Re: Islamism and the silence of the ‘progressiv es’

On 8/23/2026 11:25 AM, Julian wrote:
> As the Berlin attack showed, Western liberals are still turning a blind 
> eye to the violent intolerance in their midst.
> 
> 
> The German state cannot fairly be accused of inattention when it came to 
> Abdul Ballout. It had been observing him for the better part of a 
> decade. It had convicted him three times and had, by the start of July, 
> arrived at an assessment of his character that turned out to be entirely 
> accurate. The counsellors of the deradicalisation programme into which a 
> Berlin court had released him in May had logged their misgivings, 
> concluded that his cooperation was a performance, and set about drafting 
> a recommendation that he be removed from their books. They were still 
> drafting that recommendation on Saturday 25 July, when the 21-year-old 
> drove a white van into the closing party of Christopher Street Day, a 
> part of Berlin’s Pride season, a few hundred yards from the Brandenburg 
> Gate. He killed one person and injured 29 others, and then proceeded to 
> set about the survivors with a machete.
> 
> The failure, in other words, was not one of assessment. Everything 
> necessary had been perceived, written down and filed. What could not be 
> managed was to convert an accurate judgement into an action within a 
> period shorter than the one a young man needs to hire a vehicle.
> 
> His record showed that he posed a threat to civilians...
> 
> https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/08/22/islamism-and-the-silence-of- 
> the-progressives/
 >
Start with a different question:

Why is the combined might of over fifty Muslim nations unable to remove 
Hamas from power?

Answer: All Muslim governments call Hamas “a noble resistance”.

Why is the mighty roar of two billion Muslims unable to remove Hamas 
from power?

Answer: Two billion Muslims are roaring, “Hamas is glorious, Hamas are 
heroes to us.”

Why are pro Palestinian marches from Australia to NYC to Istanbul unable 
to free Gaza's from Hamas’s terrible governance?

Answer: pro Palestinian marches all over the world are celebrating 
Hamas, not criticizing Hamas

Why are Palestinians in the west and in Arab nations not successful in 
organizing, campaigning and speech making to pressure Hamas to step down 
after 20 years of ruinous incompetent militancy and theocracy and jihad 
to conquer Israel?

Answer: Palestinians in the west and in Arab states have never said one 
single word of opposition to Hamas militancy, theocracy, jihad to 
conquer Israel, and ruinous rule.

In sum: The entire Muslim, Arab, and “pro Palestinian” world - including 
all the people who call themselves “Palestinians” - love and support the 
actions and ideology and governance of Hamas." - Dave, Quora