Muslims are not integrating into European society. Non-muslims are increasingly alarmed: Anti-immigration parties are making big gains in Belgium. British overwhelmingly believe there are too many immigrants. Conservative parties in Austria want to deport the Muslim immigrants. The Dutch have their own solution:

a DVD briefly showing topless women and two men kissing. [...] its target audience is as clear as its message: embrace our culture or leave.

New migrants to the Netherlands must watch this video as a litmus test for entering the country.

Today, secular culture is mixing very poorly with Islam. Polls in Britain show a sizable minority of Muslims support terrorists bombing the country in which they live (a later poll confirmed the results). Almost as many British Muslims want a separate system of law for themselves as do not.

Clearly something needs to be done here. Europe does not have the best track record of handling these affairs.

Related: Australia’s ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas program is in the middle of a two-part series on the history of relations between Iran and the United States. PBS recently ran a show on the Return of the Taliban which you can watch online.

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