Europeans have not come to grips with radical jihadists

Kurd24

Many political analysts believe that the suicide attacks and explosions in European cities, which has brought an atmosphere of terror, fear and a state of emergency to Europe, is the consequence of democracy and freedom adopted by Europe; in my opinion, these concepts and principles are not the sole reasons behind the predicament in Europe and the rest of the world; there is another reason which has been naively neglected by European officials. It is Jihadist ideology brought to Europe by Muslim refugees that Europeans have not come to grips with.

The issue of integrating Muslims in European Communities has taken a lot of importance and interest in research centers.

Europe is populated with many religiously and ethnically diverse communities that benefit from its democratic values.

Accordingly, numerous religious and political groups arrive to Europe to freely exercise their agendas and views as they are forbidden to do so in their home countries.

In my nearly 10 years of experience living in Europe as a refugee, I learned that a large segment of refugees, among them Muslims, especially those who are from North Africa and the Arab World, receive social welfare benefits.

Generally, many are employed in the black market to avoid paying taxes to the government that has sheltered and protected them.

Muslims in Europe, unlike the Jews, Sikhs, Hindus, Buddhists, Baha'is and others, are not able to absorb and digest the European concept of democracy; as a result, they put themselves in the opposite side; some even commit acts of theft and sale narcotics under the pretext of weakening the enemy.

What have made things worse are that many migrants who hold radical jihadist ideas, have taken advantage of the recent massive waves of Muslim refugees from the Middle East to transfer jihadists to build sleeper cells.

While living in Europe, I faced many of the phenomena that Europe is encountering today. I will refer here only to two of the phenomena that I saw:

First, in 2002, I visited Hyde Park in London with a friend. The park has a beautiful spot called Speakers Corner where open-air public speaking, debates and discussions are allowed, as long as the police consider their speeches lawful. I witnessed an Islamists with a long shaggy beard; I can assure you that he belonged to al-Qaeda; he spoke fluent English and with all his expressions suggested ​​jihadist ideas. As I recall, some of sentences and words were, "We will change the orientation of this infidel country by sword and direct it to the path of truth,"; "We will raise the Islamic flag on the West Minster!”.

The aforementioned are normal ideas brought by people who carry jihadist ideology.

These attempts were freely spread in public openly and the European authorities did not take any actions against them.

The question here is: What do these jihadists say behind the scenes?

Second: In 2005, while the Iraqi army and the coalition forces (including Dutch soldiers) fought al-Qaeda fighters in Fallujah, I was working in the Dutch city of Utrecht. I worked in a famous street called Kanaal Straat. The street featured a lot of galleries and shops that belonged to eastern communities, such as Arabs, Kurds and Turks, Iranians and others. Thus, alleys were filled with Muslim merchants; it was also a place where people met one another.

The storefronts and shops were filled with advertisements about social activities and some even distributed leaflets for their commercial, cultural and propaganda activities within Muslim Communities.

One day, I saw two men dressed in Afghan clothing, one of which held a quiver of cloth on both hands and the other held a cardboard that stated, "For the sake of Allah, donate to the Mujahedeen in Fallujah".

I immediately informed the Dutch police. Unfortunately, the police did not pay any attention—even though I explained that they were supporting terrorists who are fighting the coalition forces. Instead, the police told me not to interfere, and said that Netherlands is a free country and it respects all thoughts and beliefs, and people are free to carry and spread their ideas and opinions.

So when I hear what the jihadist terrorists do in European cities, I consider it as something to be expected; I find no surprise; it always reminds me of the naivety and purity of the Europeans’ kind hearts.

 

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Editing by Delovan Barwari