…And across the pond

While conservatives dance and liberals weep on this day after in America, there are interesting things happening in Germany. Thanks to this article at Andrew Breitbart’s “Big Peace” blog, I find this:

A new German political party, Die Freiheit (The Freedom), had its inaugural meeting on October 28 in Berlin. I was in town, so its leadership invited me to be the only non-member of the nascent party to witness and report on its founding constituent assembly.

As a reminder of how freedoms have eroded in Europe in this age of Islamist terror, a political party that resists Islamization and supports Israel cannot come into existence in broad daylight. So, like the other 50-plus attendees, I learned of the event’s time and location only shortly before it took place. For good measure, the organizers operated undercover; the hotel management only knew of a board election for an innocuously named company. Even now, for security reasons, I cannot mention the hotel’s name.

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The new party, whose slogan is “the party for more freedom and democracy,” speaks candidly about Islam, Islamism, Islamic law, and Islamization. Starting with the insight that “Islam is not just a religion but also a political ideology with its own legal system,” the party calls for scrutiny of imams, mosques, and Islamic schools, for a review of Islamic organizations to ensure their compliance with German laws, and condemns efforts to build a parallel legal structure based on the Shari’a. Its analysis forcefully concludes: “We oppose with all our force the Islamization of our country.”

The main concern of the party is Islam and its effect on their society.  It’s darn scary that they had to meet in such secrecy. Fearful of beheadings, perhaps?  I think the party’s concerns are summarized well:

Its opening sentence declares that “Western civilization, for centuries a world leader, faces an existential crisis.”

These are brave people.