In our last post, we discussed the temporary victory we achieved against Aksahum, the Islamic “charity” formally known as the Al Aqsa Foundation. Thankfully, even if only for brief moment, we were able to cut off their funding by campaigning to close the bank that housed their terror money.
We may have won that battle, but the war is far from over. Even if we look beyond the recently discovered fact that Aksahum has opened up new accounts in Western banks, we must realize that Aksahum isn’t alone. In fact there are a number of organizations, agencies, charities and operations that actively support the Islamization of Europe – be it funding terror or recruiting young followers. But the most disturbing facts isn’t just their nefarious activities or even their alarming numbers, it’s that it all seems to be coming from one particular place: Belgium.
The consequence is that in the past year, many Westerners have fled their homes to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Proportionally, the vast majority of the Islamic thrill seekers have come from Belgium.
And no wonder. The Muslim Brotherhood, the banned Salafist organization Sharia4Belgium, and several other ISIS-supporting organizations having major followings in Belgian Muslim communities.
But Belgium has been bedrock of Islamic terrorism going back to the 1980s, when the Syrian Mujahadin found base there. Ever since, terrorist groups involved in nearly Muslim-related conflict over the decades – from the Algerian Civil War to Chechnya – have had major bases within Belgium’s borders.
As a result, the second-generation of these terrorists have grown up within a protected bubble of extremism and have become predictably restless within the generally genteel nation. They have been raised to despise their host country along with all Western powers. Such extremism has only been further ignited since the 9/11 attacks, when an “Us vs. Them” polarization proliferated between Westerners and Muslim Fundamentalists.
This mentally is quickly approaching its boiling point. A Figaro France report found that an attack in Belgium is bound to happen one of these days. No longer are terrorists willing to simply exploit Belgium’s citizens and infrastructure for its ideological and financial gain, but now is the time to make a statement that they are in fact not loyal to the greater Belgian community.
So why Belgium? Are they the ultimate culprits of unfettered multiculturalism?
According to a Business Insider report, the main issue is the complete lack of integration. While far-right parties gain ground against the influx of immigrants, the Belgian government does nothing to stop the increasing polarization of ethnic communities within its borders. Therefore, these days it is common that a child will be born and raised in Belgium without knowing any local language and having never met someone who isn’t Muslim.
“That so many young people are discriminated against or feel rejected means we have a lot of work to do as a society,” said the Belgian Minister of Integration, “but another way of looking at it could be that we think young Muslims do not belong to because they do not want to belong.”
As investigations continue to pour in about these frightening developments, we must be prepare to fight their growth and to stifle society’s efforts to help them – be it a bank, a residence, or policies doomed to increase the extremism within Muslim communities.
Aksahum is just the beginning.
We may have won that battle, but the war is far from over. Even if we look beyond the recently discovered fact that Aksahum has opened up new accounts in Western banks, we must realize that Aksahum isn’t alone. In fact there are a number of organizations, agencies, charities and operations that actively support the Islamization of Europe – be it funding terror or recruiting young followers. But the most disturbing facts isn’t just their nefarious activities or even their alarming numbers, it’s that it all seems to be coming from one particular place: Belgium.
The consequence is that in the past year, many Westerners have fled their homes to join the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Proportionally, the vast majority of the Islamic thrill seekers have come from Belgium.
And no wonder. The Muslim Brotherhood, the banned Salafist organization Sharia4Belgium, and several other ISIS-supporting organizations having major followings in Belgian Muslim communities.
But Belgium has been bedrock of Islamic terrorism going back to the 1980s, when the Syrian Mujahadin found base there. Ever since, terrorist groups involved in nearly Muslim-related conflict over the decades – from the Algerian Civil War to Chechnya – have had major bases within Belgium’s borders.
As a result, the second-generation of these terrorists have grown up within a protected bubble of extremism and have become predictably restless within the generally genteel nation. They have been raised to despise their host country along with all Western powers. Such extremism has only been further ignited since the 9/11 attacks, when an “Us vs. Them” polarization proliferated between Westerners and Muslim Fundamentalists.
This mentally is quickly approaching its boiling point. A Figaro France report found that an attack in Belgium is bound to happen one of these days. No longer are terrorists willing to simply exploit Belgium’s citizens and infrastructure for its ideological and financial gain, but now is the time to make a statement that they are in fact not loyal to the greater Belgian community.
So why Belgium? Are they the ultimate culprits of unfettered multiculturalism?
According to a Business Insider report, the main issue is the complete lack of integration. While far-right parties gain ground against the influx of immigrants, the Belgian government does nothing to stop the increasing polarization of ethnic communities within its borders. Therefore, these days it is common that a child will be born and raised in Belgium without knowing any local language and having never met someone who isn’t Muslim.
“That so many young people are discriminated against or feel rejected means we have a lot of work to do as a society,” said the Belgian Minister of Integration, “but another way of looking at it could be that we think young Muslims do not belong to because they do not want to belong.”
As investigations continue to pour in about these frightening developments, we must be prepare to fight their growth and to stifle society’s efforts to help them – be it a bank, a residence, or policies doomed to increase the extremism within Muslim communities.
Aksahum is just the beginning.