Paid To Plot The Destruction Of The West
Kathy Shaidle writes at Pajamas Media:
In 2008, the Toronto Sun reported that "hundreds of [Greater Toronto Area] Muslim men in polygamous marriages -- some with a harem of wives -- are receiving welfare and social benefits for each of their spouses, thanks to the city and province, Muslim leaders say."...Welfare abuse by Muslims appears to have metastasized across the Western world. Almost three years later, news stories about radical Muslims -- often immigrants -- engaged in social benefits scams emerge regularly from Europe, Canada, and Australia. Even when they are not involved in fraud, Muslims frequently are overrepresented on welfare rolls, compared with other communities. The statistics from around the globe are jaw-dropping, especially in economically uncertain times.
According to one 2007 source, immigration, of which Muslims comprise a significant part, "costs Sweden at least 40 to 50 billion Swedish kroner [approximately $7 billion] every year ... and has greatly contributed to bringing the Swedish welfare state to the brink of bankruptcy." Yet two years earlier, the country's finance minister declared counterintuitively that "more immigrants should be allowed into Sweden in order to safeguard the welfare system."
...Abu Qatada, sometimes referred to as "Osama bin Laden's ambassador in Europe," was found guilty of plotting to plant bombs during millennium celebrations in Jordan. After his release from prison in 2008, he was granted £150 a week in "incapacity benefits" for a bad back -- despite later being photographed wearing a knapsack and carrying groceries on the anniversary of the July 7 London bombings. Along with publishing that photo, the Telegraph revealed that "Qatada's family is understood to be claiming around £47,000 a year in benefits -- £500 a week in child benefits for the four of his five children under 18, £210 for income support, £150 for incapacity benefit, £45 in council tax benefit -- along with a council home worth around £800,000."
Similar situations have occurred in Australia. When Abdul Nacer Benbrika stood trial on terrorism charges, it emerged that the illegal Algerian immigrant and father of seven, who had been ordered deported three times, "never worked a day" in 19 years and "has cost us millions" in welfare payments, "baby bonus" checks, and other benefits, in the words of one broadcaster.
If they were able to legally marry these women, would the women still be able to collect welfare benefits? Wouldn't the husband's income count against them when they applied? How do these women differ from other single mothers with baby daddies?
I don't think polygamy should be legalized myself, but it is an interesting question.
I was talking to a Geneva social worker the other day telling us about an Algerian case. It always seems to be the Algerians, for some reason, more so than other countries even other Arag ones.
NicoleK at April 5, 2011 12:00 AM
Clearly, you have never been to Sweden. Don't you know that you are not supposed to talk about things like that? In Sweden, it is in really poor taste to discuss any problems created by the muslim population and you will be branded a racist the moment you do. Bad Amy, bad!
Jesper at April 5, 2011 12:25 AM
Jesper, you are to go to tea with them. Or did you miss the commericals?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OE6RnU8yH8o
Kendra at April 5, 2011 12:51 AM
Kendra, that would be Norway :). There are quite a few differences. As a rule of thumb, though, Sweden is the more politically correct of the three (Denmark, Sweden, Norway). Way, way more, even.
Jesper at April 5, 2011 1:13 AM
Translation?
I like Arabic tea. It's very tasty. That doesn't mean we should have unlimited immigration.
NicoleK at April 5, 2011 4:23 AM
NicoleK: Basically, it's a campaign about muslims in Norway inviting their neigbours for tea and talking about what they like. Dancing and football and generally promoting getting to know each other.
Jesper at April 5, 2011 4:42 AM
I think it's a great idea, the Muslims that are already there should be better integrated.
That doesn't mean Western countries should have open borders, though.
NicoleK at April 5, 2011 7:07 AM
IF you cannot take over by force, you can take over by subterfuge from within. It's pretty easy to do such scams in places where there are loopholes as large as in western countries. All you have to do is to say that you aren't in a polygamous marriage, but are actually a single mother... and it's very difficult to prove otherwise. Where there is anyone who would even demand proof. Perhaps the europeans don't feel the need to ask. Meanwhile the guy skates because this is his religion, and he gets a pass, because nobody dares to touch that... especially since guys are savvy enough to lie about it all.
SwissArmyD at April 5, 2011 9:42 AM
You should read Terry McDermott's Perfect Soldiers. His book traces the paths of the 9/11 hijackers, in particular Muhammed Atta and their group in Hamburg. They were bankrolled by the German government - given housing, tuition, money, etc. etc., even though most of them dropped out of the various programs they were enrolled in and their asylum cases were obviously fraudulent.
Choika at April 5, 2011 11:57 AM
The fact that that (real or unreal) poverty is known to be more widespread in rich islamic dominated countries and the fact that islamics and nonislamics in islamic dominated countries are very stingy in givng out any help, is itself one reason why immigration from islamic dominated countries should be stopped completely.
WLIL at April 5, 2011 5:06 PM
They aren't being good Muslims, then, isn't Charity one of the five pillars?
NicoleK at April 6, 2011 4:18 AM
Re Muslims and charity:
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/027-disaster-relief.htm
Amy Alkon at April 6, 2011 6:58 AM
In one rich islamic asian dominated country, they even used a small islamic asian head covered child(about four year old) to beg for money in their extremely horrible,unsafe, inconvenient,extremely hostile filthy town with very bad public transportation. They do have hospital for the poor but it is infested by islamic totalitarian arrogance and rudeness, filthy, horrible toilet facilities,very shabby and badly run and full of extremely backward islamic asian employees.
WLIL at April 6, 2011 3:27 PM
A recent article in the WSJ entitled "The Perils of Polygamy." She makes some very good points:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703806304576234551596322690.html
kishke at April 7, 2011 1:13 PM
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