They could’ve rammed this through at any point between January 2009 and January 2011. Nothing stood in their way.
There is no problem with Muslim’s per se. The problem is the concern that Islam is not compatible with democracy. Go to London or Paris and see big swaths of both Cities looking more like Tehran than a major Western City. Muslim countries show no respect for women’s rights, free speech, the right to vote or to choose their on leaders. Nothing in their history (to date) suggest an impending change of conscience. Muslim run countries are dictatorial or theocratic messes run by thugs under the veil of Islam.
If I was convinced Muslim were immigrating to the west to embrace freedom rather than erode it, I would have a better attitude about the entire endeavor. It’s just that simple.
A wise person once said, “It’s good to have an open mind but, don’t let it be so open that your brain falls out.”
Proximate cause?