August 08, 2005

Multiculturalism: Will It Be Our Waterloo?

I read a couple of articles on multiculturalism today...one by Michael Barone and one from the Times Online (UK). Here are some thoughts on both.

Michael Barone:

Multiculturalism is based on the lie that all cultures are morally equal. In practice, that soon degenerates to: All cultures are morally equal, except ours, which is worse. [emphasis added--ed.] But all cultures are not equal in respecting representative government, guaranteed liberties and the rule of law. And those things arose not simultaneously and in all cultures, but in certain specific times and places -- mostly in Britain and America, but also in various parts of Europe.

Absolutely. By giving our own culture the short end of the stick, what is it that we are saying? That our culture is not worth a hill of beans? That it should be eradicated? What about the cultures that we place above ours? Have we really taken a good, hard look at those cultures? Islam, which is not only a religion but a culture, has many facets that go directly against what many of us (the left included) consider to be valuable assets to any society: they do not believe in the moral equality of the sexes, homosexuality is an offense worthy of death, believers of other religions in Islalmic societies are banned from open practice of those religions, and Islamic law precludes secular law.

Is this what we want in a free democratic society?

Times Online (this is an article based on an undercover investigation of a mullah who supports terrorist activities in England):

At Friday prayers, on the day after the second bomb attacks, there was a buzz in the air as Bakri walked into the Selby hall in his brilliant white shalwar kameez.
In the preamble to the sermon he referred to the bombers as the Ã’fantastic fourÃ“. He explained that his lament for the Ã’innocentÃ“ applied only to Muslims. It was a linguistic sleight of hand which he summarised as: Ã’Yes I condemn killing any innocent people, but not any kuffar.Ã“ [kuffar means non-Muslim--ed.]

This entire article is worth the time it takes to read. A reporter (with a Muslim background) puts his safety on the line to expose these fanatics for what they are: people who will take advantage of their host society (in this case, Britain) by living on welfare while refusing to assimilate in any way into English society, while preaching hatred and planning to terrorize and kill "kuffar" in a bid to "fly the flag of Islam over Downing Street." These people also ridicule so-moderate Muslims...the article tells of one being brutally beaten for challenging the views of this Saviour Sect.

This has happened because of multiculturalism. Freedom of religion should be encouraged and allowed. But when people immigrate to a country not to become a part of it, but to become a cancer to destroy from within, that cancer needs to be cut out.