Prophet and Loss

Ideas can be dangerous. Among the most dangerous are those that are utopian and therefore bear little or no relevance to the real world. In recent years, a popular but ill-considered utopian idea has been multiculturalism. This ideology appeals to impractical idealists and was readily adopted by the Left, which saw it as the means to undermine Western values. Multiculturalism dates from the 1963 Canadian Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, but did not become that country’s official policy until 1971. As more immigrants moved to English-speaking countries in the West, multiculturalism travelled with them. In Australia it was adopted as official policy in 1973.

The success of post-war migration to Australia should not blind us to the failings of multiculturalism. When most new settlers originated in the Western world or possessed Western values, multiculturalism appeared to work. However, it was a mistake of epic proportions to import settlers whose cultures were not compatible with those of Australia. Those who promote multiculturalism often stress the diversity it adds to the community. That is true, but there is no reason to believe that diversity is beneficial. It is a woke idea unsupported by facts. There is a fine line between diversity and disunity, one that can be erased only through integration and assimilation.

When widely differing cultures come into contact, they inevitably clash. This historical reality has been ignored by many governments who hastily embraced the theory of multiculturalism without giving thought to the dangers it poses for national cohesion.

Concerns about the effectiveness of multicultural policies to integrate migrants were eventually expressed by several world leaders. David Cameron, in his first speech as Britain’s prime minister, spoke of radicalisation and the causes of terrorism. He criticised state multiculturalism and later signalled a tougher stance on groups promoting Islamist extremism.  Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy declared multiculturalism a failed concept and called for a renewed focus on France’s identity. Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel said the so-called multicultural concept—where people would “live side-by-side happily”—did not work. The governments of Netherlands and Denmark, recognising multiculturalism’s disruptive effects on their communities, returned to an official policy of monoculture.

In Australia, as ethnic social unrest resulting from multiculturalism increases, it might be only a matter of time before monoculturalism is introduced to unify the nation.

Based on the dubious platitude of “populate or perish”, Australian governments after the Second World War opened the gates of immigration.

Based on the dubious platitude of “populate or perish”, Australian governments after the Second World War opened the gates of immigration. Most of the early migrants were British and European who adapted easily to Australian life.

From the time of the Vietnam War, migrants started to arrive from countries that were collectively known as Indo-China. Most were happy to integrate and become Australian citizens. However, any hope that they would be the model for all future immigration was optimistic.

This hope ended with the arrival of immigrants from Middle Eastern and African countries. Not only was their behaviour foreign to Australia, they brought with them Islam, an inflexible belief that sets them apart from most of the Australian population. Many of the ideas of Islam, as expressed in the Koran, are not only incompatible with Western values, they are its antithesis.

Islam is essentially a political ideology that functions under the aegis of religion. Many of its followers, believing it to be superior to any other religious or secular community, advocate Islamic (sharia) law and go to extreme lengths to ensure its adoption. Adopting sharia in Australia would be akin to exchanging democracy for fascism.

The ideology of Mohammed does not serve the interests of a secular state. It advocates religious intolerance, proselytisation and aggressive jihad (a euphemism for conflict). Unlike Jews, it is unusual for Muslims to integrate into Christian communities. In Australia this is apparent in the growth of Islamic cultural enclaves where abhorrent practices such as forced marriage, female genital mutilation and “honour killings” occur, without regard to Australian laws.

The chance of Muslim migrants from the Middle East, Asia and North Africa integrating successfully into the Australian community is minimal. As their numbers grow, our culture will be forced to regress to a primitive past we hoped had ended with the Enlightenment. Anyone who doubts the negativity of Australia’s policy of multiculturalism when applied to the Muslim community, might recall the sight of them massing at Sydney Opera House calling “Gas the Jews!” This was modern multicultural Australia, not Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Nor should we forget police advice to Jews in Sydney to stay home for their own safety, lest they are set upon by Islamic thugs.

The Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who wants the Koran banned in the Netherlands, believes that “Islam is not a religion, it’s an ideology, the ideology of a retarded culture.”

The Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who wants the Koran banned in the Netherlands, believes that “Islam is not a religion, it’s an ideology, the ideology of a retarded culture.” Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born Dutch-American activist who converted from Islam to Christianity—according to Islamic law, apostasy is punishable by death—has said:

The fundamental problem is that the majority of otherwise peaceful and law-abiding Muslims are unwilling to acknowledge, much less to repudiate, the theological warrant for intolerance and violence embedded in their own religious texts.

Before Australian society falls apart under the corrosive ideology of multiculturalism, migration laws need to be amended to protect the country from those whose who import totalitarian dogmas, whether political or religious. Where does Islam stand in relation to this? According to O. Roy (The Failure of Political Islam, 1994):

One popular view … is that Islam has produced a political movement in modernity because there is something essentially political about Islam. [However, it] never historically developed the institutional separation between a corporate “church” and a corporate “state” out of which functional secularism could evolve … Islam is deeply associated with the public enforcement of a religious law.

Anyone questioning this assertion should provide the names of Muslim countries where church and state are separate, and where governments operate under a democratic system. At the root of the problem is the incompatibility of medieval Islamic theocracy and modern secular Western values. Hirsi Ali’s opinion is that contemporary Muslims “have not yet transitioned to modernity, and many Muslim immigrants are culturally unsuited to life in the West and are therefore a burden”. In a 2007 interview with the online magazine Reason she said:

I think that we are at war with Islam. And there’s no middle ground in wars. Islam can be defeated in many ways … “radical Islam” is what must be defeated … Once it’s defeated, it can mutate into something peaceful. It’s very difficult to even talk about peace now. They’re not interested in peace.

Later she referred to Islam as a “destructive, nihilistic cult of death … a new fascism”.

The Australian government is making a huge mistake allowing 800 Muslim Palestinians into the country. They come with hatred and a culture that is so foreign to ours they will never contribute anything worthwhile to Australia. We are told they will be screened before being permitted to live here. However, they have already been refused entry into Egypt and Jordan  — neither country will admit Palestinians. That should be sufficient warning for the Australian government to rethink a policy that makes Australia  a dumping ground for the world’s undesirables.

If we are to have a peaceful, united society, multiculturalism must be thrown on the scrapheap of failed utopian theories. With few exceptions, it has been a monumental failure and needs to be replaced by monoculturalism. Reality should take precedence over idealistic leftist drivel.