14 March 2011

Europe must stand up to Islamism

.... A quick look at my own country, Norway, reveals how far radical Islamism has advanced. One year ago, about 3,000 men, many of them in long coats, ankle-high baggy pants and full beards gathered in Oslo’s University Square to condemn Western civilization and explicitly threaten a new 9/11 on Norwegian soil.

.... We need tougher rules on immigration and asylum. We need to be clear that there is one set of laws and norms that apply to all. Our governments must no longer support organizations that preach and foster hate. As the Norwegian poet Inger Hagerup wrote in a poem penned two years after the Second World War: It is urgent, it is urgent. It can all go wrong again. What are we waiting for? [National Post] Read more