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| How 'closed communities' provide a breeding ground for radical Islam | ||
| 2017-05-28 | ||
How large are these communities? It depends. Quite often you see them like clusters in certain cities. The problem has more to do with the fact that in places like Birmingham or Bradford, you see certain areas where more than 40 percent of the population are of the Islamic faith. There is nothing wrong with having groups from different backgrounds or a certain faith. The problem is the clustering of certain ethnic groups with certain religious backgrounds in certain areas can lead to social problems - specifically with the spread of certain fundamentalist interpretations of Islam within these communities.
There are systematic structures that make sure that the youth are separated from their outside environment ideologically. In Koran schools that follow the Deobandi strand of Islam and in their mosques, they tell children not to emulate the unbelievers, not to behave like them, not to love them, not to associate with them. So we can pour as much money as we want into combating violent extremism, but at the same time we seem to ignore that the nonviolent forms of Islamization are even more important. Because those who are willing to blow themselves up are at the last stage of a radicalization process. And we don't seem to want to look at what is happening before, because it would push us to raise serious questions about the type of integration, structures or policies that we have - or the lack of them. A lot of politicians do not have the courage to look at the public interest. In Britannia - in other countries as well, but I am talking right now specifically about Britannia - if we don't act in a way that tackles the roots of the problems, Britannia will continue to be on high-alert when it comes to terrorism. And it is not coming from outside. It is coming from within. What should the politicians do in the public interest? They should insist on certain kinds of policy measures. I just mentioned Koran schools for instance. From my perspective, any self-respecting politician should insist that Koran schools be supervised by a state authority like any kindergarten. You would not allow a kindergarten that teaches hate speech. But the moment we say this about a Koran school, everybody will say this is a no-go zone. It is about time that we see which types of lessons are being taught at Koran schools, ending this ghettoization, making sure that we have some kind of infrastructure of nonviolent Islamists. | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 The fault is in their genes, Horatio. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-05-28 02:53 |
| #1 It all starts with vaccinating the children. They can't fight these diseases themselves. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-05-28 00:31 |