Belgian MP Sam van Rooy: ‘Europe must wake up to the threat of radical Islam’

JNS ^ | Apr. 30, 2025 | Amelie Botbol

[MinorityRepublican]

Belgian Member of Parliament Sam van Rooy issued a stark warning on Monday about the future of Europe, arguing that rising Islamic extremism and unchecked immigration are threatening democratic values across the continent. “We want to remain a democratic society, but as we do, more and more neighborhoods Islamize,” Van Rooy said during a panel discussion at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem. “We either become a secular totalitarian country and force Islam out, or we remain a democracy until eventually Islam forces us out.” He stressed that “unfortunately, ongoing Islamization eventually forces us to choose between the plague and cholera.”

Van Rooy, who served as policy director to Dutch right-wing leader Geert Wilders, returned to Belgium in 2012 to launch his own political career. He currently serves as a city councilor in Antwerp and a Belgian Member of the Chamber of Representatives, and is a vocal supporter of Israel. On Monday, he joined the “Changing Europe” panel alongside chair Fiamma Nirenstein, a senior contributing writer for JNS; Hungary’s Center for Fundamental Rights director Miklos Szantho; and former commander of British forces in Afghanistan Col. (res.) Richard Kemp.

A self-described “radical Zionist,” Van Rooy lamented the lack of political support for Israel within the Belgian Parliament. “There are 150 members, and none of them stand with Israel,” he said. “I came here to express my solidarity and to take a message back to Belgium: We need to stop with the ICC and UNRWA nonsense and ban groups like Samidoun, which are allowed to organize and demonstrate in our country.”

Speaking after the panel, he called for an end to mass immigration from Muslim-majority countries, warning that Europe risks losing its cultural identity. “We can at least save the neighborhoods and cities that are still free and European,” he said.

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[Leaning Right]

Mr. van Rooy is of course right.

And so now the question becomes, who will issue an arrest warrant for Mr. van Rooy first, Belgium or the EU?

🤔

[rktman]

Maybe the brits?

[Thapsus_epiphany]

Yes, and also, you should always close the barn door after the horses got out, too …

Talk about sleep walking with a bag on your head …

[Lizavetta]

It should be obvious to everyone what Muslims are doing ... spreading, colonizing, anchoring themselves in countries to expand their theocratic ideology. Why wouldn't they move to countries whose religion, language, cultural values, cuisine, etc. are similar like normal people do?

There's even mosques in Iceland.

[MinorityRepublican]

It should be obvious to everyone what Muslims are doing ... spreading, colonizing, anchoring themselves in countries to expand their theocratic ideology.

Apparently, it's not obvious because we cannot say this in public.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Too late.

[Rummyfan]

You may be a little late Mr Van Rooy.

[Rummyfan]

There's even mosques in Iceland.

That is truly disturbing.

[MinorityRepublican]

There's even mosques in Iceland.

Just looked that up. You're not wrong.

[frank ballenger]

Europe is going to be hard to awaken.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k40Oc5p_iiM

[ansel12]

For one thing quit calling it radical or saying a Muslim is radicalized, it is just Islam and he is just a Muslim, in fact a more devout Muslim practicing the Quran, it is Islam.

Allow Muslims into your country and some of them will be true Muslims and will follow the Quran and as time goes by true believers will continue to emerge or discover their faith, and murder and terror will be a permanent part of your culture forever.

[Gnome1949]

There is no NON-RADICAL Islam. Convert or die is baked into their cult. It is not a religion. It is a mass-murder and fanatics’ death cult. They glamorize mass murder and promise paradise to those who kill “infidels.” The more blood and death - the better !!

They are dangerous lunatics.

Any such cult that demands murder is NOT A RELIGION.

[BigJimSportCamper]

“The Jewish Messiah will only appear once Europe and Christianity is totally destroyed. So I ask you, is it good news that Islam invades Europe? It is excellent news! Islam is the broom of Israel.”
- Rabbi David Touitou

Ooops

[DeplorableTrumpSupporter]

Belgian Member of Parliament Sam van Rooy issued a stark warning on Monday about the future of Europe, arguing that rising Islamic extremism and unchecked immigration are threatening democratic values across the continent. “We want to remain a democratic society, but as we do, more and more neighborhoods Islamize,” Van Rooy said during a panel discussion at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem. “We either become a secular totalitarian country and force Islam out, or we remain a democracy until eventually Islam forces us out.” He stressed that “unfortunately, ongoing Islamization eventually forces us to choose between the plague and cholera.”

He is correct...

Except for insulting plague and cholera, because those are better qualities than Islam! 😀

Arrest warrant in 3...2...1...