […] Taliban warn Dutch against adopting anti-Islam agenda
[…] As Spengler put it, we are a civilization âlos[ing] its desire to be, and, as in Imperial Rome, wish[ing] itself out of the overlong daylight and back into the darknessâŠâ
Of course, such apocalyptic predictions have been made many times before, perhaps most famously by Horace in Epode 16 [3] where he notes that Rome is about to do what its enemies never could, namely, destroy itself: âLet us be on our way, all citizens,/or those above the dull-witted herd: defeatists and weaklings/can rest indolently on their unlucky beds.â […]
Sporadic outbursts of terrorism allied with the furtive and consistent infiltration of the cultural groundworkâincluding Oxford and Scotlandâare gradually tilting the balance in favor of the Muslim advance into the Western heartland. At the same time Western resilience has atrophied and seems unable to produce a modern counterpart of Charles Martel […]
Some trust that the barbarians will experience a gradual change of heart and others think that it is, after all, only a kind of Survivor TV show we are watching. Butâand this is what is most unsettlingâvast numbers of people, both among the illuminati and the general public, appear to be doing everything they can to arrange for their own quietus, using Islam as the weapon they are turning against themselves and their own civilization, as if following the self-immolation script to the letter. Dhimmis in the making, they really do want to concede the battle for supremacy, let alone existence, and step into the Spenglerian darkness. They have grown old and tired, and want only to be absolved of effort and responsibility. Sometimes what others do to us is only a kind of reflex of what we have done to ourselves. Sometimes the enemy is our chosen accomplice and subliminal ally. […]
This is where, mutatis mutandis, we seem to be today. The Rome that we now live in, governed by âdefeatists and weaklings,â is opening its gates to a civilizational rival that has been at war with Christendom and the West for the last 1400 years. […] David Solway: The Barbarians Are Coming
Sygelig frygt
Alle historiske, politiske og kulturelle forskelle mellem USA og os selv til trods, er der mange klare ligheder i disse Ă„rs ophedede kulturkamp. ‘Islamofobi’ er selvfĂžlgelig forsĂžgt brugt som udskamning verden over (med mindre held her til lands), men tilskrivning af frygt brugt som vĂ„ben er jo ogsĂ„ velkendt i patronismer som ‘frygt for verden’ og lignende. Hm, af en eller anden grund fik jeg her spontant et billede af Margrete Auken frem pĂ„ hjernebarken (LFPC).
[…] The accusation that their opponents are âscaredâ has become the default position of the Left. A prime example, as many realize, is the word Islamophobia. It is a deliberate misnomer, imputing âfearâ to people who dislike or even despise the ideology of Islam for whatever reason. (Institutionalized misogyny might be a good one.)
Of course, the deeper intent in accusing your opposition of being âscaredâ is to defuse it. An ancillary benefit is to avoid discussing the issues, which in the current situation the Obama and his allies are doing their level bests to avoid. […] Roger L. Simon: For Obama and the Left, âScaredâ is the New âAngryâ
Wilders: Farlig for illusionerne
FrÊkheden er uden sidestykke, og man kunne tilskrive den rygmarvstillÊrt offerrollespil. Dette er utvivlsomt en del af baggrunden, men at nogen kan fÄ den tanke at man kan sÊlge sig som truet af en mand der lever under massiv politibeskyttelse dÞgnet rundt, Äret rundt, for at ytre ord, er mere end bare fÞrmoderne enfoldighed i forhold til den vestlige medievirkelighed man prÞver at begÄ sig i. For blindheden i forhold til det Äbenlyse gÊlder jo ogsÄ over en kam der: Geert Wilders selv er et levende bevis pÄ at han har fat i den lange ende, og sÄ er den ikke lÊngere (LFPC).
Muslims told judges trying anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders for hate speech Monday that he was dangerous, dividing a multicultural society that used to cohabit peacefully.
“Mr Wilders is a dangerous ideologist who has divided Dutch society,” Naoual Abaida, a trainee lawyer with a native Dutch mother and Moroccan father, told the court.
“I am asking you to protect me as a Muslim and a Moroccan against Mr Wilders,” she said, referring to his “Islam-bashing” and “insulting, polarising language”. […]
“We are the daily target of xenophobic statements,” Mohamed Rabbae, politician and activist, told the judges as Wilders looked on, occasionally lifting his eyebrows or making faces.
“Our children have become unsure about their future … in this climate of discrimination, hate and enmity as propagated by Mr Wilders.”
This in turn caused “anger, bitterness and a deepening of the divide between Muslims and native Dutch”, said Rabbae. […] Wilders is dangerous, Muslims tell court
Stemmer fra Ăžrkenen
Jeg ved ikke lige med denne her kvasi-katolske anglikanske kirke og dens farverige klĂŠdedragter, og der kan meget vel vĂŠre teologisk gods med i bagagen fra de tidligere kolonier man vil rynke pĂ„ nĂŠsen af. Alligevel er det lidt tankevĂŠkkende at det er fra gejstlige fra Uganda som John Sentamu, eller den tidligere biskop af Rochester med pakistanske rĂždder Michael Nazir-Ali, at man skal hĂžre klare, uforblommede ord i lodret modstrid med klĂŠg og politisk korrekt kirkelig tale. Man tĂŠnke pĂ„ Rowan ‘sharia’ Williams, og man gyse (LFPC).
The Archbishop of York today urged young black people to stop blaming racism for their problems and instead to work hard for success.
Dr John Sentamu said that prisons, mental health units and young offender institutions held too many black people and told a new generation: ‘Your future success does not lie in guns, gangs and knives or in the worship of celebrities.’
He told young people not to try to blame others and added: ‘As parents and as a nation we have failed our children.’ […] ‘Don’t blame racism for your problems’: Archbishop John Sentamu urges young black men to work hard for success
Folkmusiker mot frÀmlingsfientlighet
Alle madammer m/k var ude og aktiviste.Folkmusikerna sĂ€ger ifrĂ„n â mot frĂ€mlingsfientlighet. Kun fortabte tidselgemytter rĂžres ikke af sĂ„ meget godgĂžrende halm ud af Ăžrerne.