End of liberal Europe

I wonder if the grab of multiculturalism Europe has been living under since the 60’s is being unmasked today, more and more governments while reiterating they are multi-cultural are banning symbols of religion primarily aimed at suppressing the freedom of other religions viewed as ‘barbarian’ to Europe, Islam being targeted the most. Everybody knows the Christian cross these days is more of a fashion accessory rather than a show of faith in the religion (and at times a way to show rebellion against the state). So the moment the government makes it unlawful, it will also becomes untrendy. There for most it doesn’t matter. I sometimes I wonder if the real face of Europe is being exposed (I’m talking of politics of pseudo-secularism and not the people in general). At a time when the policy of multiculturalism was introduced in Europe in the 60’s I believe it was thrust upon a society which saw it a way to show its liberalism to distant itself from suppressive ideologies of fascism and Nazism. But I always suspected if that came as a reaction to the prevailing situation at that time in Europe or for those it really reflect what European values stand for? My answer is coming in bits and pieces. First France, then Britain and now the Dutch. The multicultural mask seems to be coming off. The directive clearly seems to be directed at discouraging more immigration (also brewing anger by those liberal Muslims who have successfully embarrassed western liberalism after coming to Europe).
During a conversation with a right wing trader from Poona on my way from Delhi to Bombay we started discussing on religion and Indian nationhood. He said “we Indians always have had a very compatible approach to immigrants. Foreigners have invaded us again and again looting out money, strength, resources while raping our daughters and sister… but we have never been aggressive, our approach has always been ‘you-can-come-and-live-in-our-neighborhood-we don’t-have-any-problem-till-the–time- you-don’t-interfere-in-our-affairs’”. His ideology never appealed to me (apparently he justified the Gujarat pogrom), his word did. Indians hardly call themselves multicultural, even the liberal Hindus are not inhibited to voice out their disapproval of their kins marrying Muslims and in proclaiming their differences with them. It a pragmatic approach rather than being pseudo-secular. It always leads to a situation that Europe is facing today. Multi-cultural face on the outside and xenophobic on the inside. It’s a realitya that Europe must come to term with, today or tomorrow, by hook or by crook, the immigrants (Muslims are the ones they are worried about the most) are now an inseparable part of modern day Europe. If they stop working the European industry will come to a standstill. It’s a typical clash of civilization theory coming to reality. You have an option you either deny its existence or accept it’s a reality and make provision that the clash doesn’t go out of hand. As they say its better to be hated for what you are than be loved for what you are not.

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