Yet by refusing to admit that a minority of Islam is guilty of crimes through no fault of our own, this outlook contributes to the popular view that Moslems are guilty collectively. By arguing that it taints all Moslems to simply point out that a minority of Moslems are guilty of waging war on us, it is logical to assume that the minority fights in the name of all. After all, nobody is confused about who the terrorists are. They are Moslem terrorists. But if the Left won't identify them, fearful of tainting all Moslems, many can wrongly but logically assume all Moslems must be guilty rather than a minority. Why else would the majority be offended by noting that some Moslems are thug killers?
This fraud can go on for a while. But eventually the majority will react against the refusal to fight the terrorists and their ideology.
We in America see little of this frustration against Moslems in our people because we allow our Moslems to integrate better and because we are fighting the terrorists actively. But in Europe, where any active and open help against Islamic terrorism is hard to get, the people are more prone (tip to Instapundit) to reacting against all Moslems:
Although the EU warns against "Islamophobia," those who live in the real world know that there has been an explosion of violent infidelophobia in Western Europe staged by Muslim immigrants. This wave of violence especially targets Jews, but the attacks against Christians that are going on in the Middle East are increasingly spreading to Europe as well. In more and more cities across the continent, non-Muslims are being harassed, robbed, mugged, raped, stabbed and even killed by Muslims. Native Europeans are slowly becoming second-rate citizens in their own countries.
This violence by Muslims is usually labelled simply as "crime," but I believe it should more accurately be called Jihad. Those who know early Islamic history, as described in books such as The Truth About Muhammad by Robert Spencer, know that looting and stealing the property of non-Muslims has been part and parcel of Jihad from the very beginning. In fact, so much of the behavior of Muhammad himself and the early Muslims could be deemed criminal that it is difficult to know exactly where crime ends and Jihad begins. In the city of Oslo, for instance, it is documented that some of the criminal Muslim gangs also have close ties to radical religious groups at home and abroad. As Dutch Arabist Hans Jansen points out, the Koran is seen by some Muslims as a God-given "hunting licence," granting them the right to assault and even murder non-Muslims. It is hardly accidental that while Muslims make up about 10% of the population in France, they make up an estimated 70% of French prison inmates.
As I've argued, I don't think Europe will be swamped by Moslems as Steyn writes. Before Moslems can take over, I think native Europeans will react with the brutal violence that the Europeans have shown themselves able to inflict on others (and each other). Bosnia and Kosovo are just hints of what all Europeans can do when they feel their backs are against the wall. Even the Swedes who seem eager to surrender to the immigrants could rebound. There are Swedish graves deep inside Russia that harken back to the days when Swedish armies invaded Russia.
Yet the European elites who seek to impose suicidal multiculturalism even as they are insulated (in the short run) from the effects of that policy will resist a popular revolt against local jihad to maintain the multiculturalist ideology. The elite's view of democracy is amazingly up front:
European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso expressed unease with the prospect of a second Dutch constitution referendum. "Referendums make the process of approval of European treaties much more complicated and less predictable," he said "If a referendum had been held on the creation of the European Community or the introduction of the Euro, do you think these would have passed?"
Yes, ask the voters and they might not agree with you. Best not to ask, eh? The elites really do think they've identified the problem (European voters) and the solution (don't let the voters affect what the elites will do).
But if the European elites won't confront the Islamist killers in their midst as the people insist, the first target of the popular reaction to go up against a wall may well be the European elites. This will be necessary to throw off the tyranny of Brussels that sides with Islamic thugs.
Backs. Meet wall.
