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| Belien: Islamicization of Antwerp |
| 2007-03-22 |
| Via Israellycool EFL The decisive battle against Islamic extremists will not be fought in Iraq, but in Europe. It is not in Baghdad but in cities like Antwerp, Belgium, where the future of the West will be decided. I recently met Marij Uijt den Bogaard, a 49-year-old woman who deserves America's support at least as much as Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Ms. Uijt den Bogaard was an Antwerp civil servant in the 1990s, who spent many years working in the immigrant neighborhoods of Antwerp. There she noticed how radical Islamists began to take over. "They work according to a well-defined plan," she says. One of the things Ms. Uijt den Bogaard used to do for the immigrants was to assist them with their administrative paperwork. Quite a few of them came to trust her. About three years ago, young men dressed in black moved into the neighborhoods. They had been trained in Saudi Arabia and Jordan and adhere to Salafism, a radical version of Islam. They set up youth organizations, which gradually took over the local mosques. "The Salafists know how to debate and they know the Qur'an by heart, while the elderly running the mosques do not," she said They also have money. "One of them told me that he gets Saudi funds." Because they are eloquent, the radicals soon became the official spokesmen of the Muslim community, also in dealing with the city authorities. Ms. Uijt den Bogaard witnessed how the latter gave in to Salafist demands, such as the demand for separate swimming hours for Muslim women in the municipal pools. Worried immigrants told Ms. Uijt den Bogaard what was happening. On the basis of their accounts and her own experiences she wrote (confidential) reports for the city authorities about the growing radicalization. This brought her into conflict, both with the Islamists and her bosses in the city. The city warned her that her reports were unacceptable, that they read like "Vlaams Belang tracts" (the Vlaams Belang is Antwerp's anti-immigrant party) and that she had to "change her attitude." The Islamists sensed that she disapproved of them. They might also have been informed, because there are Muslims working in the city administration. One day, when she was accompanied by her superior, she was attacked by a Muslim youth. Her superior refused to interfere. When she questioned him afterward he said that all the animosity toward her was her own fault. In the end she was fired. |
| Posted by:Chuck |
| #8 If you haven't read Bernard Lewis's speech at the 2007 Irving Kristol Lecture on the history of Christians and Muslims, well, you are missing an incredible insight into our world and our battle of today. Do yourself a favor, settle back and read. It's long, you might want to print it. It's full of info and a gripping read. It's the best explanation I've ever read or heard of our current situation, including the use of the term "freedom." |
| Posted by: Sherry 2007-03-22 17:29 |
| #7 Antwerp (pop. 460,000) will be one of the first Euro cities to go majority muslim. But of course the real threat is the Dutch speaking right. Far right's support surging in Flanders Already, about 4,000 to 5,000 Flemish residents are leaving Antwerp every year, while 5,000 to 6,000 non-European immigrants arrive annually in the city, Dewinter said. Within 10 years, he predicts, people of non-European backgrounds will account for more than one-third of Antwerp's population. "It's growing very, very fast," Dewinter said. "Maybe that will be the end of Europe." |
| Posted by: ed 2007-03-22 16:12 |
| #6 "Antwerp . . . There she noticed how radical Islamists began to take over. "They work according to a well-defined plan," she says. " I wonder how many people realize that the Mohammedan fanatic facist movement is NOT a grass-roots movement. It's a political movement with clear aims and plans to achieve them. Taking it in the right context would certainly help in policy decisions here and in Europe. |
| Posted by: ex-lib 2007-03-22 14:14 |
| #5 And in Canada. The usual suspects are now demanding "prayer rooms" in universities as well as halal cafeteria menus. All this couched in claims to "islamophobia" (i.e. sanity) in university classrooms. |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-03-22 13:19 |
| #4 You don't have to go to Antwerp. Watch the creeping institution of Shari'a in Minnesota. |
| Posted by: SR-71 2007-03-22 10:06 |
| #3 Marij Uijt den Bogaard, The Quran, however, is not a harmless book for people who are not Muslims. It says that people who do not convert to Islam deserve death and oppression. -------------- She gets it. The self hating, Christian hating liberals and conservatives don't. Something else caught my eye. "Salafism, a radical version of Islam". To be clear, any form of Islam is radical. From its foundation of Muhammad's terrorist example to current and future Sharia law. Islam in any form should not be tolerated. I should make a comment here about Saudi funding and Keith Ellison, CAIR... |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-03-22 08:56 |
| #2 Another example of why Saudi should be tackled as much as Iran!!!! |
| Posted by: Ebbolump Glomotle9608 2007-03-22 08:07 |
| #1 Islam is the flesh eating bacteria of immigrant populations. |
| Posted by: Lanny Ddub 2007-03-22 08:03 |