Today is the first anniversary of the London subway bombings which killed 52 people and injured dozens of others. The scariest part of the event, in my opinion, is the fact that all the attackers were British citizens. They may have been ethnically from another part of the world, but they attacked their own countrymen.
In this way, all of Europe suffers from the same problem: large Islamic minorities who, while citizens, have not really become integrated into the nations in which they live. A look at the riots in France this year is a good example of how easily radicalism can grow in these essentially segregated groups.
I have said this before, but it bears repeating: if something is not done, Europe will be a Muslim enclave in 50 years.
Posted by Matthew at July 7, 2006 10:38 AMTrackBack URL for this entry:
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I doubt it will be 50. In fact, I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around 20.
Posted by: Troy Overton
at July 7, 2006 01:06 PM