While Europe Slept

Zusatztext “Bruce Bawer reveals how self-acclaimed European morality proves abjectly amoral in its appeasement of radical Islamic anti-Semitism! homophobia! gender apartheid! and religious intolerance. A sensitive and sober portrait of an increasingly insensitive and reckless continent.” —Victor Davis Hanson! Senior Fellow! Hoover Institution! Stanford University! and author of Carnage and Culture and An Autumn of War “An honest and engaging account of a problem which! if left unaddressed! could engulf Europe in conflict. Europeans would do well to heed Mr. Bawer's advice and open their eyes.” —Abraham H. Foxman! National Director! Anti-Defamation League; author! Never Again? The Threat of the New Anti-Semitism   “Bawer paints an alarming picture of a continent in deep trouble and deeper denial—but now! perhaps! on the verge of waking up. Some books are merely important. This one is necessary.” —Jonathan Rauch! senior writer and columnist for National Journal magazine in Washington and a correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly “Bruce Bawer has produced a book that is at once riveting! disturbing! fascinating! chilling! and shocking. It is required reading for anyone who wants to understand how militant Islam has insinuated itself into the heart of the West.”   —Steven Emerson! Executive Director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism and author of American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Amongst Us “Bruce Bawer brings an American’s sensibilities and a writer’s insights to bear on the insistence by West Europeans that they really do not have a Muslim problem. Backed by deep research and wide personal experience! he argues that this blind denial is leading the continent to certain disaster. Bawer makes his case moderately but eloquently and powerfully. Will Europeans heed his warning?” —Daniel Pipes! Director! Middle East Forum “Bawer punctures the moral pretensions of our ‘betters’ in the Old World. Their supine acceptance of the Muslim oppression of women! their flatulent anti-Americanism! their renewed anti-Semitism—all are fully documented. There is something memorable on every page. Bawer writes with intelligence and passion. A fascinating analysis of Europe’s death spiral.” —Mona Charen! syndicated columnist and author of Useful Idiots Informationen zum Autor BRUCE BAWER is the author of A Place at the Table , a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Stealing Jesus , and Diminishing Fictions . He served as a board member of the National Book Critics Circle and has written for the New York Times , the Washington Post Book World , the Wall Street Journal , the New Republic , and other periodicals . Klappentext The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did not hold, and the light of civilization nearly went out. Today, the continent has entered yet another "Weimar moment.” Will Europeans rise to the challenge posed by radical Islam, or will they cave in once again to the extremists? As an American living in Europe since 1998, Bruce Bawer has seen this problem up close. Across the continent—in Amsterdam, Oslo, Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and Stockholm—he encountered large, rapidly expanding Muslim enclaves in which women were oppressed and abused, homosexuals persecuted and killed, "infidels” threatened and vilified, Jews demonized and attacked, barbaric traditions (such as honor killing and forced marriage) widely practiced, and freedom of speech and religion firmly repudiated. The European political and media establishment turned a blind eye to all this, selling out women, Jews, gays, and democratic principles generally—even criminalizing free speech—in order to pacify the ...

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Bawer
• Publisher: Anchor Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 11.09.2007
• EAN: 9780767920056
• ISBN: 978-0-7679-2005-6
• No. of pages: 262
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 12 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology