Imam Tawhidi speaking about the future of Europe and the
West gives the following analysis. Around 5-10 years ago,
Europe became flooded with immigrants from the Middle East. Most of these
refugees were not merely running away from misery and war-torn areas. They were
running to freedom, free handouts, and free health care in countries that they
thought would be better for them to live in.
Is it so bad to let in tens of
thousands of immigrants? Isn’t that what helped build up America into becoming
a superpower? Doesn’t every normal person want more freedom? Aren’t these
people more or less the same as everyone in the West? Don’t we owe it to
humanity to do our part to help the downtrodden?
Those are a sampling of the typical
arguments that many voiced back when the influx began. There is logic to those
arguments. But there is more logic in the arguments against allowing unbridled
immigration into the European Union.
First of all, the European Union has
many countries that are dealing with negative population growth. This is due to
many factors, especially the breakdown of the traditional family unit. The
solution to that problem is not to bring in foreigners who have more children.
The solution is a return to tradition and rejection of so-called alternative
lifestyles as accepted norms. That sounds old-fashioned and non-progressive. It
is. But if we don’t return to our senses, and accept that normality is not two
men raising a baby or two women raising a baby, but a father and a mother
raising a baby, then we are deciding to rip apart the most basic building
blocks of our society. There will be no superpower in the world that develops
from children raised in new-age families.
The truth is that many of the Muslim
immigrants who fled to Europe do want a better life. But, by and large,
assimilation into Western culture is not anywhere in their list of priorities.
Actually, the vast majority are looking to defeat Western culture. That is
exactly the opposite of what most immigrants who flooded America in the early
20th century were looking for.
So, yes, we should help those people
who are looking for a better life. But not on a mass level in our own
countries. A measured number of immigrants who truly indicate intention and
ability to enter and contribute should be allowed in. Those who are clearly
looking for freebies should be rejected. There are other countries in the world
that are indeed looking to increase their populations. That is where the
efforts should be used to help those who indeed need to get out of Syria, Iraq
or other war-torn countries.
Europe is now paying the price for it’s policies 5-10 years
ago. America and other Western countries must learn the lessons too.
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