Sharm el-Sheikh, Beirut, Paris and Bamako
\n– in less than a month Jihadists hit three continents, leaving hundreds dead.
\nBrussels, the administrative capital of
\nthe EU and host to the NATO headquarters, was for days paralyzed by the
\nfear of similar attacks. The press in neighboring countries accused the Belgian
\nauthorities of allowing the development of what journalists called a real
\nJihadist neighborhood in Brussels. The murderous fanatics are already in the
\nheart of Europe. Late last year, Kremlin adviser Andrei Ilarionov, since then
\nfallen out of Putin’s favor, warned of the risks of an ‘Islamic Spring’ in
\nWestern Europe, which he said was more vulnerable than ever. The EU does not
\nhave the capacity to mobilize and solve the crises it faces, as professor
\nVasile Puscas, former head negotiator with Brussels, said. In an interview with
\nRadio Romania, he talked about the lack of a coordinated reaction to the
\nrefugee crisis and a lack of a common plan for combating terrorism:<\/p>\n
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This is a formula that didn’t work even in the
\ninternational financial crisis; it is well known that decisions were late in
\ncoming and uninspired in the EU, and now, with the refugee crisis, we see the
\ninability to apply the European legislation. There were measures taken as early
\nas 2007 by European institutions for states to react to such a case. No one got
\nprepared, no one applied decisions that keep changing as the crisis deepens. We
\nare now in another crisis, that of international terrorism, and once again we
\nare faced with the issue of a decision to cover not just one state or region,
\nbut the whole of the EU.<\/p>\n
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It is obvious that the Jihad has spread all over the continent. No
\nmatter how much they dislike this, the
\npromoters of political correctness are starting to agree that the seeds are in
\nthe numerous Muslim communities on the continent. In 2010, there were 44
\nmillion Muslims, accounting for 6% of the population, and 19 million in EU
\nmember states alone, which is almost 4% of the total. If the pace of migration
\nand natural population growth stay the same, in 2050 there will be 60 million,
\nwhich means one in ten EU citizens will be of Islamic faith. <\/p>\n
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Spanish experts
\nquoted by Radio Romania said that the Paris attack could be followed by others
\nof similar size, and that the phenomenon of recruiting people who commit
\nsimilar acts has undergone a transformation. If, until recently, this happened
\nmainly through mosques, the on-line environment has become the main means of
\nradicalization. 45% of people arrested in Spain suspected of terrorism have
\nSpanish citizenship, and 40% are born there. The experts call this ‘local
\nterrorism’. The study emphasizes the age of the terrorists, who are younger and
\nyounger, between 15 and 29 years of age, and points out to the rising number of
\nIslamic converts, who have become radicalized in a short time to legitimize
\ntheir belonging to the group. Against the background of debates in Bucharest on
\nquotas of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa, which may allow
\nJihadists to slip through, President Klaus Iohannis underlined the fact that
\nRomania, as a Central and East- European country, is not a favored destination
\nfor them. <\/p>\n
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As the president said, terrorism only works if it foments fear: If we let fear penetrate the social fabric of our
\ncountries, then the terrorists have reached their true aim, and we cannot allow
\nanything like this to happen. We cannot allow xenophobia, ultra nationalism and
\nchauvinism to become relevant in our societies. Under no circumstances may we
\nlet this fear lead to stigmatizing an entire religious community, who is at no
\nfault in this regard.<\/p>\n
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Out of respect for religious and ethnic minorities, Romania’s Muslim
\npopulation will not be target to special measures. The new minister of justice
\nin Romania, Raluca Pruna, has stated that Romania will not hesitate to
\ncontribute to the efforts made in the rest of the EU to prosecute terrorism.
\nMost Muslims in Romania are ethnic Turks and Tatars who reside mainly in Dobrogea,
\nin the south east of Romania, a region that was for centuries a part of the
\nOttoman Empire before its demise. They are around 70,000 people, and are a
\nmodel of integration and loyalty in the Romanian state. Both communities are
\nrepresented by law in the lower chamber of the Romanian parliament. <\/p>\n
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In the
\nearly 2000s, when the Romanian army had contingents in Afghanistan and Iraq,
\nthe spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense was a very popular officer of
\nTurkish descent. The head of the Muslim denomination in Romania is Mufti Murat
\nIusuf, who has firmly condemned the
\nacts of cruelty committed in Paris, as well as the perpetrators of such
\nattacks. It is a crime against humanity with no connection to the Muslim faith,
\nsaid the Mufti, who recalled the verse in the Koran according to which if one
\nkills one person, he kills a whole community. <\/p>\n
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