While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within by Bruce Bawer Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within
Book Review: Must read book
Summary: 5 Stars
If you're like me, you're the average American who hasn't a clue how bad it really is in Europe when it comes to radical Islam. I read the news, I knew that Europe had a problem integrating its Muslim immigrant populations into their society, culture, and norms (e.g., the Paris riots by Muslim youths). I knew about the terrorist attacks in London and Spain that occurred a few years ago. I knew that anti-Jewish sentiments were on the rise in many European countries, but this book makes it hit home how *bad* it really is getting across the Atlantic. The book gives a chilling account of how unsuccessful the European governments and establishment (the media, academia, and government officials) are in combating radical Islam brewing within their Muslim immigrant communities.
This book is broken down into 3 sections:
1. Before 9/11: Europe in Denial
2. 9/11 and After: Blaming Americans and Jews
3. Europe's Weimar Moment: The Liberal Resistance and Its Prospects
This book is gripping and once you pick it up, it's hard to put it down until you finish. However, I have read the first 2 sections before deciding to go ahead and review the book. I think this book is that important (another good book to read is America Alone by Mark Steyn).
In this book, Bawer describes how indifferent European governments and officials are to the problems of integration, how the media and government work together to downplay and spin crime by Muslim immigrants and intolerance to the public, how Muslim asylum seekers and immigrants have taken advantage of the European welfare state (Bawer gives examples of these immigrants utilizing benefits paid out by the state to purchase lavish homes in their native countries, and sometimes having second families "back home" all subsidized by European governments), and how the Muslim enclaves in each Western European country have "invisible" lines drawn between the native non-Muslim European citizens and the immigrant Muslims and their European-born children that are rarely crossed by the other.
Bawer takes an in-depth look into this crisis. There is an entire different class of people living, working, and having families within the European countries, it is like a country within a country, and the governments only encourage this division. There is no attempts to demand that the immigrants learn the host country's language or culture. In fact, the Muslim immigrants usually send their European-born children for schooling in their home countries. What happens is these children, that would have been integrated into their birth country and probably instilled with Western values of freedom and individuality, is instead indoctrinated in more radical views during their childhood and teenage years. If the child is female, she almost always comes back to Europe with a husband. Oh of course, the lax immigration policies means that the husband's family is also able to immigrate over too (something called "family reunification").
The author also takes a look into why and how the European elite is outright deceiving its citizens, and even blaming the U.S. and Israel for radical Islam (e.g., American foreign policy has caused Muslims to resort to violence or Israel occupation of Muslim land is a justifiable reason for Muslims to fight).
This is not easy reading, it won't comfort your mind, but I think it's necessary to have a brutally honest look at what is occurring to our allies in Europe and I think this book does a very good job of it. I highly recommend you include this book in your reading and to pass the word on to others.
Book Review: Read this book
Summary: 5 Stars
I am genuinely shocked at the information this book provides. It is absolutely a MUST-READ for us all. In fact, I'm going to buy a number of copies and send them to people to ensure it is read. It is a call to action, and hopefully not too late.Book Review: No Sources to Check
Summary: 3 Stars
While I found the book compelling and interesting I have to admit I can't trust its reliability. There are hardly any footnotes or cited sources for me to check. For instance, Bawer claims Switzerland is 20% Muslim. Yet every statistic I see from other sources do not even come close in matching this number. If his statistics are wrong or I can't even check to see where gets his information I have no reason to take his word for granted. Why pay $18 for facts I cannot verify? Book Review: excellent, extraordinary
Summary: 5 Stars
As a European with a migrant background, I've to say that there is no better book, which clearer depicts Europeans and Muslim immigrants.
An excellent and insightful book.
Book Review: While Europe Slept
Summary: 5 Stars
Anyone who cares about the future of democracy and religious freedom for people of all faiths must read this book. Mr. Bawer has the courage and integrity to meticulously document the creeping rise of the twenty-first century's first form of fascism.