In 2015, a fame-seeking French novelist named Michel
Houellebecq published a novel titled “Soumission” or “submission,” and it
became an instant success. It fueled Islamophobia among conservatives and
xenophobes, while it evoked among the liberals the discussion of topics like
freedom of expression and freedom of belief.
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The fact that the book was published on January 7, 2015,
enhanced its appeal, because on that day, the offices of the satiric magazine
Charlie Hebdo were attacked, and as many as seven employees were killed. The
attack was prompted by the magazine’s publication of cartoons depicting the
Prophet Mohammad, causing quite a stir among the 2 billion Muslims of the
world.
“Soumission” predicted that in 2022, a Muslim party would
win the elections in France, and will use its majority to declare Islamic
Sharia Law there. The reason for the success of the Islamic party, according to
the author, is Islam’s emphasis on masculinity. Islam allows men to practice
polygamy, families are paternalistic, and reproduction is encouraged.
As a result, Muslims produce more children, their males are
taught to act more like men, and thus, their status is strong and the Muslim
population grows faster than those of other religions.
In light of a growing Muslim population in the Western
countries, certain governments in Europe began to limit immigration of Muslims
to their respective countries. The rise of conservative political parties in
Europe put this demographic change under the spotlight.
Acts of killing and discrimination increased in a number of
peaceful countries like Australia, New Zealand, Norway, the US, Germany,
France, Hungary, Poland, and even in Austria and Holland. Yet, one must admit
that there were equally strong, if not stronger positive reactions from the
prime ministers of the Netherlands, Norway, the Democrats in the US, and
especially from the prime minister of New Zealand and the chancellor of
Germany.
Despite the fact that there is a strong offensive around the
world led by liberals to push for sexual freedom and same-gender marriages,
there is a countervailing power emerging on the other side.
Islam as a religion forbids same-sex relations and sticks to
what is considered normal healthy relations, which, in essence, are puritan in
their most intrinsic form. The fact that there are violations, and flagrant
ones in some Muslim countries, should not be construed as an evidence to the
contrary.
Muslims allow marriage in its contractual forms in order to
maintain clean genealogical records. Moreover, while adoption is allowed,
adopted children cannot carry the family names of their adopters.
In a recent report, the headline read “China proposes
teaching masculinity to boys as state is alarmed by changing gender roles.” In
1981, and after the population census of that year, China adopted the
controversial decision to limit families to one child. Forty years later, the
negative impact of that decision became very clear. Boys were over-spoilt, and
the skewed birth bias to males shrunk the female population. This trend,
buttressed by the policy of gender equality, eventually culminated in
refrainment by both sexes from marriage and having children of their own.
Given the fact that China’s population is aging, and that
boys prefer the easy life while women are replacing men in many jobs, the
Chinese military establishment is quite concerned.
Reverting back to the laws of nature is the best policy. In
Islam, Al-fassad, or corruption, means “the practice of changing things from
the nature in which God had created them.”
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