The “active slasher” attack that took place yesterday at Ohio State University appears to fall into what is becoming a sad pattern. It is the second stabbing rampage on the part of a Somali refugee in just three months.
I found the quote from the alleged perpetrator, from an interview conducted earlier by the campus paper, telling:
“I wanted to pray in the open,†he was quoted as saying, “but i was kind of scared with everything going on in the media…if people look at me, a Muslim praying, I don’t know what they’re going to think, what’s going to happen.â€
Note that this man, who had previously lived in Somalia and then as a refugee in Pakistan, had never experienced living in a country in which Muslims were in a minority before coming here. Suddenly finding yourself in the minority while accustomed to being in the majority imposes serious stresses.
Some people just can’t handle those circumstances. And some resort to violence.
And we must accept it or suffer loss of diversity, the worst outcome.
Roger That.
My own view is that when we accept refugees, particularly when they’re from monocultures, we should be aware. Maybe they’d be happier in a culture more similar to their own.
Dave? You say WE should look out? I say we should look out before we admit them. Or, do WE even have that option anymore.
When you just can’t sleep, say, 3:00 A M, go to your local walmart and try speaking to ANY of those swarthy Associates who speak no english.
Their country of origen is Iran, Iraq, Syria, Libya, ect. Please, anyone tell me how does Walmart get paid to settle these “men who want us dead”? What is the Federal program, or is it just another Obama stroke of the pen. Illuminate me, I can take any Islamophobic shit you want to throw my way.
Perhaps my comment was inartfully phrased. I think the United States should be much more selective in the refugees we accept from monocultures. Are there some who might be able to get along? Sure. But there are probably many who won’t.
Take the Somalis, for example. They were completely unprepared to become productive members of a post-industrial society. For decades their unemployment rate was around 50% and it’s now around 20%. That’s after 25 years. More Somalis have gone from the U. S. to Syria to fight for DAESH than any other group.
Or the Chechens. An astonishing percentage of all Chechens in the U. S. either participated in or were complicit in the Boston Marathon bombings.
On the other hand I live down the street from an Assyrian church and a significant number of Assyrians live in my neighborhood. Do you know how many Assyrian or Chaldean immigrants have been involved in terrorist activities in the U. S.? None.
Clearly, the risk presented by some groups of refugees is much higher than was advertised. Our policy needs to be reconsidered.
Walmart should at least be forced to hire young Hindutva fascist workers to turn loose on their arch enemies for a fairer playing field
in the core of globalist disintegration.
Something about that comment about wanting to “pray in the open” left me curious, because I don’t believe prayer in Islam needs to be in the open, nor is it my impression that Westernized Muslims describe this desire. I’m aware of lawsuits involving the desire for accommodation for time for private prayer, a moment of time apart to recognize Allah, etc. I also understand the desire for community.
A quick google earlier didn’t satisfy my curiosity, but my suspicion here is that we’re not really talking about religion, but about the greater culture, about the subtle, but important, sense of community. Not something that is embraced by the attitude of ‘people can believe in whatever weird crap they want to believe in, you weirdo, just keep it to yourself.’
I could be wrong about this. Christian and post-Christian belief is certainly framed by this: “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their reward. But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.”
PD- In practice, evangelicals don’t completely accept that. It is important to pray in public so that you can stand as a good example of your faith in public. To demonstrate that you are not ashamed of your faith. Doesn’t have to be ostentatious, though it can be.
Steve
Ironic similarity in practice and belief between the group of Christians Steve refers to as “evangelicals” and what I’ve called “radical” Christians (as opposed to orthodox Christians, e.g. Catholics, Orthodox, many Lutherans, Episcopalians) who are broadly Jacksonian on the one hand and Muslims on the other is something I’ve remarked on occasionally since the beginnings of this blog.