Thread: The Netherlands, Where 6% of the Population is Muslim, is Abandoning Multiculturalism

The Netherlands, where six per cent of the population is now Muslim, is scrapping multiculturalism

Friday, 29 July 2011

The Dutch government says it will abandon the long-standing model of
multiculturalism that has encouraged Muslim immigrants to create a parallel
society within the Netherlands.

A new integration bill, which Dutch Interior Minister Piet Hein Donner
presented to parliament on June 16, reads: "The government shares the
social dissatisfaction over the multicultural society model and plans to shift
priority to the values of the Dutch people. In the new integration system,
the values of the Dutch society play a central role. With this change, the
government steps away from the model of a multicultural society."

The letter continues: "A more obligatory integration is justified because
the government also demands that from its own citizens. It is necessary
because otherwise the society gradually grows apart and eventually no one
feels at home anymore in the Netherlands..."

The new integration policy will place more demands on immigrants. For
example, immigrants will be required to learn the Dutch language, and the
government will take a tougher approach to immigrants who ignore Dutch
values or disobey Dutch law.

The government will also stop offering special subsidies for Muslim immigrants because, according to Donner, "it is not the government's job to integrate immigrants."

This is an excellent first step. What we have here is government moving in the right direction. I have never seen this before. And the Breivik attacks will further drive home the fact that multiculturalism has fractured society.