On the idea of a "moratorium" on Muslim Immigration

Submitted by Ron Thompson (United States), Dec 28, 2006 at 10:50

I like your concept of a "moratorium" on Muslim imigration. Not a Ban, but simply a "moratorium". If a workable distinction could be made, I wouldn't include wholly secular Muslims, who I do think are "wired diffrently", but how would one draw that line? And maybe, to be a bit subtle and political, it should be a ban on immigration of Muslims from States which do not have full and normal diplomatic relations with Israel, since I have long felt that such refusal of recognition is a major incentive for terorism, esp the terrorists immediatel adjoining Israel in Hamas and Hezbollah.

Still, this wouldn't deal with the problem of Muslim citizens of European States who may be dangerously hostile both to Israel and to the States which have unwisely and too easily granted them citizenship. But the basic thing is to get this idea onto the agenda of public debate,as an exception to our general principles of open immigration.

To put it mordantly, the "ideal" time for someone to introduce such legislation would be after the next major terrorist attack anywhere in the West.

Ron Thompson

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