MORE to bother those who think "Islam in Europe? no problemo" The "most comprehensive statistical analysis...of [Muslim] immigrant marriage patterns" by a Norwegian human rights organization has conclusions that are worrisome: "[M]arriages - invariably arranged, and often forced - have two chief motivations. One [of which] is to resist integration by injecting into the European branch of the family a fresh dose of 'traditional values' - among them a hostility to pluralism, tolerance, democracy and sexual equality." Islamism on the march, as previously advertised? WHERE are the usual defenders of human rights? - And why are they AWOL? --Orson PS the author cautions, "there is no reason to believe that the situation elsewhere in Europe is appreciably different…." --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A trap for Muslim women in Europe" Bruce Bawer IHT Friday, June 27, 2003 "OSLO Western Europe is increasingly a house divided against itself. While non-Muslim Europeans live in democracies, most Muslims in the same countries inhabit theocratic enclaves where they are expected to tread a narrow path or suffer the consequences. "Muslim women have it worst. Not only are they subject to the often tyrannical authority of husbands, fathers and community leaders, if they seek to escape that authority, they cannot necessarily expect support from the police and other government agencies, which often feel that 'intruding' in such matters would show disrespect for immigrant culture. "Many European officials have long assumed that such problems would be gradually resolved through intermarriage, integration and the consequent fading away of Muslim ghettos. But intermarriage and integration are not happening as expected - and the consequences of this failure are grievous. Such is the conclusion drawn by "Feminin Integrering" (Female Integration), a new book from the Oslo-based organization Human Rights Service that is based on a recent report to the Norwegian Parliament. The book's focus is on Norway, but there is no reason to believe that the situation elsewhere in Europe is appreciably different…. "The book presents the results of a study of immigrant-group marriage patterns in Norway that is probably the most comprehensive statistical analysis of its kind in Europe. The study shows that members of most of Norway's non-Western immigrant groups…are marrying spouses - often their own cousins - from their countries of origin. "These marriages - invariably arranged, and often forced - have two chief motivations. One is to provide the foreign spouse with Norwegian residency rights under the "family reunification" provision of immigration law. The other is to resist integration by injecting into the European branch of the family a fresh dose of 'traditional values' - among them a hostility to pluralism, tolerance, democracy and sexual equality." FULL STORY AT: http://www.iht.com/articles/100892.html
