Siger Arch Puddington, forskningsleder i tænketanken Freedom House i New York.
Han ser en bekymrende tendens til, at europæerne modsætter sig forandring af alle kræfter. Så hellere udøve selvcensur for at undgå ballade og bevare illusionen om idyl.
Europas elite er i fuld gang med at forråde sine egne værdier, og det er ikke noget kønt syn.
I ser ikke problemerne i øjnene. I tror dialog er vejen frem, men I kommer alligevel aldrig til at tale med dem, der er vrede og frustrerede. I taler med den muslimske elite, og det er ikke det samme.
Europa behøver et poltisk, socialt og især økonomisk system, der kan absorbere de nye immigranter.
Det bekymrer ham envidere, at det er den yderste højrefløj, der hele tiden peger på de reelle problemer.
Når elementer i Dansk Folkeparti beskriver muslimer som kræftceller eller på anden måde nedgør indvandrerne, har de ret til at tale sådan. Ansvaret for at forsvare de modsatte synspunkter og værdier påhviler udelukkende de øvrige danskere.
Fra Jyllands-Posten 1. oktober 2006
Og en bekymret Bassam Tibi i Spigel Online
Tibi: Muslims have to give up three things if they want to become Europeans: They have to bid farewell to the idea of converting others, and renounce the Jihad. The Jihad is not just a way of testing yourself but also means using violence to spread Islam. The third thing they need to give up is the Shariah, which is the Islamic legal system. This is incompatible with the German constitution. There are also two things they need to redefine.
SPIEGEL: Which are?
Tibi: Pluralism and tolerance are pillars of modern society. That has to be accepted. But pluralism doesn’t just mean diversity. It means that we share the same rules and values, and are still nevertheless different. Islam doesn’t have this idea. And Islam also has no tradition of tolerance. In Islam tolerance means that Christians and Jews are allowed to live under the protection of Muslims but never as citizens with the same rights. What Muslims call tolerance is nothing other than discrimination.
SPIEGEL: How many of the 3 million Muslims living in Germany would agree to these demands?
Tibi: A few thousand perhaps.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,440340,00.html