Neoconservative writer opens conceptual door to cessation of Muslim immigration

Lisa Schiffren writing at National Review Online spells out the reality of Muslim polygamy among West African immigrants and illegal aliens in New York City. Departing from neoconservative orthodoxy, she recognizes that the people who follow such practices are not assimilable in our society; that they should be made to leave; and that if we fail to make them leave and if we fail to keep them out, then we will eventually have a population on our hands with the numbers and political power to institutionalize sharia. In Schiffren’s words:

It’s time for the Magassas to be sent home, and for an example to be made so we can avoid the situation the French find themselves in. France has so many people living in polygamous families—somewhere between 200,000 and 400,000—that politicians are powerless to rein in the practice, since the polygamists can vote and riot, and they have the critical mass in their own neighborhoods to elect their own representatives. Nor do they assimilate. If we allow the same thing to occur here, the next thing you know, parts of the United States will live under sharia law.

Ok, Lisa, I’m with you. But if people who practice polygamy should be expelled from America and should be kept out of America, not just because polygamy is against the law here, but because, as you argue, their increase among us will inevitably result in sharia being imposed in this country, then doesn’t the same argument apply to sharia believers generally? And who are the sharia believers? All believing Muslims. Therefore, by your reasoning, which I fully agree with, all believing Muslims should be kept from immigrating into America, and the ones who are already here should be encouraged to leave (if they are citizens), or made to leave (if they are not).

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Robert C. writes:

Lisa Schiffren does not discuss the disadvantages with respect to the many Muslim men who are not married at all because of polygamy. They are, of course, unhappy. So often the disadvantages with respect to men are not considered. Schiffren only considers the unhappiness of the women.

In our society such men are not constrained by fierce legal punishments if they misbehave and hence are likely to commit crimes or be eager to go to war (jihad).

I have read sociological and historical studies which assert that a monogamous society fosters cooperation between men and leads to economic progress. This may be another reason why Muslim societies are so backward economically.

LA replies:

It seems evident that Islamic marital and sexual customs contribute significantly to the psychopathy that characterizies much of the Muslim world. However, even if there were no Muslim polygamy, Islam would still be what it is, a tyrannical political movement commanded by its god to subdue the world and crush all non-Muslim societies.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at March 10, 2008 02:22 PM | Send