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In this episode, Gray, Cory, and James continue a series discussing Abraham Kuyper's Lectures on Calvinism. This week they discuss lecture 3 on Calvinism and Politics focusing on the topic of the state.Sources mentioned in this episode:Abraham Kuyper, Lectures on Calvinism: Six Lectures Delivered at Princeton University [in 1898] (Grand Rapids, MI: W. B. Eerdmans, 2002).Abraham Kuyper, Common Grace (Volume 3): God's Gifts for a Fallen World, 1st ed, Abraham Kuyper Collected Works in Public Theology Series (Bellingham: Faithlife Corporation, 2020).H. M. Kuitert, Everything Is Politics but Politics Is Not Everything: A Theological Perspective on Faith and Politics (Grand Rapids, Mich: W.B. Eerdmans Pub. Co, 1986).Luke Bretherton, Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2019).Matthew Kaemingk, Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2018).David T. Koyzis, Citizenship Without Illusions: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement, 1st ed (Westmont: InterVarsity Press, 2024).Jonathan Chaplin, Faith in Democracy: Framing a Politics of Deep Diversity (La Vergne: Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, 2021).David Brooks Awarded 2020 Kuyper Prize, 2020, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6iCz8w90x4.Reach us at graceincommonpodcast@gmail.com. If you want to make a donation, please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://donorbox.org/graceincommon⁠⁠⁠⁠Our theme music is Molly Molly by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue) ⁠⁠⁠CC BY-NC 4.0⁠⁠⁠

To kick off season four of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent British right-wing journalist, broadcaster and former Brexit Party MEP, Alex Phillips. Topics of discussion include: Muslim integration vs. Muslim assimilation in the UK. 9/11, the War on Terror, Islamophobia and domestic CVE laws. Muslim immigration to Europe and British foreign policy. The decline of Christianity in secular liberal West. "Pakistani/Muslim" child sexual grooming gangs in England. Women in Islam and women in the West. What will Britain and Western Europe look like in 2050? FOLLOW 5PILLARS ON:    Website: https://5pillarsuk.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/@5Pillars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/5pillarsuk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/5pillarsnews Twitter: https://x.com/5Pillarsuk Telegram: https://t.me/s/news5Pillars TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@5pillarsnews

Robert Spencer, Director of Jihad Watch and author of Empire of God: How the Byzantines Saved Civilization, joins us to discuss the realities of Islamic theology in terms of its propensity towards violence, the cyclical reemergence of Islamic extremism within secular Islamic cultures throughout history, and how the Islamization of Europe and the broader west will lead to societal downfall. #Islam #Muslim #Jihad

Ten thousand Hamas terrorist sympathizers swarmed the streets of New York City this past weekend, protesting against Israel and encouraging antisemitism. Where do these people come from? Liz breaks down the unrestricted immigration policies making our country more unsafe than ever. With polls revealing a staggering number of Muslims in America who believe that violence is justified, should we restrict Muslim immigration? This is The Liz Wheeler Show. -- Download the FREE Upside App and use promo code liz5 to get an extra 25 cents back for every gallon on your first tank of gas. Increase energy, boost digestion, and think more clearly today! Visit mymorningkick.com/energy. Go to CozyEarth.com and use code LIZ40 for up to 40% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matthew Kaemingk, chair of Richard John Mouw Chair of Faith and Public Life at Fuller Theological Seminary and author of Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear (Eerdmans, 2018), discusses his work on the Civic Hospitality Project (civichospitality.com).

How does our faith inform our public life? We know it addresses our personal lives, our personal holiness, our families, our churches.  But does our faith inform our work? Our enjoyment of art? Of fashion? Of architecture?  Instead of simply relying on the political pundits on the cable news channels, do we have access to theologically shaped ideas to issues like political ideologies, immigration, race relations, and economics?  Our guest on this episode of the Reintegrate Podcast is Dr. Matthew Kaemingk. He is the Richard John Mouw Assistant Professor of Faith and Public Life at Fuller Theological Seminary where he also serves as the Director of the Richard John Mouw Institute of Faith and Public Life. His research and teaching focus on marketplace theology, Islam and political ethics, and public theology. His latest publication is a book he edited as a festschrift to honor the life and work of Richard Mouw, Reformed Public Theology (Baker Academic, 2021). The book has essays written by experts from all over the world offering insights on issues facing us in the 21st Century, everything from immigration, euthanasia, economics, art, race, Christian practices like prayer, communion, baptism, confession, and piety, as well as political ideologies, populism, and activism.  Other books from Matthew Kaemingk include Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear (Eerdmans, 2018) and Work and Worship: Reconnecting Our Labor and Liturgy, cowritten with Cory Willson,(Baker Academic, 2020). Check out our podcast from April 2021 where we discuss that excellent book with Matt. Buy these books from Independent Bookseller, Hearts & Minds Bookstore. You can order online through their secure server or call 717-246-333. Mention that you heard about these books on the Reintegrate Podcast and get 20% off!  Thanks for listening! Your hosts are Brendan Romigh and Dr. Bob Robinson, the Executive Director of Reintegrate. Go to re-integrate.org for the latest articles on reintegrating your callings with God's mission and online resources for further learning. There is a Bible study book that you can use in your small group or individual devotions: Reintegrate Your Vocation with God's Mission by Bob Robinson. On Reintegrate's podcast page, you'll find more episodes and ways to email us to comment on this podcast.

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This week on the Faith Angle Podcast we present the audio from our most recent virtual event, New Tests for American Pluralism, which featured Mark Labberton and Matthew Kaemingk to discuss the question: Does religion fundamentally undermine political democracy, or enhance it? Speakers Mark Labberton Matthew Kaemingk Links Conversin‪g‬ podcast Called: The Crisis and Promise of Following Jesus Today Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear America Without God Follow us | faithangle.org

Rev. Dr. Matthew Kaemingk is an assistant professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary and the associate dean of Fuller Texas in Houston. He also serves as a fellow for the Center for Public Justice in Washington, D.C. He holds doctoral degrees in Systematic Theology from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and in Christian Ethics from Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the author of Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear. Matthew comes as a guest of the JBU Center for Faith and Flourishing.

Muslim immigration detainees in Brisbane have filed allegations to the Australian Human Rights Commission claiming they’ve not been given Halal food for more than 12 months.

How might Christians build truly welcoming spaces? Every semester, the CPRSE hosts a Scripture, Faith, and Scholarship symposium where we invite scholars and reflective practitioners to share with the ICS community how their faith, research, and practice inform each other. This past January, Dr. Matthew Kaemingk (Fuller Seminary, Texas) spoke at this symposium after receiving Redeemer University’s Emerging Public Intellectual Award. In this special episode of Critical Faith, we present Dr. Kaemingk's symposium discussion on Christian public life and contemporary Muslim immigration. If you'd like to see more of Dr. Kaemingk's work, you can check out his website here or read his recently published book Christian Hospitatlity and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear. Critical Faith is sponsored by the Centre for Philosophy, Religion, and Social Ethics (CPRSE) at the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto. For more, visit www.icscanada.edu. Music by Matt Bernico.

This episode features Dr. Matthew Kaemingk's presentation at the Neighborly Faith Conference, held at Wheaton College on November 1-2, 2019. Dr. Kaemingk is an associate dean and an assistant professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary, and author of Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear, which was named one of the best books of 2018 by Christianity Today. The title of Dr. Kaemingk's talk is “Christian-Muslim Friendship in an Age of Fear.”

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In this episode of the 5 Leadership Questions podcast, Todd Adkins and Daniel Im are joined by Drew Dyck, editor at Moody Publishers and author of Your Future Self Will Thank You. During their conversation, they discuss the importance of spiritual disciplines at the start of your day and the challenges of working from home with small children also at home. BEST QUOTES "I see people in ministry as the ones on the front lines.""Test your ideas out on readers first in a short format and then try to graduate to writing a book-length project.""If I start my day with Scripture and a short time of prayer, that makes such a huge difference in the rest of my day when it comes to how I interact with people and my productivity at work.""There are certain seasons, I believe, you just have to get through with your sanity and your morality intact and consider that a win.""It's so easy to neglect those core spiritual disciplines when you are in a busy season.""The best thing about working from home is you can work anytime you want. The worst thing about working from home is you can work anytime you want.""Being disciplined when it comes to stopping working is hard, but essential.""Pay more attention to your character than to your credentials.""Your character is ultimately what is going to safeguard your ministry and your life from destruction." "All the advice in the book is useless if you don't do one thing: get enough sleep.""Sometimes the most spiritual thing you can do is get enough sleep." RECOMMENDED RESOURCES LifeWay Leadership Podcast Network CTPastors.com Your Future Self Will Thank You by Drew Dyck Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear by Matthew Keemingk The Gospel-Driven Church by Jared Wilson Godric by Frederick Beuchner The Holy Post Podcast The Dream Podcast The Dropout Podcast

Theology professor Matthew Kaemingk's book Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear is a powerful synthesis of his life's work. Combining his theological expertise with his lived experience in Europe, Kaemingk challenges Christians to respond differently to the political crisis surrounding Muslim immigration. Earlier this year, we sat down with Kaemingk to discuss his book and his hope for a more genuine pluralism.

This episode of the Good Neighbear discusses the new book, Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear, with author, Dr. Matthew Kaemingk, Assistant Professor of Christian Ethics and Associate Dean of Fuller Theological Seminary. In this book Kaemingk offers a thought-provoking Christian perspective. Rejecting both fearful nationalism and romantic multiculturalism, he makes the case for a third way - a Christian pluralism that is committed to both the historic Christian faith and the public rights, dignity, and freedom of Islam.

Why do some North American Christians choose fear over hospitality? What would radical hospitality as Christian discipleship look like in interfaith conversations? Matthew Kaemingk explores these questions in his new book Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear. He spoke at the Loving Your Neighbor conference at Calvin Seminary this summer, and sat down with Cory Willson to talk about this timely topic. 

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Episode Transcript Guest: Matthew Kaemingk Millions of Muslims have migrated into the West over the past 50 years. Their arrival has ignited a series of fierce public debates about religious freedom and tolerance, terrorism and security, gender and race, and so much more. As Muslims stream into the West, they confront modern democracies with more than an ancient religion, they bring an ancient question as well. How can diverse faiths live together? Bio:  Rev. Dr. Matthew Kaemingk is an assistant professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary and the associate dean of Fuller Texas in Houston. Matthew also serves as a fellow at the Center for Public Justice and a scholar-in-residence at the De Pree Center for Christian Leadership. Matthew's research and teaching focus on religious pluralism and political ethics, workplace theology, theology and culture, and Reformed public theology. He is the author of Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear. Connect with Matthew on twitter @matthewkaemingk and online at www.matthewkaemingk.com Special Music for this episode was provided by Salt of the Sound.  Tracks include: Be Still, My Soul, I Need Thee Every Hour, Embers (feat. Narrow Skies) Find their beautiful music on YouTube as well as Spotify as well as Facebook, Twitter and at https://saltofthesound.com/ You can also find selections from all our episodes on our Spotify Playlist.  If you are here I am so grateful for you and want to invite you to become a part of the beloved community being developed here. Consider becoming a Patreon supporter of the show. You'll have access to many perks as well as guaranteeing the future of these conversations; even $1/Month goes so far as this show is 100% listener supported.  http://www.patreon.com/canisaythisatchurch

Dr. Matthew Kaemingk is an assistant professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary. He joins us to discuss his new book *Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear.*

In this episode, we chat with Matthew Soerens, US Director of Church Mobilization for World Relief, and Matthew Kaemingk, Professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Seminary and author of Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear. We discuss why Evangelicals are hesitant to show support for immigration and the welcoming of refugees, and especially those that are Muslim. Yet, Evangelicals are uniquely positioned to demonstrate the love and hospitality of Christ by being good neighbors to Muslim immigrants and refugees.

My guest is Matthew Kaemingk. His most recent book is Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear (https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Hospitality-Muslim-Immigration-Fear/dp/0802874584). In it he offers a thought-provoking Christian perspective on the growing debates over Muslim presence in the West. Rejecting both fearful nationalism and romantic multiculturalism, Kaemingk makes the case for a third way—a Christian pluralism that is committed to both the historic Christian faith and the public rights, dignity, and freedom of Islam. Rev. Dr. Matthew Kaemingk is assistant professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary. Matthew's research focuses on Islam and political ethics, workplace theology, theology and culture, and Reformed public theology. Matthew earned his Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and holds doctoral degrees in Systematic Theology from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam and in Christian Ethics from Fuller Theological Seminary. As a Fulbright Scholar in Amsterdam, Matthew studied political theology and the European conflict over Muslim immigration. Special Guest: Matthew Kaemingk.

Moderator: President Halvorson | Panelists: Rev. Dr. Matthew Kaemingk, Professor Christiana Fitzpatrick, Professor Jay Green, Professor John Rush

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Andrew goes over the History of Muslim Immigration, the Government Shutdown, and events on This Week in HistorySupport the show (http://www.parkerdk.com/victory-hour)

Show discussing news, politics and culture from the perspective of Ayn Rand's philosophy, Objectivism. Hosted by Amy Peikoff. Yaron Brook, Executive Co-Chairman and President of The Ayn Rand Institute and Lindsay Perigo, Founder and Principal of Sense of Life Objectivists, debate Trump, Muslim Immigration and more!

There are three segments in this episode. The first segment discusses the political fallout from the Trump Administration’s executive order to increase security vetting for travelers coming into the United States from Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Yemen and Somalia for 90 days. We also discuss how members of Congress are positioning themselves around this decision. The second segment is a discussion about historical voter opinion research showing a majority of Americans opposing proposals allowing refugees to enter the country. The third segment discusses the decision of White House Counselor Stephen Bannon’s to attack on the national media in an interview with the New York Times.  Segment #1 – Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Muslim Immigration Ban  The executive order increases scrutiny on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim countries, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Sudan, Libya, Yemen and Somalia for 90 days. The executive order also bans Syrian refugees indefinitely from entering the United States, and the whole refugee program for 120 days. President Trump has said a more “extreme vetting” of immigrants from those state will keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States. His team has said this is not about religion, this is about terror and keeping the country safe.” Critics have said the ban will only make it easier for radical terror groups to recruit new members. We also discuss how Republican members of Congress are reacting to the executive order. We reference an article in the New York Times, Republicans Have One Big Incentive to Stick With Trump, by Kyle Dropp and Brendan Nyman, January 30th, 2017. Segment #2 - America’s History Opposing the People Seeking Refuge in the U.S. A fascinating article by Ariel Edwards-Levy, the polling director of the Huffington Post reviews historical polling data from Gallup and other news organizations. The article summarizes American attitudes and opinions of allowing refugees to enter the United States.    Segment #3 – White House Advisor Stephen Bannon Attacks Media in NYT Interview The final segment discusses the political impacts of Stephen Bannon’s attack on the media in an interview with the New York Times. The advisor to President Trump calls the media the “opposition party” and should be “embarrassed and humiliated, and should keep its mouth shut and just listen for a while”. The discussion also references the findings of a national online survey of adults 18 and older conducted by the polling firm YouGov. The poll asks questions about the media’s coverage and treatment of Donald Trump (positive, negative, just right). The survey also asks respondents how much they trust the Trump administration to state the facts fully, accurately and fairly.

Today is World Refugee Day. The United Nations wants you to consider the plight of refugees and sign a petition to "stand with" them.  On the other hand, the US State Department wants the president to launch military strikes against Syria.  Apparently 3 million Syrian refugees (and 6.6 million displaced) aren't enough. Also: With refugees come six diseases that had been nearly wiped out in the US; FBI released edited transcript of Omar Mateen's 911 call; Senate votes to require women to register for the draft; full moon lands on summer solstice for first time since 1967; Noah's Ark replica nearly sinks; and man dies after watching new horror film -- and then his body disappears along with the man transporting it.

Columnist George Will talks with Hugh Hewitt about his thoughts on an open convention. Michael Medved shares why a path to the presidency for Donald Trump is very nearly an impossibility. Senator Tom Cotton and Hewitt discuss Obama's feckless foreign policy. House Speaker Paul Ryan tells Hewitt why Israel was his first choice as a country to visit upon gaining the speakership. Dutch novelist and political commentator Leon de Winter describes the soulless nature of Europe and why it is grappling with the Muslim immigration issue. Smoking weed most likely makes you a loser in life, reports Michael Medved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barry Nussbaum speaks at the Carlsbad RWF; discusses the Brussels attacks and Muslim immigration into Europe and the United States.

Mark and Frank continue their conversation about art, this time focusing on attempts to censor art. Also: Mother Teresa on track for September sainthood, Oklahoma lawmakers seek to change state constitution, Bernie Sanders needs to "meet Jesus," majority of GOP supports ban on Muslim immigration, and an evolution warning appears in text books. 

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Although estimates can vary considerably, throughout Europe, there are as many as  56 million Muslims living there.  Russia accounts for nearly half with over 27 million.  Excluding Russia, over half of the remainder can be found in just five countries: France - 6 million Germany - 4 million United Kingdom - 3 million Italy - 1.5 million Spain - 1 million The remainder of Europe's Muslim population is scattered all over eastern and western Europe.  There are just three countries in Europe with majority Muslim populations:  Albania, Kosovo and Herzegovina.  Elsewhere in Europe, Muslims are only a tiny fraction of the population, but are growing rapidly. How and why did the major powers of western Europe end up with so many Muslims?  And what are we to make of these 'no go' areas where it is claimed local police are forbidden to go and where Sharia law and courts reign?  How did this happen?  Is it true or just a sensationalized news report? Islam is not native to Western Europe.  Insofar as Eastern Europe is concerned, particularly the Balkans, Ukraine and Russia, the Muslim presence is a vestige of Islamic invasions conducted many centuries ago. Muslims in France After the end of the second World War, France declared itself an "immigrant country."  In 1961, the French colony of Algeria waged a war for independence from France.  Algerian immigration to French cities spiked during that time as Algerians sought to escape the war. Daniel Pipes is an American historian, writer, the president of the Middle East Forum, and publisher of its Middle East Quarterly journal. In an article written by Mr. Pipes in 2006, he labeled 751 areas in France as "no-go zones."  The 2006 article has been the source of much confusion lately in 2014 and 2015. Daniel Pipes wrote his original article in 2006, as mentioned, but in 2013, he admitted his article contained errors, which he sought to correct in good faith.  In January 2013, Pipes wrote, I had an opportunity today to travel at length to several banlieues (suburbs) around Paris, including Sarcelles, Val d'Oise, and Seine Saint Denis. This comes on the heels of having visited over the years the predominantly immigrant (and Muslim) areas of Brussels, Copenhagen, Malmö, Berlin, and Athens. A couple of observations: For a visiting American, these areas are very mild, even dull. We who know the Bronx and Detroit expect urban hell in Europe too, but there things look fine. The immigrant areas are hardly beautiful, but buildings are intact, greenery abounds, and order prevails. These are not full-fledged no-go zones but, as the French nomenclature accurately indicates, "sensitive urban zones." In normal times, they are unthreatening, routine places. But they do unpredictably erupt, with car burnings, attacks on representatives of the state (including police), and riots. Having this first-hand experience, I regret having called these areas no-go zones. Although it has been established that these zones are not wholly autonomous, the fact remains their presence has hindered assimilation of Muslims into French society.  Instead, the strictest religious elements within these areas appear desirous of bending French society and cultural norms to its own set of cultural preferences. The French have taken action to resist these efforts. In 2004, France banned headscarves from state run primary and secondary education because it was a "conspicuous religious symbol", similar to a yarmulke or a Christian cross.   In 2011, France became the first nation in Europe to officially ban the burqa. Recently, several commentators and Fox News needed to issue retractions and apologies for making inaccurate statements about the so called "no go" zones.  Still, while the retractions and apologies for those specific statements were completely warranted, it has been reported for years that Muslims in many of these zones are hostile and even violent to the native population, especially Jews. In 2002, while writing for the New York Times, David Ignatius said, "Arab gangs regularly vandalize synagogues here, the North African suburbs have become no-go zones at night, and the French continue to shrug their shoulders.” The political left in America and elsewhere is desperate to run down critics of Islam or Fox News.  Controversializing news outlets and well respected critics who have admitted to and apologized for errors made, smacks of an agenda unrelated to this issue. The bottom line:  At least according to one Middle Eastern expert respected in Conservative American circles, the claim of no go zones in France is somewhat exaggerated.  Nevertheless, multiculturalism is failing in France.  A society cannot be multicultural when norms within different cultures conflict or are intolerant of harmonious co-existence. With Muslim birth rates and immigration rates far outpacing the native population growth, which is actually shrinking, the Muslim immigration and resistance to assimilate represents a form of colonization of France.  It strains credulity to expect the French to accept this without any nationalistic reaction.  When it comes, that reaction will create a great deal of unrest in France and evidence has indicated it already has. Canadian television reported this attack by Muslim teens on people leaving a Catholic Church mass. [youtube:"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jg8EeL7zD8"] Muslims in Germany At the same time France was experiencing surging Muslim immigration from Algeria and elsewhere, West Germany created a guest worker program.  The number of Muslims in Germany is hard to measure because it is German law to maintain the privacy of one's religious affiliation.  It is believed that most of the Muslim immigrants are from Turkey.  The presence of radical Islamists in Germany has been well documented.  The 9/11 plot was hatched in a terrorist cell in Hamburg. A 2013 article in a German newspaper reported that 90% of the criminal behavior committed by youths in Germany, are committed by those "with an immigrant background."  Much of the problem Germany has with Muslim immigrants seems to revolve around youth street gangs. As with France, the local elected leadership is loathe to admit to a problem.  The primary concern of local officials seems to be the anticipated loss of tourism that could result from bad publicity out of fear of radical muslim violence. Germans seem to have left the problem to localities.  By 2012, about one-half of all German states instituted bans on public sector workers wearing veils and head scarves.  Still, over 60% of Germans favor an overall ban, recognizing there is a problem. As with France, the lack of assimilation by young muslims into German society is creating a societal problem, resulting in the same kind of nationalistic backlash.  And nobody needs to be reminded of the historical consequences resulting from the backlash of German nationalistic fervor. Muslims in the UK In 2008, the Church of England's only Asian bishop, the Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester said that people of a different race or faith face physical attack if they live or work in communities dominated by a strict Muslim ideology. Writing in The Sunday UK Telegraph, he compared the threat to the use of intimidation by the far-Right, and said that it is becoming increasingly difficult for Christianity to be the nation’s public religion in a multifaith, multicultural society. His comments came at a time when a poll of the General Synod – the Church’s parliament – shows that its senior leaders, including bishops, also believe that Britain is being damaged by large-scale immigration. The remarks by Nazir-Ali were strongly criticized by Muslim groups and Tories in England, but Conservatives largely supported the comments and asked only for milder language. [youtube="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSjiaRzHqdU"] CNN reported in 2013, of vigilante groups of Muslim men patroling Muslim areas and enforcing Sharia law. [youtube="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcsG-u2GtZE"] Another CNN report on the kind of Islamic radicalism present in Great Britain:[youtube:"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRFgcBbqs60&feature=youtu.be"]   Conclusion It isn't important whether there are official no go zones in European countries or not.  The fact is, the multiculturalist social experiment has hit a brick wall with Islam.  A very sizable and dangerous contingent within the Islamic community has no desire or intention of blending into the nations in which they now live.  This contingent seeks to alienate itself from the dominant society, behave in a belligerent fashion and bend it to its own will.  They refuse to coexist peacefully unless the dominant culture capitulates to its demands.  It is irrelevant that a majority of Muslims do not agree with the approach of this radicalized contingent.  That is a "nice to know" fact.  But just as most Germans were not Nazi murderers, this fact too became wholly irrelevant when the Nazis took the reins of leadership in Germany.  It is no different with the Islamist radicals in Europe and the rest of the Muslim population not aligned with them.  Without their proactive, animated and effective denunciation and marginalization of the extremists, they will become swept up into their movement as surely as the main body of the German people did in the 1930s and 1940s.   Sources Religious populations.com No go zones in Germany No go zones in Sweden 751 No go zones in France reported 9 years ago Muslim areas in London