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> This is long but worth taking the time to read when you can devote a
few
> minutes. Could this be us?
>
>
> What's happend there is rapidly happening right here under our noses
and
> it seems not to concern our leaders. God help us! ! ! !
>
>
>
>:
>
>
> The future of the Good Old USA if we don't wake up. I encourage each
of you
> to read this and to send a copy to your
> Congressman/woman.
>
>
> Salute the Danish Flag - it's a Symbol of Western Freedom
> By Susan MacAllen
>
> In 1978-9 I was living and studying in Denmark.
>
> But in 1978 - even in Copenhagen, one didn't see Muslim immigrants.
The
> Danish population embraced visitors, celebrated the
> exotic, went out of its way to protect each of its citizens.
>
> It was proud of its new brand of socialist liberalism - one in
development
> since the conservatives had lost power in 1929 - a system where no
> worker had to struggle to survive, where one ultimately could count
> upon the state as in, perhaps, no other western nation at the time.
> The rest of Europe saw the Scandinavians as free-thinking,
progressive
> and infinitely generous in their welfare policies. Denmark boasted
low
> crime rates, devotion to the environment, a superior educational
> system and a history of humanitarianism.
>
> Denmark was also most generous in its immigration policies - it
> offered the best welcome in Europe to the new immigrant: generous
> welfare payments from first arrival plus additional perks in
> transportation, housing and education. It was determined to set a
> world example for inclusiveness and multiculturalism. How could it
> have predicted that one day in 2005 a series of political cartoons in
> a newspaper would spark violence that would leave dozens dead in the
> streets - all because its commitment to multiculturalism would come
> back to bite?
>
> By the 1990's the growing urban Muslim population was obvious - and
> its unwillingness to integrate into Danish society was obvious.
Years
> of immigrants had settled into Muslim-exclusive enclaves. As the
> Muslim leadership became more vocal about what they considered the
> decadence of Denmark's liberal way of life, the Danes - once so
> welcoming - began to feel slighted. Many Danes had begun to see
Islam
> as incompatible with their long-standing values: belief in personal
> liberty and free speech, in equality for women, in tolerance for
other
> ethnic groups, and a deep pride in Danish heritage and history.
>
> The New York Post in 2002 ran an article by Daniel Pipes and Lars
> Hedegaard, in which they forecasted accurately that the growing
> immigrant problem in Denmark would explode. In the article they
> reported:
>
> "Muslim immigrants constitute 5 percent of the population but
> consume upwards of 40 percent of the welfare spending."
>
> "Muslims are only 4 percent of Denmark's 5.4 million people but make
> up a majority of the country's convicted rapists, an especially
> combustible issue given that practically all the female victims are
> non-Muslim. Similar, if lesser, disproportions are found in other
> crimes."
>
> "Over time, as Muslim immigrants increase in numbers, they wish less
> to mix with the indigenous population. A recent survey finds that
only
> 5 percent of young Muslim immigrants would readily marry a Dane."
>
> "Forced marriages - promising a newborn daughter in Denmark to a
male
> cousin in the home country, then compelling her to marry him,
> sometimes on pain of death - are one problem."
>
> "Muslim leaders openly declare their goal of introducing Islamic law
> once Denmark's Muslim population grows large enough - a
> not-that-remote prospect. If present trends persist, one sociologist
> estimates, every third inhabitant of Denmark in 40 years will be
> Muslim."
>
> It is easy to understand why a growing number of Danes would feel
that
> Muslim immigrants show little respect for Danish values and laws. An
> example is the phenomenon common to other European countries and the
> U.S.: some Muslims in Denmark who opted to leave the Muslim faith
have
> been murdered in the name of Islam, while others hide in fear for
> their lives.
>
> Jews are also threatened and harassed openly by Muslim
> leaders in Denmark, a country where once Christian citizens worked
to
> smuggle out nearly all of their 7,000 Jews by night to Sweden -
before
> the Nazis could invade. I think of my Danish friend Elsa - who as a
> teenager had dreaded crossing the street to the bakery every morning
> under the eyes of occupying Nazi soldiers - and I wonder what she
> would say today.
>
> In 2001, Denmark elected the most conservative government in some 70
> years - one that had some decidedly non-generous ideas about liberal
> unfettered immigration. Today Denmark has the strictest immigration
> policies in Europe. ( Its effort to protect itself has been met with
> accusations of "racism" by liberal media across Europe - even as
other
> governments struggle to right the social problems wrought by years
of
> too-lax immigration.) If you wish to become Danish, you must attend
> three years of language classes. You must pass a test on Denmark's
> history, culture, and a Danish language test. You must live in
Denmark
> for 7 years before applying for citizenship. You must demonstrate an
> intent to work, and have a job waiting. If you wish to bring a
spouse
> into Denmark, you must both be over 24 years of age, and you won't
> find it so easy anymore to move your friends and family to Denmark
> with you. You will not be allowed to build a mosque in Copenhagen.
> Although your children have a choice of some 30 Arabic culture and
> language schools in Denmark, they will be strongly encouraged to
> assimilate to Danish society in ways that past immigrants weren't.
>
> In 2006, the Danish minister for employment, Claus Hjort
Frederiksen,
> spoke publicly of the burden of Muslim immigrants on the Danish
> welfare system, and it was horrifying: the government's welfare
> committee had calculated that if immigration from Third World
> countries were blocked, 75 percent of the cuts needed to sustain the
> huge welfare system in coming decades would be unnecessary. In other
> words, the welfare system as it existed was being exploited by
> immigrants to the point of eventually bankrupting the government.
"We
> are simply forced to adopt a new policy on immigration. The
> calculations of the welfare committee are terrifying and show how
> unsuccessful the integration of immigrants has been up to now," he
> said.
>
> A large thorn in the side of Denmark's imams is the Minister of
> Immigration and Integration, Rikke Hvilshoj. She makes no bones
about
> the new policy toward immigration, "The number of foreigners coming
to
> the country makes a difference," she? says, "There is an
> inverse correlation between how many come here and how well we can
> receive the foreigners that come." And on Muslim immigrants needing
to
> demonstrate a willingness to blend in, "In my view, Denmark should
be
> a country with room for different cultures and religions. Some
values,
> however, are more important than others. We refuse to question
> democracy, equal rights, and freedom of speech."
>
> Hvilshoj has paid a price for her show of backbone. Perhaps to test
> her resolve, the leading radical imam in Denmark, Ahmed Abdel Rahman
> Abu Laban, demanded that the government pay blood money to the
family
> of a Muslim who was murdered in a suburb of Copenhagen, stating that
> the family's thirst for revenge could be thwarted for money. When
> Hvilshoj dismissed his demand, he argued that in Muslim culture the
> payment of retribution money was common, to which Hvilshoj replied
> that what is done in a Muslim country is not necessarily what is
done
> in Denmark. The Muslim reply came soon after: her house was torched
> while she, her husband and children slept. All managed to escape
> unharmed, but she and her family were moved to a secret location and
> she and other ministers were assigned bodyguards for the first time
-
> in a country where such murderous violence was once so scarce.
>
> Her government has slid to the right, and her borders have
tightened.
> Many believe that what happens in the next decade will determine
> whether Denmark survives as a bastion of good living, humane
thinking
> and social responsibility, or whether it becomes a nation at civil
war
> with supporters of Sharia law. And meanwhile, Americans clamor for
> stricter immigration policies, and demand an end to state welfare
> programs that allow many immigrants to live on the public dole. As
we
> in America look at the enclaves of Muslims amongst us, and see those
> who enter our shores too easily, dare live on our taxes, yet refuse
to
> embrace our culture, respect our traditions, participate in our
legal
> system, obey our laws, speak our language, appreciate our history .
.
> we would do well to look to Denmark, and say a prayer for her future
> and for our own.
> This is long but worth taking the time to read when you can devote a
few
> minutes. Could this be us?
>
>
> What's happend there is rapidly happening right here under our noses
and
> it seems not to concern our leaders. God help us! ! ! !
>
>
>
>:
>
>
> The future of the Good Old USA if we don't wake up. I encourage each
of you
> to read this and to send a copy to your
> Congressman/woman.
>
>
> Salute the Danish Flag - it's a Symbol of Western Freedom
> By Susan MacAllen
>
> In 1978-9 I was living and studying in Denmark.
>
> But in 1978 - even in Copenhagen, one didn't see Muslim immigrants.
The
> Danish population embraced visitors, celebrated the
> exotic, went out of its way to protect each of its citizens.
>
> It was proud of its new brand of socialist liberalism - one in
development
> since the conservatives had lost power in 1929 - a system where no
> worker had to struggle to survive, where one ultimately could count
> upon the state as in, perhaps, no other western nation at the time.
> The rest of Europe saw the Scandinavians as free-thinking,
progressive
> and infinitely generous in their welfare policies. Denmark boasted
low
> crime rates, devotion to the environment, a superior educational
> system and a history of humanitarianism.
>
> Denmark was also most generous in its immigration policies - it
> offered the best welcome in Europe to the new immigrant: generous
> welfare payments from first arrival plus additional perks in
> transportation, housing and education. It was determined to set a
> world example for inclusiveness and multiculturalism. How could it
> have predicted that one day in 2005 a series of political cartoons in
> a newspaper would spark violence that would leave dozens dead in the
> streets - all because its commitment to multiculturalism would come
> back to bite?
>
> By the 1990's the growing urban Muslim population was obvious - and
> its unwillingness to integrate into Danish society was obvious.
Years
> of immigrants had settled into Muslim-exclusive enclaves. As the
> Muslim leadership became more vocal about what they considered the
> decadence of Denmark's liberal way of life, the Danes - once so
> welcoming - began to feel slighted. Many Danes had begun to see
Islam
> as incompatible with their long-standing values: belief in personal
> liberty and free speech, in equality for women, in tolerance for
other
> ethnic groups, and a deep pride in Danish heritage and history.
>
> The New York Post in 2002 ran an article by Daniel Pipes and Lars
> Hedegaard, in which they forecasted accurately that the growing
> immigrant problem in Denmark would explode. In the article they
> reported:
>
> "Muslim immigrants constitute 5 percent of the population but
> consume upwards of 40 percent of the welfare spending."
>
> "Muslims are only 4 percent of Denmark's 5.4 million people but make
> up a majority of the country's convicted rapists, an especially
> combustible issue given that practically all the female victims are
> non-Muslim. Similar, if lesser, disproportions are found in other
> crimes."
>
> "Over time, as Muslim immigrants increase in numbers, they wish less
> to mix with the indigenous population. A recent survey finds that
only
> 5 percent of young Muslim immigrants would readily marry a Dane."
>
> "Forced marriages - promising a newborn daughter in Denmark to a
male
> cousin in the home country, then compelling her to marry him,
> sometimes on pain of death - are one problem."
>
> "Muslim leaders openly declare their goal of introducing Islamic law
> once Denmark's Muslim population grows large enough - a
> not-that-remote prospect. If present trends persist, one sociologist
> estimates, every third inhabitant of Denmark in 40 years will be
> Muslim."
>
> It is easy to understand why a growing number of Danes would feel
that
> Muslim immigrants show little respect for Danish values and laws. An
> example is the phenomenon common to other European countries and the
> U.S.: some Muslims in Denmark who opted to leave the Muslim faith
have
> been murdered in the name of Islam, while others hide in fear for
> their lives.
>
> Jews are also threatened and harassed openly by Muslim
> leaders in Denmark, a country where once Christian citizens worked
to
> smuggle out nearly all of their 7,000 Jews by night to Sweden -
before
> the Nazis could invade. I think of my Danish friend Elsa - who as a
> teenager had dreaded crossing the street to the bakery every morning
> under the eyes of occupying Nazi soldiers - and I wonder what she
> would say today.
>
> In 2001, Denmark elected the most conservative government in some 70
> years - one that had some decidedly non-generous ideas about liberal
> unfettered immigration. Today Denmark has the strictest immigration
> policies in Europe. ( Its effort to protect itself has been met with
> accusations of "racism" by liberal media across Europe - even as
other
> governments struggle to right the social problems wrought by years
of
> too-lax immigration.) If you wish to become Danish, you must attend
> three years of language classes. You must pass a test on Denmark's
> history, culture, and a Danish language test. You must live in
Denmark
> for 7 years before applying for citizenship. You must demonstrate an
> intent to work, and have a job waiting. If you wish to bring a
spouse
> into Denmark, you must both be over 24 years of age, and you won't
> find it so easy anymore to move your friends and family to Denmark
> with you. You will not be allowed to build a mosque in Copenhagen.
> Although your children have a choice of some 30 Arabic culture and
> language schools in Denmark, they will be strongly encouraged to
> assimilate to Danish society in ways that past immigrants weren't.
>
> In 2006, the Danish minister for employment, Claus Hjort
Frederiksen,
> spoke publicly of the burden of Muslim immigrants on the Danish
> welfare system, and it was horrifying: the government's welfare
> committee had calculated that if immigration from Third World
> countries were blocked, 75 percent of the cuts needed to sustain the
> huge welfare system in coming decades would be unnecessary. In other
> words, the welfare system as it existed was being exploited by
> immigrants to the point of eventually bankrupting the government.
"We
> are simply forced to adopt a new policy on immigration. The
> calculations of the welfare committee are terrifying and show how
> unsuccessful the integration of immigrants has been up to now," he
> said.
>
> A large thorn in the side of Denmark's imams is the Minister of
> Immigration and Integration, Rikke Hvilshoj. She makes no bones
about
> the new policy toward immigration, "The number of foreigners coming
to
> the country makes a difference," she? says, "There is an
> inverse correlation between how many come here and how well we can
> receive the foreigners that come." And on Muslim immigrants needing
to
> demonstrate a willingness to blend in, "In my view, Denmark should
be
> a country with room for different cultures and religions. Some
values,
> however, are more important than others. We refuse to question
> democracy, equal rights, and freedom of speech."
>
> Hvilshoj has paid a price for her show of backbone. Perhaps to test
> her resolve, the leading radical imam in Denmark, Ahmed Abdel Rahman
> Abu Laban, demanded that the government pay blood money to the
family
> of a Muslim who was murdered in a suburb of Copenhagen, stating that
> the family's thirst for revenge could be thwarted for money. When
> Hvilshoj dismissed his demand, he argued that in Muslim culture the
> payment of retribution money was common, to which Hvilshoj replied
> that what is done in a Muslim country is not necessarily what is
done
> in Denmark. The Muslim reply came soon after: her house was torched
> while she, her husband and children slept. All managed to escape
> unharmed, but she and her family were moved to a secret location and
> she and other ministers were assigned bodyguards for the first time
-
> in a country where such murderous violence was once so scarce.
>
> Her government has slid to the right, and her borders have
tightened.
> Many believe that what happens in the next decade will determine
> whether Denmark survives as a bastion of good living, humane
thinking
> and social responsibility, or whether it becomes a nation at civil
war
> with supporters of Sharia law. And meanwhile, Americans clamor for
> stricter immigration policies, and demand an end to state welfare
> programs that allow many immigrants to live on the public dole. As
we
> in America look at the enclaves of Muslims amongst us, and see those
> who enter our shores too easily, dare live on our taxes, yet refuse
to
> embrace our culture, respect our traditions, participate in our
legal
> system, obey our laws, speak our language, appreciate our history .
.
> we would do well to look to Denmark, and say a prayer for her future
> and for our own.
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