Is Europe beginning to rouse from its slumber?
Was the public murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh (and relative to Dutch cultural icon Vincent van Gogh) by an offended Islamist a turning point?
(In case you missed the news last November, Theo made a little film critical of Islamic subjugation of women; for this, he had to die. Attacked while riding his bike in Amsterdam, and begging for his life, pleading that their differences could be "talked about", his head was nearly severed by a knife-wielding westernized Muslim murderbot, who then pinned a manifesto to Theo's chest with a knife engraved with koranic verses, stabbing through the heart:
For the deed, he had dressed himself in traditional Moroccan garb and, it seems, attempted to ritually slaughter the infidel, like an animal.This was done in broad daylight. A cell of 8 other Islamists was rounded up, and several Dutch politicians and others associated with van Gogh's movie have been forced into hiding. They mean to destroy the core of Western civilization and values, by killing those who wish to use free expression. Where are those useless whiners, Susan Sarandon, Tim Robbins, and Michael Moore???)
Germany is implementing a no-nonsense operation called "Action Kehraus", or "Operation Sweep-Out":
Germany to Deport Hundreds of IslamistsAll freedom-loving nations should do the same, immediately.
BERLIN (Reuters) - German officials are drawing up lists of hundreds of Islamic militants to be deported from the country under a new law making expulsions easier, the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel said on Saturday.
Der Spiegel said authorities were already using their powers under an immigration law introduced this month in conducting an operation dubbed "Aktion Kehraus" ("Action Sweep Out").
Under new rules, potential deportees will not be able to use normal legal channels to challenge an expulsion order. A special panel of the Federal Administrative Court will be responsible, with no right of appeal.
Der Spiegel said judges were expected to deal with up to 2,000 cases per year.
Since the revelations in 2001 that Arab students who had lived for years in Hamburg led the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, Germans have questioned their liberal laws under which some suspected militants even draw welfare benefits.
Interior Minister Otto Schily has suggested that evidence of training at an al Qaeda camp should be clear grounds for expelling a foreign national. Distributing videos calling for "holy war" could also be punished the same way.
What are we waiting for???
A people who believe the first recourse is to kill instead of to debate, have violated the fundamental tenets of our society, and forfeit all rights to it. As Theodore Dalrymple puts it,
For tolerance to work, it must be reciprocal; tolerance appears to the intolerant jihadist mere weakness and lack of belief in anything. Unilateral tolerance in a world of intolerance is like unilateral disarmament in a world of armed camps: it regards hope as a better basis for policy than reality.
Recent news items have suggested that Germans are getting fed-up with guilt over WW2. Though some see this as cause for concern, the upside is they are now able to show the necessary spine to lead the way in deporting incompatible elements.
"Musselman, raus!"
