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The Islamic cultural invasion refers to a hypothetical phenomenon wherein the liberal embrace of cultural diversity, and fear of racism and intolerance, is exploited by powermongers either within the Islamic community or within the government of the invaded country or both.

It seemed at first that there was some evidence that this was, in fact, happening in Europe, and there were also repeated claims of it happening in the US as well, but none of the claims have panned out so far and appear largely to be the result of fearmongering in the other direction (i.e. against Muslims), typically by Christian fundamentalists (especially in the US).

Most of the claims seem to fall into one of two categories:

Sharia law is being imposed within some jurisdiction, superceding legal code which should be applicable.
No-go zones exist within some city or area of some city, into which non-Muslims enter at their peril.

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 ==About==
-The [[Islamic cultural invasion]] is a [[thing type::phenomenon]] wherein the [[liberal]] embrace of [[cultural diversity]], and fear of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]], is exploited by [[powermonger]]s either within the Islamic community or within the government of the invaded country or both.
+The [[Islamic cultural invasion]] refers to a hypothetical phenomenon wherein the [[liberal]] embrace of [[cultural diversity]], and fear of [[racism]] and [[intolerance]], is exploited by [[powermonger]]s either within the [[Islam]]ic community or within the government of the invaded country or both.
-===European Phase===
-Beginning sometime prior to 1995, Islamic communities began forming in many [[Europe]]an countries, taking advantage of the [[liberal]] [[immigration]] laws and social support systems in those countries. Unlike other groups of refugees, however, many of these communities became very insular (apparently deliberately so), refusing to adapt to [[western culture|Western]] customs or even learn any of the dominant languages of their adopted countries.
-Taking advantage of their own rapidly-growing population combined with a willingness to use the threat of violence as a political tactic, they have apparently successfully demanded special schools and other concessions which make it unnecessary (or even life-threatening) for them or their offspring to integrate into society.
+It seemed at first that there was some evidence that this was, in fact, happening in {{l/sub|Europe}}, and there were also repeated claims of it happening in the {{l/sub|US}} as well, but none of the claims have panned out so far and appear largely to be the result of fearmongering in the other direction (i.e. against Muslims), typically by [[Christian fundamentalist]]s (especially in the US).
-As they have gained more political clout, they have begun attempting to impose (and in many cases succeeding in imposing) the idea that any speech or action which "offends" Islam should not be tolerated, regardless of whether such speech might be legally protected by [[freedom of speech]] laws. It is arguable that their ultimate goal may be the imposition of [[Sharia]] (Islamic) law, often described as [[Islamofascism]], on all of [[Europe]], and eventually the world.
+Most of the claims seem to fall into one of two categories:
+* {{l/sub|Sharia law}} is being imposed within some jurisdiction, superceding legal code which should be applicable.
-It is often claimed by opponents of the invasion that British courts are now recognizing the rule of Sharia courts as legitimate. It is not clear whether these claims are valid; in the US, such claims inevitably turn out to be courts recognizing religious law as the relevant law in agreements that were explicitly based on them (and therefore an entirely appropriate usage), but the UK context may be a little different.
+* {{l/sub|No-go zones}} exist within some city or area of some city, into which non-Muslims enter at their peril.
-* Although usage of such courts remains voluntary, there is no mechanism in place to prevent Muslims from being coerced into using them.
-* The [[United Nations|UN]] has apparently passed a resolution (mid-2008) that criticism of Islam constitutes a [[human rights]] violation. This abrogates [[freedom of speech]] and is therefore itself a human rights violation.
-** I'm durned if I can find this resolution, however. [http://www.un.org/documents/scres.htm UN resolutions by year] [http://www.un.org/Docs/sc/unsc_resolutions08.htm 2008] --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 12:58, 15 June 2010 (UTC)
-*** [[youtube:KjSjpNe1-Vc|Pat Condell]] lists the following two links, among others:
-**** [[wikipedia:Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam]]
-**** '''2009-10-08''' [http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2009/10/us-hypocrisy-on-free-speech-at-united-nations/ US hypocrisy on free speech at United Nations]
-===American Phase?===
-Despite many alarms being raised over the idea that Muslims are in the process of taking over the [[United States]] via similar processes -- a claim made both by many [[US conservatives]] as well as more measured voices such as the UK's [[Pat Condell]] -- so far all of these claims seem to be based on gross distortions at best. See, for example, the [[Ground Zero Mosque]] furor.
-===Conclusions===
-Tentatively, it appears that European politicians are calculatedly "caving in" on various Muslim "demands" in order to make Islam [[fearmongery|seem more of a threat]], from which other politicians can then build a campaign to "save" the voters and setting the stage for [[political theatre]]. While there is as yet no clear documentation of this sort of [[good cop/bad cop politics|"good cop/bad cop" posturing among politicians]] of (supposedly) opposing parties, it does fit a pattern seen in many countries (e.g. Democrats in the US backing "Blue Dog" candidates so there will always be someone to prevent popular but politically inconvenient legislation from passing).
-===Counterpoints===
-* '''Muslims are actually quite under-represented, politically''': in the UK, for example, the Muslim population is about 4 million out of 60 million total (~6.7%), but there are only about 4 Muslim MPs out of 650 MPs total (~0.6%).
-* '''Muslim courts are only being recognized as binding between parties who mutually agree to be bound by them.''' This would be done in ''any'' case where the disputants agree to be bound by rule of a third party (cf paid mediation services). (Relevant links: [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1535478/Sharia-law-is-spreading-as-authority-wanes.html] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article4749183.ece] "but this is massively controversial, and when the Archbishop of , with all senior politicians condemning the idea:" [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7264740.stm])
-** The fear, as I understand it, is that disempowered Muslims (especially women) will feel compelled to use Muslim courts, and possibly at mortal risk if they do not; thus many Muslims are still ''de facto'' ruled by Muslim law, whether or not they wish it and whether or not the secular courts acknowledge Muslim courts as superior.
-*** Even if true (which it may well be), that's a far cry from secular courts allowing Muslim courts to ''override secular law'' -- which is how this is being presented. A solution would be something more along the lines of creating programs to protect Muslims who seek legal redress outside Muslim society, to document complaints about Muslim social oppression, and so forth. (Some of this may have already been done.)
 ==Related==
+===Subpages===
+* [[/Europe]]
+* [[/US]]
 ===Pages===
 * [[Islamofascism]]
-* [[2006 Muhammad image riots]]
-===Books===
-* ''[[While Europe Slept]]'' by [[Bruce Bawer]]
-==Links==
-===Filed Links===
-{{links/news}}

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