The decent Danes [Pass laws to fight radical Imans]

Melanie Phillips.com ^ | February 19, 2004 | Melanie Phillips

[aculeus]

After the Netherlands, now Denmark is getting tough. As the Times reports, the Danes are proposing to curb the activities of Islamic preachers of hate:

'The measures, to be presented to the Danish parliament tomorrow, are aimed at imams who preach against Western values, encourage Muslims to wear the hijab, the Islamic head scarf, and demand that women do not work. The initiative is part of a package of tough immigration reforms that reflects mounting concern in Denmark about the growth of Islamic communities who reject the country’s values. There is also alarm about the rise of Islamic fundamentalism — a Danish citizen who fought in Afghanistan is being held at Guantanamo Bay. The Danish Government is trying to ban the radical Muslim group Hizb ut-Tahrir, which campaigns for sharia, or Islamic law...

'Other measures include a doubling of the fine to £500 for people who harbour failed asylum-seekers, with imprisonment for repeat offenders. Successful asylum-seekers could have residence permits revoked if they return home on holiday, presumed to be proof that they were not persecuted. Men convicted of domestic violence will be banned from bringing another wife into Denmark for ten years. As well as the requirement that they be educated and self-financing, imams must prove they are “worthy”. The legislation states that visas will not be given if there is “reason to believe the foreigner will be a threat to public safety, security, public order, health, decency or other people’s rights and duties”.

This last reference is meant to be a ban on imams who, for example, teach that women should not work, who promote female genital mutilation or urge the killing of Jews.'

Read that last sentence again, and then muse on the fact that Britain has not seen fit to take similar action. As with the Netherlands, it seems to me that the reason why Denmark is prepared to confront head on this evil that menaces its civilised society is because it actually believes that it is a civilised society that is worthy of defending. That is why, as one commentator said:

'“It is about imams who don’t speak Danish or know nothing of Danish society. They drag Muslims back 200 years and know nothing about modern European life. It is directly the opposite of integration.” Danish newspapers have been carrying reports about suburbs of Copenhagen with large, alienated Islamic populations, which local police and council leaders have described as a “time bomb”. Comparisons have been made to the conditions that led to the race riots two years ago in Bradford, Oldham and Burnley.'

The reason why Britain refuses to take this kind of defensive action is that it no longer believes it has national values that are worth defending. Instead, its intelligentsia has progressively taken an axe to those values and that identity, rubbishing them at every turn and professing moral equivalence with other cultures and values. The result is a toleration of evil in Britain, which is now being shamed and exposed by comparison with the Dutch and Danes.

Posted by melanie at February 19, 2004

[Dalan]

It's very, very encouraging to see European countries beginning to try to repel the invasion that is underway.

I think even France is beginning to "get it".

It's going to be long, bumpy road.

[secret garden]

It looks like our ancestor's homeland is starting to wake up.

[Cicero]

Someone has to go first. Someone has to think the unthinkable. If Holland and Denmark proceed with these measures, Europe might possibly turn around yet before it's too late.

Leftists are like lemmings. They regularly follow each other over the cliffs of decadence and moral decay. But they might just possibly follow a leader in the right direction instead. Who knows?

[xJones]

They can be taught!!

Wait a minute, can the U.S. be taught?

[aimhigh]

If Holland and Denmark proceed with these measures

I expect the EU will somehow step in to stop these measures.