Saturday, February 05, 2005

I Have a Bad Feeling About This, Captain Picard

Remember the episode of Star Trek, the Next Generation in which aliens are suddenly transported aboard the Enterprise, seemingly with no knowledge how they got there? Their numbers keep increasing until they overwhelm the crew and they take over the ship. That's what's going on in the Netherlands right now. Take a look at this report from the Jamestown Foundation. Despite the generally non-violent aspects of Islamists in the Netherlands, the negative consequences are, nonetheless, becoming increasingly manifest. The two most worrisome developments are the growing social polarization of Islamic groups and the increasing preparedness to engage in a violent jihad. The polarization is partly a result of radical Islam seeking to “re-Islamize” Muslim minorities in Western Europe. In addition, radical Islam preaches an extreme isolationism and often propagates intolerance towards others in western societies. Such groups include homosexuals, Jews, and those, both Muslims and non-Muslims, who in their eyes insult Islam. If the Europeans in general and the Dutch in particular don't wise up pronto, they're going to find themselves locked in cargo bay 4.