Posted on 07/12/2004 4:10:20 PM PDT by Pokey78
I wonder how long before a fatwa is issued on our beloved Mark Steyn.
bump.
As usual, Steyn is right on target. Disturbing article, though. The British had better wake up.
BTTT
Another fine Steyn article. He nails it.
Unexerpted, and un-Q'ed. Bravo.
actually, the Brits need to be pushed further..then they'll wake up..However, the country that will probably FIRST move hard against Muslims within its borders will be France..it's the least democratic of the western nations.
France may be the least democratic Western nation, but they'll be the first to surrender. Okay, I know what you're saying...I just couldn't resist saying that ;-)
A month ago when Berlin had a huge gay celebration presided over by the city's gay mayor, I thought, "This will stop big time when Islam takes over."
Soon this will be the case in the West.
Already, anyone who says anything negative about Mohammedanism is branded a hatemongering bigot.
This sentence shimmers like a highly polished gem:
The fact that in Mohammedan law every woman must belong to some man as his absolute property - either as a child, a wife, or a concubine - must delay the final extinction of slavery until the faith of Islam has ceased to be a great power among men.
But who is he quoting here?:
"Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. Thousands become the brave and loyal soldiers of the Queen: all know how to die. But the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytising faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising fearless warriors at every step; and were it not that Christianity is sheltered in the strong arms of science - the science against which it had vainly struggled - the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome."
Does anyone know?
Non-excerpted BTTT.
The disease of politically correct cowardice is well noted by Mr Steyn. A correspondent asked a policeman, why do you not lay charges under the law regarding hate. The Bobbie told him "F... Off, or I will arrest you".
There is something rotten abroad in my native country and in Canada also. People are being prosecuted for unwise remarks against Islam or other minority cultures under the hate laws. Then the fanatics who use Islam as a cover, sneer in peoples faces, protected by the cowards. Let me name one group. The Ontario Human Rights Commission. Be on guard.
That's right, kick Catholicism, any branch of Christianity and that's PC fine with the media. Pro-Palestinian(Muslim)/anti Israeli(Jews) spiels are also okay. The Hindus and Buddhists aren't even on the U.S. media radar screen unless Hindus just happen to be repelling another Muslim attack in Kashmir.
But nobody dares say a judgmental word against Islam! We all know that if a terrorist attack occurs it is 99% sure to have been done by Muslim terrorists and innocent civilians are the usual victims. In the U.S., we put up with security checks at every airport, etc. because they're watching for Muslim terrorists, there isn't another variety to speak of. When you sit down in an airplane you automatically look around for Middle Eastern/Paki young men, because that's the only potential danger.
But we can't say anything publicly that it's all those damn crazy Muslims' fault! They're protected when Islamic terrorists should be discussed and condemned on every street corner, and open discussions of what massive failure in their religion causes those bombing lunatics to plague us!
It's our countries Muslims are piling into, we aren't trying to gain citizenship in their filthy Islamic ratholes. We owe them nothing, and they owe use the respect of our ways while they live in our countries. Or else they can return to one of their Allah's showcase homelands, which would be the best thing for the West.
Aren't the Libs supposed to be champions of tolerance? How is it that Islam gets a pass every time when they tolerate practically nothing? I have a hard time comprehending this.
MKM
That was Winston Churchill, Lord love him.
Congressman Billybob
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