<![CDATA[While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within]]>

false <![CDATA[While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169437594m/40619.jpg 40619 4 The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did not hold, and the light of civilization nearly went out. Today, the continent has entered yet another “Weimar moment.” Will Europeans rise to the challenge posed by radical Islam, or will they cave in once again to the extremists? As an American living in Europe since 1998, Bruce Bawer has seen this problem up close. Across the continent—in Amsterdam, Oslo, Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and Stockholm—he encountered large, rapidly expanding Muslim enclaves in which women were oppressed and abused, homosexuals persecuted and killed, “infidels” threatened and vilified, Jews demonized and attacked, barbaric traditions (such as honor killing and forced marriage) widely practiced, and freedom of speech and religion firmly repudiated. The European political and media establishment turned a blind eye to all this, selling out women, Jews, gays, and democratic principles generally—even criminalizing free speech—in order to pacify the radical Islamists and preserve the illusion of multicultural harmony. The few heroic figures who dared to criticize Muslim extremists and speak up for true liberal values were systematically slandered as fascist bigots. Witnessing the disgraceful reaction of Europe’s elites to 9/11, to the terrorist attacks on Madrid, Beslan, and London, and to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Bawer concluded that Europe was heading inexorably down a path to cultural suicide. Europe's Muslim communities are powder kegs, brimming with an alienation born of the immigrants’ deep antagonism toward an infidel society that rejects them and compounded by misguided immigration policies that enforce their segregation and empower the extremists in their midst. The mounting crisis produced by these deeply perverse and irresponsible policies finally burst onto our television screens in October 2005, as Paris and other European cities erupted in flames. WHILE EUROPE SLEPT is the story of one American’s experience in Europe before and after 9/11, and of his many arguments with Europeans about the dangers of militant Islam and America’s role in combating it. This brave and invaluable book—with its riveting combination of eye-opening reportage and blunt, incisive analysis—is essential reading for anyone concerned about the fate of Europe and what it portends for the United States. 40204 21 2 2006 While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within total:168|5:50|4:77|3:25|2:15|1:1| 168 664 303 51 3 6 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 18:31:30 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 03 18:51:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 14:57:43 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 05 15:21:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Aug 27 07:26:30 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 10 11:50:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Jun 24 06:46:54 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 06:49:46 -0700 2008
I’m not ...more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 06:12:33 -0700 2008 Tue May 20 06:40:18 -0700 2008 aquarius2943@hotmail.com PEG RICHARDSON

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Bawer moved to Europe, enamored by "a world that had moved beyond bigotry," where "people's sense of identity and self-worth didn't de...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 00:02:32 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 00:41:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Feb 05 09:45:25 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 09:45:25 -0800 2009 Bruce Bawer, who has wrestled previously about American fundamentalism (Stealing Jesus) and gay rights (A Place at the Table), finds an equally contentious and compelling subject in the blind eye of European liberalism. Enchanted by the famed tolerance of Amsterdam, Bawer moved to Europe in 1998. Bu...

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