Radicalization of Muslims in the Netherlands
Radio Netherlands:
The radicalisation of Muslims in the Netherlands continues and is now reaching out to young people of Turkish origin. Despite a series of arrests, the possibility of terrorist attacks cannot be ruled out, and it will take several more years before the AIVD – the Dutch secret service - reaches something near full strength. These are just some of the conclusions of the AIVD’s annual report for 2004, presented at the end of last week to the parliament in The Hague.
The head of the intelligence and security service, Sybrand van Hulst, refrained from using the kind of pessimistic words he uttered just a year before: ‘those fighting terrorism are not winning. There is not even a prospect of winning.’ But the message contained in the report on 2004 - the year in which filmmaker and writer Theo van Gogh was murdered - makes sombre reading nonetheless.
Although the arrests of main suspect Mohammed Bouyeri and other members of what has been dubbed the ‘Hofstad’ group - which followed Mr Van Gogh’s death - removed part of the potential threat to the country, the process of radicalisation among Muslim youth in the Netherlands continues unabated. Developments abroad, in places such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Chechnya, play a role in that radicalisation, but paradoxically the very successes of the authorities, including the AIVD, have also contributed to a dramatic shift in attitude among some young Muslims.
The AIVD report identifies 16-25 year olds as the main risk, with some in that age group having come to regard Mohammed Bouyeri and Samir Azzouz as heroes. Another development, identified by the AIVD for the first time, is the transfer of radical Islamic ideas to a small number of young people of Turkish descent.
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posted by Adam Lawson @ 1:14 PM
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An observation...
Here:
http://www.lagriffedulion.f2s.com/imm.htm
You can read an essay that reports Turks in Holland seem, on average, considerably less intelligent than native Dutch (again, on average). So it seems not only will they not proportionately (or perhaps appreciably) contribute to Dutch economic output, they will much more likely be poor.
And when you have an immigration policy that is largely non-selective, i.e. when you accept a lot of refugees, asylum seekers, and relatives of those already resident, there is no question this is predominantly what you get: the average.
Seeing daily and firsthand the actual on-the-ground reality of the Turkish immigrant presence in Europe, I have no trouble believing all of this.
And therefore, most probably, these people will also much more likely feel as if they are disadvantaged and outside the Dutch mainstream, and so more susceptible to radicalization.
Allowing more of them in only makes all of the above worse -- most of the newcomers are inherently destined for the underclass, no matter how much effort and resources you spend on 'integration'.
Thanks for the link! You make a lot of good points in your comment but unfortunately I think the pro-immigration groups will continue to ignore the problems of immigration until it is much too late to do anything about it.
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