january 3, 2006

Germany's Challenge to Islamists

Perhaps this bold move by Germany will start a trend in the West. We can only hope. Essential reading here from Daniel Pipes at Frontpage:

Because survey research finds that 21 percent of Muslims living in Germany believe the German constitution irreconcilable with the Koran, the written yes-no questions of yesteryear are history for Muslim applicants for citizenship. As of January 1, 2006, immigration officers who suspect Islamist leanings are instructed to probe further. Personal interviews will now last an hour or two and will be given to an estimated half of naturalization applicants.

The questions amount to a summary of Western values. What do you think of democracy, political parties, religious freedom? What would you do if you learned about a terrorist operation underway? Views of 9/11 are a “key issue,” says Dieter Biller, director of the alien registration office in Stuttgart: Were Jews responsible for it? Were the 19 hijackers terrorists or freedom fighters? Finally, nearly two-thirds of the questions concern gender issues such as women’s rights, husbands beating wives, “honor killings,” female attire, arranged marriages, polygamy, and homosexuality.

Read it all. You won't be disappointed.

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