Brussels; radical Islam strikes into the heart of Europe again
Every life lost is worth more than the numbers presented to us in the media. Innocent people on their way to a vacation, a business or a visit. Yet suddenly Islamists have stroke again, just 3 days after the arrest of one of the spearheads of the Paris attacks last year. Salah Abdeslam is in custody, and now others have hit the heart of Europe. This is not a one man show, a small group of mentally derailed people, no, it is a part of a large threat. Although Islam forms around only 5 % of European population, it has been causing trouble on all stages, social, political and through extremism. On all three stages we can observe a high level of failure within EU politics, from showing tolerance towards the intolerant and the incapability to secure borders and communities. We have seen manipulation by main stream media, persuading the population that there is nothing to worry about; and to prevent criticism they have invented the word Islamophobia and misused racism as a label nobody wants to wear, even Islam is not a race.
Europe with all its democracy, freedom of movement and religious tolerance has become vulnerable. Yet it is not too late for Europe to act, and it is acting country by country; and yes, even with the risk to destroy Schengen and the EU itself.
Europe is a secular continent, and if it wants to stay that way, it should not allow religion to penetrate the system and terror succeed, culture to be destroyed and values fought for decades to be declared invalid one day.
By Thomas Fleckner
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