Past negligence, now means hard choices

Submitted by DaveP (United Kingdom), Apr 15, 2008 at 05:57

Dear Mr Pipes,

You take an extraordinarily detached and sanguine view of the looming crisis in Europe. It is no small matter, as it exceeds the crisis of the Nazi period. Whatever the faults of the Nazis, and there were many and excessive, they did not pose a threat to the very culture and traditions of Europe - art, music and religion.

Moreover, they would have been deposed, as indeed they were. Islam, as you well know, poses an existential threat unlike any other, as it is a demographic change, which in the nature of things, will be irrevocable. As you yourself "dismiss from consideration the prospect of Muslims accepting historic Europe and integrating within it", then as a mainline commentator on matter pertaining to Islam in Europe, it is imperative that you offer a solution to the looming catastrophe, that is both humane and workable. I'm certain that you would not take a sanguine view of the Nazis in 1939, if you were able to at the time. It is far more important this time around then in 1939.

My own view, given the nature of Islam, that a humane way forward is for Muslims to convert to Christianity, the religion that forms the basis of Western civilisation, or to go to countries where Islamic traditions are the norm. This avoids potential civil strife and even a civil war, where murder and ethnic cleansing become the norm. It is sad, but I don't see any other way to avoid the impending catastrophe.

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