(JNS) Belgian Member of Parliament Sam van Rooy issued a stark warning on Monday about the future of Europe, arguing that rising Islamic extremism and unchecked immigration are threatening democratic values across the continent.
“We want to remain a democratic society, but as we do, more and more neighborhoods Islamize,” van Rooy said during a panel discussion at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem. “We either become a secular totalitarian country and force Islam out, or we remain a democracy until eventually Islam forces us out.” He stressed that “unfortunately, ongoing Islamization eventually forces us to choose between the plague and cholera.”
Van Rooy, who previously served as policy director to Dutch right-wing leader Geert Wilders, returned to Belgium in 2012 to launch his own political career.
