On Sat, 08 Sep 2007 01:32:07 -0700, "simple_language@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<simple_language@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Stop the Islamization of Europe demonstration will take place next
>Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007.
>
>On 11th September provisionally participants will commence from
>Luxembourg Square at 12.00 then proceed to Schumann Square in front of
>the European Parliament where petitions and letters will be handed in.
>Anders Gravers and Stephen Gash, founders of SIOE, have assumed
>control of events on 11th September in Brussels. Initiative for the
>the 11th September demo was Anders Gravers's and Stephen Gash's, not
>Udo Ulfkotte's, who was invited to join later. Udo Ulfkotte and Pax
>Europa no longer have any part in the organisation of the Brussels
>demo. source: http://sioe.wordpress.com/
>
>Brussels police are willing to tolerate Stop the Islamization of
>Europe demonstration, despite the mayor's ban, provided that the
>demonstrators convene on the Schumann Plaza in front of the Berlaymont
>building, the European Commission's headquarters, and that they do not
>go marching through the streets or along the boulevards. The Schumann
>Plaza is a large square which can be easily protected by the police
>while the demonstrators listen to speeches and hold one minute of
>silence. There is a train station, Brussels-Schuman, and a metro
>station next to the Plaza. The Brussels police are nervous because,
>despite the Arab European League's official statement that its Muslim
>gangs will not counterdemonstrate, Muslim groups are rallying their
>members to do just that. The police intends to concentrate the Muslim
>youths on the Luxemburg plaza, in front of the European Parliament,
>which is smaller than the Schuman Plaza and much easier to cordon off.
>
>There are rumours that some "hardliners" insist on demonstrating in
>front of the European Parliament. There are also rumours of Neo-Nazi
>groups coming to Brussels to riot. However, those who want to avoid
>street fighting had better go to the Schuman Plaza. They are asked to
>carry white ribbons in protest against Mayor Thielemans, a Socialist
>who caters for the Muslim population of Brussels, and his decision to
>silence the peoples of Europe who refuse to live in a predominantly
>Muslim society. SIOE planned to bring 20,000 demonstrators from 26
>European countries to Brussels. Given the confusion surrounding the
>demo after it was banned three weeks ago it is not clear how many
>people still intend to come.
>
>source: http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2413
>
>"We have high-ranked members of the Muslim Brotherhood, for example --
>that is, the mother organization of most of the terrorist
>organizations in the Islamic world -- who threaten us now," Ulfkotte
>said.
>
>Ulfkotte points to compromises that Europeans from Glasgow to Greece
>seem to be making with their Muslim fellow citizens. He cites examples
>such as a recent call by the National Health Service in Scotland for
>employees to refrain from eating at work during Ramadan, in order not
>to offend Muslim employees. Or a call by some Muslims in Antwerp to
>ban Christmas trees or Easter eggs in public places to ensure a strict
>neutrality of treatment among religions.
>
>Although the protest in Brussels remains banned, many demonstrators
>due to arrive from Denmark, Germany, and Britain have said they will
>march anyway.
>
>source:
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/09/dc575741-0cfb-424b-bbf3-204706d93fca.html
Why would it be in the interests of Americans to stop the
Islamicization of Europe?
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