There is a lot of talk these days about halting all immigration of Muslims to the West. Here is an article at New English Review by Hugh Fitzgerald suggesting that is a measure we should consider, but the politically correct multiculturalists in the United States would have a cow. They are agitating for more Muslims not less.
That suggestion of halting immigration and the other measures put forth by Fitzgerald are mild compared to what one country is doing.
We’ve written about the rise in Ethnic Nationalism here and here.
Now comes one country that is taking this concept to the max. What follows is a list of policies one government has put in place. You guess the country!
The government is:
1. Forcibly closing all mosques and madrassas
2. Prohibiting the construction of new mosques and not allowing repairs to old ones
3. Jailing those who do attempt to repair mosques
4. Making religious congregation difficult
5. Forcing Muslims to build religious buildings for another faith
6. Requiring Muslims to get permission to marry. They also must shave their beard and agree to having only two children.
Have you guessed it yet?
The government is the military junta that controls Burma (Myanmar).
The above is from testimony given by Chris Lewa (scroll down for bio) in December of last year speaking before the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (a government body we need to learn more about). She says the policies are driving the Rohingya out of Burma and and causing radicalization:
The resentment spread by these policies combined with sheer poverty are conducive to radicalisation. They have also lead to the continuous movements of Rohingya out of Burma to Bangladesh as well as through Bangladesh by boat to Thailand and Malaysia, thus becoming a regional problem. Therefore, U.S. policy makers should consider the unique situation of the Rohingya in formulating U.S. policy to promote human rights.
She recommends two things the US can do, the first is send more money to the United Nations for the Rohingya in Burma:
The U.S. government should provide more financial support for humanitarian action inside Burma, particularly for the UNHCR and the WFP.
And, finally the durable solution (remember that buzz word), bring them to the United States:
The U.S. has generously resettled a large number of Burmese refugees from Thailand and Malaysia. Unfortunately, the Rohingya have been excluded from the U.S. resettlement programs so far. Resettling Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh and Malaysia should be considered as a durable humanitarian solution promoted by the U.S.
That’s right get the Rohingya to the US, put them to work in a meatpacking plant and living in a lousy apartment in a lousy neighborhood and they will magically give up all thoughts of Islamic supremacy. Fire up the magic melting pot.