[lit-ideas] Unni Wilkin on Norwegian rapes and immigration
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 14:55:09 -0800
[Page 55] ?On September 6, 2001, it was reported that 65 percent of rapes in
Norway were committed by ?non-Western immigrants? (a term that in Norway is
essentially synonymous with ?Muslims?); asked to comment on this alarming
statistic, Wilkan said that ?Norwegian women must take their share of
responsibility for these rapes? because Muslim men found their manner of
dress provocative. One reason for this high figure, she explained was that
in the Islamic world ?rape is scarcely punished,? since Muslims ?believe
that it is women who are responsible for rape.? Wilkan concluded not that
Muslim men in Europe needed to adjust to Western norms, but that ?Norwegian
women must realize that we live in a multicultural society and adapt to it.?
?Wilkan often shows a different face, however. Comparing America?s success
with immigration and Europe?s failure, she explains that the difference
boils down to American realism versus European naiveté. The pillars of U.S.
immigration policy are integration and employment; officials in Western
Europe, by contrast, thought they were doing immigrants a favor by not
requiring ? or even encouraging ? either. . . .?
Lawrence
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