As previously reported on AFN, masked residents of Belfast, Northern Ireland, set fire to the suspected homes of illegal immigrants in retaliation for a Sudanese immigrant stabbing a 40-year old citizen. The victim, Stephen Ogilive, was in serious condition, having lost an eye and sustaining injuries to his face and back.
This backlash against Islamic immigration is part of a problem plaguing Europe, where Islamic migrants refuse to assimilate and often commit serious crimes on the native population.
Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, says several European governments have already taken action.
"Sweden and Denmark have both tightened up on immigration significantly. The Reform Party in the U.K., in local elections about a month or so ago, just wiped out both Labour and Conservative parties,” says Krikorian. “These were local council elections, it's not up to Parliament, but it's a clear indication that people are fed up.”
In Germany, the far-right conservative political party Alternative für Deutschland is doing increasingly well, he says.
"Despite the fact that all the other parties are trying to freeze them out, the voters are saying, ‘Sorry, we're voting for them,’ and more and more of them are doing it. It's important that people running things in Europe take the hint and start deporting, in significant numbers, people who have been turned down for asylum,” says Krikorian. “And so, of course, you're going to have this kind of backlash, and it's only going to get worse."
Unlike during the time of the Crusades, he says, Europe is not Christian anymore.
"The thing is, they're post-Christian now. The Muslims are still Muslim, and so you can't beat something with nothing. So, the question is, will Europe re-Christianize or not?” asks Krikorian. “Nobody knows. I mean, it's possible. I wouldn't write off Europe, but it's pretty dangerous, frankly."
