unsmoked - 01 June 2009 05:54 PM
“Let us briefly consider where our discordant reigious certainties are leading us on a global scale. The earth is now home to about 1.4 billion Muslims, many of whom believe that one day you and I will either convert to Islam, live in subjugation to a Muslim caliphate, or be put to death for our unbelief.
Islam is now the fastest-growing religion in Europe. The birthrate among European Muslims is three times that of their non-Muslim neighbors. If current trends continue, France will be a majority-Muslim country in twenty-five years - and that is if immigration were to stop tomorrow.
Throughout Europe, Muslim communities often show little inclination to acquire the secular and civil values of their host countries, and yet they exploit these values to the utmost, demanding tolerance for their misogyny, their anti-Semitism, and the religious hatred that is regularly preached in their mosques. Forced marriages, honor killings, punitive gang rapes, and a homicidal loathing of homosexuals are now features of an otherwise secular Europe, courtesy of Islam.
Political correctness and the fear of racism have made many Europeans reluctant to oppose the terrifying religious commitments of the extremists in their midst. With a few exceptions, the only public figures who have had the courage to speak honestly about the threat that Islam now poses to European society seem to be fascists. This does not bode well for the future of civilization.”
Sam Harris - ‘LETTER TO A CHRISTIAN NATION’ - pages 83, 84, 85
Of course this is what happens everywhere in Europe. Democratic freedom, separation of church and state, the high ideals of secularism, they make only weak societies that shit their pants on the very first occasion. Secular societies lack belief in the power of their ideals because they don’t really believe in it themselves.
