Sharia Law in Europe? »
By Rabbi Yaakov Spivak
An East German soldier leaps over barbed wire at a gap in the Berlin Wall to try to defect before he’s shot..As Germans mark the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, a different kind of atmosphere envelopes the country. Since there was no word to describe the feeling, the citizens invented one: Ostalgie. This is a conglomeration of two words meaning nostalgia for East (Germany).
So Stalin was really a sweetie, huh?
That’s the way it looks. Whereas in 1991, 45% of East Germans felt “very positive” about reunification, only 31% feel that way in 2009 (Pew Research poll). Also, 45% of these Germans feel worse off economically than under Communism. 72% of Hungarians believe the same thing, as do 62% of Ukrainians. Today, incidentally, only 30% of Ukrainians believe that the change to democracy was a good thing.
Considering Europe’s mercurial political history, it would really not be surprising that if a radical Islamic country offered an economic stimulus in exchange for a totalitarian society, there might be some takers.
If this sounds implausible, remember the number of radical Muslims in Europe who now demand Sharia Law in their communities.
The Germans celebrated the anniversary of the fall of The Wall by a symbolic fall of huge dominoes. It is important to remember that dominoes can fall more than one way.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/flashpoint/2009/11/as-germans-mark-the-twentieth.html#ixzz0WffdcaH
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