According to Dr. Mordechai Kedar, European softening, together with demographics, is leading to ‘abysmal’ change. Dr. Avika Libman: Riots start with preachers demanding Muslim state
By Roi Mandel, Ynetnews:
The murder of a soldier in London, the stabbing of a soldier in Paris and the violent outbreak in Sweden – Europe’s alarm clock has been ringing once again over the past week. The negative birthrate compared to the increase in Muslims, the heavy unemployment and the social-religious isolation of European immigrants are all back on the agenda.
“Europe has lost its will to live as Europe,” said Mideast expert Dr. Mordechai Kedar to Ynet. “It is gathered into museums, into history. If the leaders will not put an end to immigration, we will soon be hearing the death throes of the continent as we know it.”
Even if it is somewhat demagogic to attempt to bind the three events from the past few days in different European sites under “Islamic extremism,” and even if the rage sparks in the weaker classes of immigrants, it is hard to ignore the basic facts. Behind these events are African immigrants from Islamic countries.
The Shah Jahan Mosque was built in 1889 as one of the first mosques in Western Europe by Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner
An Islamic mission was established in the mosque in 1913 under the guidance of Hadhrat Nur ud Din (Ra), Khalifa tul Maseeh the First.
Dr. Zvika Libman studies the effects of the Muslim minority in Europe in light of the radical Islam on European countries. When he sees the reality, he said, there is no alternative interpretation for the events. “There is no doubt that the unemployment and the economic hardships lead to rioting, as happened in France. And yes, there is a disadvantage compared to the European bourgeois, but this is not solely bitterness due to the economic situation – because there is unemployment among youngsters who are not Muslim, like in Spain for example.
Dr. Zvika Libman who has studied the effects of the Muslim minority in Europe in light of the radical Islam on European countries says; “The Muslims have a fertile ground of mosques that awaken them, preach to them that they are deprived, that they don’t belong, that they’re not wanted and that the only solution is a country with an Arab majority. This is the starting point for these riots.”
Now without going into the discussion as to who Dr. Libman is and what YNet News dishes out on regular basis, it is obvious that the learned Dr. has his prejudices and is generalizing beyond belief.
His above statement smacks of ignorance on three counts.
1. Not all mosques preach hatred. If these did, they will be closed down because today all mosques in Europe are under security services surveillance and those preachers who have spread hared are long been put in prison or deported.
2. Telling the congregation about unemployment, discrimination, Islamophobia and racism, which most Muslims experience on daily basis is not a crime. It is actually beneficial for people to know, where they stand in their daily lives. But most Imams also talk about integration, participation and loyalty to the society. If the learned Dr. Libman took the trouble of reading reports from Amnesty International, ENAR, ECRI, FRA, Open Society and a host of other internationally recognized institutions, he would have noticed that Islamophobia is wide spread in Europe and people are denied jobs, housing ad proper medical treatment just because their names sound Muslims.
3. The expert on Muslim minority is not aware that first Muslims are not a single minority but comes from 60 different nations. Secondly, not all Muslims in Europe are Arabs or want to live in an Arab country. There are nearly 5 million Turks/Kurds, 3 million Pakistanis/Bangla Deshi/Indian Muslims and most African immigrants are not Muslim but Christians.
I am terribly disappointed that Muslim Times again and again find anti-Muslim articles in the media and gives these Islamophobic opinions a prominent place without realizing that racist people in Europe do not make a distinction between a Sunni, Shia or an Ahmadi Muslim.
Wake up for God’s sake and see what you are doing to the religion, you claim to love and spread.
Kind regards
Bashy Quraishy
Secretary General – EMISCO -European Muslim Initiative for Social Cohesion – Strasbourg
Dear Bashy Quraishy
Some of the posts are made to share information and not that we completely agree with the content.
non-Muslims read about all this stuff in their sources, which have much larger circulation.
Our purpose for such information is that all Muslim communities should learn about this and proactively respond to these fears.
Such information will only hurt the extreme right wing among the Muslim Communities, who want Sharia Law in the Western countries and deny the benefit of modern Judicial systems that give them religious freedoms in the first place.
Best Regards
Nothing wrong in stating that the writer, calling himself a ‘Mid-East expert’ is Jewish and therefore has his ‘special’ point of view and point of interest.
Thanks for above comments!
At times the post is made to invite comments. Many times comments are read with greater interest than the post itself and that nullifies the negitive effect of the article.
With your learned participation we are able to archive that end.
Brothr B Q always object to such articles and each time has to be reminded that such articles generate interest and comments. Thanks Chief Editor.
The article reminds me another aspect. In 2010 during a conference in Warsaw a Russian expert with the help of figures and facts announced by 2055 the Russia will have Muslims in majority just due to tremendous birth rate amongst Muslim families. Same hue and cry is all over the Europe. Might be it is the scheme of God Almighty to spread Islam all around as majority religion.
More serious ‘futurologists’ are predicting a maximum of 10 to 12% Muslims in some European countries, less in most others. Remember, when Muslims are reaching to Europe and get involved in the European lifestyle the birth rate reduces considerably. It is also already reducing considerably in Muslim countries. Iran for instance has a birth rate similar to Europe.
Perhaps this springs from the fact that we do not fully understand which Islam Mr. Quershi really represents. I would like to know if he has written on persecution of Ahmadiyya Muslims by terrorists who claim to represent Islam. Just as we as Ahmadi Muslims find that repulsive and loathsome, I am sure reasonable people in Europe find these fringe groups a cause enough to fear Islam. Ahmadi Muslims are just one group who keep consistently writing and condemning both Islamophobia and the extremists who are partly a cause of raising the spectre of fear related to spread of Islam. These people are the worst enemies of Islam and Humanity. Even among the most learned Non Ahmadi Muslims I find a terrible confusion on interpretation of Jihad. Would condemning this mean we are on the side of Islamophobes? Would Mr. Qureshi be kind enough to share some of his thoughts, articles and writings that rebutt these articles? I also saw his objection to calling the head of Ahmadiyya Movement as Khalifa of Islam, so I am naturally curious as how he thinks Islam will be revived, who are the leaders he trusts he thinks genuinely represent the true face of Islam. We can perhaps have much clarity on his comments once we get this information.