Belgium plays down third night of immigrant violence

WorldNetDaily:

With law-enforcement officials claiming the torching of cars, trucks and cellars in Belgium is not "systemic violence," the nation endured its third straight night of arson attacks yesterday with two immigrant teenagers being arrested.

According to Expatica News, the violence occurred in the cities on Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent.

A 17-year-old and 19-year-old described as "Belgian citizens of immigrant background" were arrested for arson and treated for burn injuries, suspected of being injured by their own firebomb.

Belgian law-enforcement officials say the arson attacks are simply copycat acts in response to the last two weeks of Muslim rioting that has occurred in France during which thousands of vehicles have been torched in hundreds of cities, resulting in one death.

"This does not make a Paris of Ghent," police warned in downplaying the Belgium incidents.

Police commissioner Steven de Smet said while officials are taking the attacks seriously, "we must not panic, either. For now, we cannot say there are indications of systemic violence."

Expatica reported that in Brussels alone, up to 15 vehicles and two cellars were torched last night before order was restored to the city at about 11 p.m.

According to Reuters, a number of cars were set on fire in the German cities of Berlin and Cologne yesterday, and there have been similar reports of violence in Sweden.

As WorldNetDaily reported, the riots in France have been perpetrated in Muslim neighborhoods and are seen by many analysts as a way for Islam to gain a foothold in Europe in the wake of unprecedented immigration from Muslim countries.

"The great majority of Muslims in Europe see themselves as bearers of a superior civilization and see themselves growing prodigiously," Islam expert Daniel Pipes told WND. "Through a cultural, religious and demographic confidence they feel scorn toward European ways and conspire to take it over."

The website JihadWatch.com posted news of the Belgium violence, eliciting several responses from readers.

"If I was a tactician for the Muslims, I would describe these flare-ups as test cases," posted "Rafael." They are testing the resolve of the West.

"What would I have learned from this? That the West still sees Islam as a valid religion instead of expansionist Arab nationalism. That any insurrection or rioting will be met with more money, programs, understanding, etc. That the West is afraid and knows that Islam can turn absolutely ruthless when necessary, threatened, or even if it perceives a threat.

"If I was a Muslim, I'd be overjoyed at the reaction of Western governments. They are going to lie down and surrender; gradually at first, but the victory over the infidel will be much simpler and much less bloody than it was in the time of the 'Prophet.'"

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