Repost from April 24, 2010The importance of the upcoming Tweede Kamer elections in June is partly, but also literally,  about defending freedom in the Netherlands more so than even most Dutch voters know. One Dutch patriot who appears to be aware of this freedom fight is former Amsterdam mayor Job Cohen, who now heads up the Partij van de Arbeid (PvdA).   It is well-known that the PVV of Geert Wilders would seek to bring about the persecution of Muslims in policies based exclusively on the Islamification myth, and this will result in a serious challenge to freedom in the Netherlands and its international standing.Job Cohen knows this, as the other mainstream Dutch parties probably do, and has framed part of his party’s campaign of a society where “everyone counts.”  While Geert Wilders would like to limit schools where Dutch Muslims are educated, Cohen believes that a good education is for all children, no matter the religious or ethnic background. (So do some of his fellow country-men and party members, see below!)Cohen said that “in our Netherlands, everyone has rights and opportunities, and one should be left out.” This is reflected in the party’s list for the June elections, unveiled under the ‘Dit is Nederland‘ (This is the Netherlands) slogan – and containing the names of 70 people who have “a heart and zeal … for our country.” In a free country everyone has rights and opportunities- and the idea that people should be measured by their ethnic and religious background first is unacceptable in a free country.One such servant of his country is Ahmed Marcouch, who appears as Number 15 on the PvdA’s list. Marcouch was born in Beni-Boughafer in Morocco in 1969. Shortly after arriving in the Netherlands at the age of 10, he spent two years working hard to learn the Dutch language, which served as a motivator to work hard in everything else too.Marcouch spent ten years as a police officer and has given out some tough love to the minority young people in his community. This has gotten him viewed as a “traitor” to some minority youth, but for other minority residents, he has given them a sense of belonging. He says that good schools are needed to help bring poor minority youth out of poverty and to keep a permanent underclass from growing. Education also helps Muslim youth learn to think independently, which helps fend off radicalization, and to grow up to be good Dutch Muslims. See more about  Ahmed Marcouch.Happy Day – the PvdA leads the polls!We should take a happy note that most Dutch voters prefer Job Cohen as their prime minister by a wide margin.  Since stepping down as Amsterdam’s mayor and taking up the lead of the PvdA,  Job Cohen has very much taken Wilders out of the picture as a serious PM contender. The competition is between largely the PvdA and the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) with the Christian Democrats of current minister president Jan Peter Balkenende (CDA).  The VVD and the CDA, along with Cohen’s PvdA, make -up mainstream parties that are a part of the rational and legitimate discourse about the Netherlands’ future policies in a future government.  Serious issues, like the economy and education, need to have serious discussion in the Netherlands, like every place else in the civilized and democratic world.And – silly myths about a religious group and placing limits on freedom of religion and expression – don’t appear to be a part of legitimate discourse in Dutch politics (…and in the Netherlands, the most non-religious place on Earth?). It should appear to us that most Dutch voters are rational and really not Islamophobic and believers in the Islamification myth. They believe that patriots like Ahmed Marcouch should be regarded as full citizens – regardless of their ethnicity and religion background. This is what defines a nation that is based in liberty, with freedom and justice for all - and most Dutch appear to know this!

Poland has a tiny Muslim minority of only 48,000 out and less than one-percent of the population (Pew center map – the article states 15,000-30,000), but now they would like a mosque, house of worship, a larger one. There is one converted villa mosque for 10,000 people in Warsaw, but this facility can only accommodate 200 people .As in EU Member States in the west of Europe – there are now objections with the building of the mosque and the open presence of Muslims- 150 protested  at the site – and these protesters expressed the same nonsensical reasons that come with the belief in the Islamification myth. “I don’t want my daughter to be forced to wear a burqa!” (Well don’t force her to wear one – its should be considered abusive to force her to wear something she does not want …) There was also the usual reference to “radicalism” and, in another article, the sharia disease that ALL Muslims carry. We can’t build churches in Muslim countries!  After all, one lady stated, she cannot even wear a Catholic medallion in Saudi Arabia!Here’s one that comes from the American conservative movement (and also shows their bigotry), the slogan that expresses the desire for more INtolerance in the world:“Let’s not repeat Europe’s mistakes -blind tolerance kills common sense -  Muslim countries respect women’s rights and religious freedom.”

Yes – let’s fight the human rights abuses of Muslims countries with with human rights abuses of our own!  We need less tolerance and more intolerance of the freedom of worship and freedom of expression of the Muslim Folk Devil! Yes – brother, you are sooo right!  Hate, discrimination and denying the religious freedom of others are “common sense!”Well the frightening Islamification presence that this  Muslim community center will offer is an art gallery, a library and a restaurant. It will host classes for children and religious dialogue meetings.  The Muslim cultural center will benefit both Muslims and non-Muslims of the local community. Gezzz- Poland needs to stop this Islamification now, before more carriers of the dreaded sharia disease show up.  “Religious dialogue meetings?”  For radical imams to preach jihad? The Koran is a violent book, you know! This kind of presence in Poland sounds like a serious threat to the Poles’ superior Christian culture! That also sounds like there it just too much mindless tolerance in Poland (sic!) But – how could the Poles forget how “They” want to “get stronger and take over.”

Ohhh – the mindless silliness of Islamophobia that comes with the belief in the Islamification myth ! It’s truly delusional !Now – according to Kuwaiti -Polish citizen, family man and child doctor, Samir Ismail – – the reality in the real world and not the Islamification mythological world will continue through the construction of this wonderful cultural asset. Good for him.  Stand up – like the rest of us should – to the ignorance and silliness of the Islamification myth. What is nice to read, also at the end of this article, is that many Poles, both Muslims and non-Muslims, Ismail in support of the community and even offered money:

“Absolutely not. There is no need to feel bad. After this dispute we received calls from Poland, also from non-Muslims, wanting to send us money to support the construction.” 

Good for them - as this community center sounds like it will be a great asset for the larger Warsaw community and contribute to greater value to Poland as a nation. A real sense of living in a free nation – with a wide religious diversity that comes with living in liberty in a free nation! Tolerance for religious expression by especially the government powers is part of living in a religiously free nation. 

Welcome to reality!  Welcome to REAL religious freedom and liberty! Article:  Mosque building brings Islam fears to PolandThis is also the first post under the tag of Islamification Myth WATCH. If it was not the dangerous threat to Europe and European counties that it is, the aspects of the Islamification myth, such as the “don’t force my daughter to wear a burqa” rubbish – those that believe in the islamification myth would be worthy of a few laughs. But — these people, in their silly ignorance, can vote, even for myths and fairy-tales about “Eurabia”  put out by dangerous characters running phony political parties, like Geert Wilders’ and his PVV. The problem is that Wilders could be the next PM of the Netherlands – and that’s why it’s not a laughing matter.