Desert Fox
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Thank you, Sir!Very well said, Sir. You offer a robust point of view. I would only say that these protesters need to understand the difference between Muslims and Terrorist supporters. There is a HUGE difference and they should not generalize the Muslims with that lot.
Other than that, I agree with your points.
I would like to point out that as a Pakistani and Muslim i don't find these developments welcoming since i too would not escape the brush of discrimination. However, it is the Muslim community as a whole at fault here due to their silence in the face of rising extremism. This is reflected within the leaderships of Muslim countries, they are all spectators watching ISIS like extremist organizations wreak havoc all across the Muslim world. The Muslim communities within Europe behave no differently.
The Majority is silent, then they will be lumped together with the extremists due to their silence.
The issue is whether these extremists enjoy as widespread support as is claimed.
Unfortunately, the failure of the authorities to clamp down on the extremists, on both sides, will allow the situation to spiral outward and engulf wider communities on both sides.
European countries are wary of curbing personal freedoms, but when extremists start to take advantage of these freedoms, then the foot must come down.
1). The question of whether or not the Islamist extremists enjoy support within Europe's Muslim communities is simply answered by the fact that the Muslim community is silent in the face of this extremism. This silence is what makes them no different from the terrorists in the eyes of the Westerners.
2). The authorities don't clamp down on Islamic extremists (who feed the xenophobia) for the exact reasons you espouse (ie to protect minorities) as doing so would portray them as being "discriminatory" towards Muslims.
And, i will reiterate my last point:
From a Westerners perspective, the scenes of carnage taking place in the middle east and the persecution, rape, and enslavement of Christians and other religious/sectarian minorities within Muslim majority countries sure sends a chill down the spine of every European/Westerner at the though of increasing Muslim populations within their own countries, and really no one can blame them considering the inability of the Muslims to curb extremism not only within the middle east but also within their communities in the West.
ISIS and similar groups do enjoy considerable moral and material support within European Muslim communities and even receive manpower.