Muslim citizens should be closely monitored, said
Marian Repa. Prime Minister Robert Fico drew
international condemnation last week for saying
he had put Slovakia’s Muslim community under
surveillance, but he was just being realistic. “Virtually
every time there has been a terrorist attack,
Muslims were responsible,” Fico said. “Therefore,
if we have these people staying in Slovakia, it’s our
duty to verify whether they have contacts with suspicious
individuals.” Since 9/11, the U.S. and many
European countries have quietly been doing the
same thing; Fico is just more honest. And he’s right to
keep a close eye on these people, because much
of Europe’s Muslim population does not share
European values. After the January attacks on the
Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo,
all of Europe was hashtagging #IAmCharlie—
e xcept for the many Muslim Europeans saying
#IAmNotCharlie. And at a soccer match between
Turkey’s and Greece’s national teams last week,
many Turkish fans booed and shouted “Allah is
great” during a minute of silence for the victims
of the Paris terrorist attacks. Some may say we are
practicing collective guilt, but the Muslims have already
shown us they are “united in their hatred.”
