It’s not immigration. It’s Hijrah.

A must-read column was published a few days ago on Ayaan Hirsi Ali's Courage Media: Does America Have a Muslim Problem? It's long, but please read the whole thing.

It explains that Europe is rapidly being destroyed by an occupying force, and America is making many of the same mistakes. It points out that while 1% of the American population is Muslim, in the UK it's 6%, in London it's 15%, in Sweden it's 10%, in France it's 13%, and so on. Even though half of British Muslims were born in Britain, 71% of them consider themselves Muslim "first and foremost," and 27% view themselves as primarily British. I suspect that 71% would be much higher if the person asking the question were an intense, bearded Middle Eastern man wearing traditional Muslim garb on the front porch of the person being interrogated. Which he will be, soon.

Britain now has over 3,000 mosques, 130 Sharia courts, and 50 Sharia councils. But this couldn't happen in America, right? Well, America now has a Muslim-majority city, Hamtramck, Michigan. It's a city of nearly 30,000 people near Detroit. At first Hamtramck's city council was Muslim-majority. Now it's a Muslim monopoly. A couple of years ago, the all-Muslim city council unanimously banned Pride flags from the city. American progressives, who endorse mass immigration from Muslim countries, were appalled. Why? I'm not sure.

And it's not just Michigan:

In Texas, meanwhile, the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), EPIC City is a planned on a 400-acre development, as a Muslim enclave, with over 1,000 homes, a mosque, and an Islamic school. Described by some as a “Sharia City”, the EPIC project does not suggest assimilation or cultural convergence, but what some might see as “Hijrah” (migration to advance Islam).

Discovered by an FBI raid in 2004, the 1991 “Explanatory Memorandum”, attributed to the Muslim Brotherhood, outlines a strategy for a “civilizational jihad” to promote Islam in North America. It talks about a long term “Civilization-Jihadist Process”, establishing an Islamic Movement and “eliminating and destroying Western civilization from within” by infiltrating and “sabotaging” societal structures, making Islam dominant.

The essay then points out the origins of Western Civilization, and how different it is from Islam. Diametrically opposed, in fact:

Western societies are WEIRD. That is to say they are Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD), as described by psychologists Joseph Henrich, Steven Heine, and Ara Norenzayan in their seminal work The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous.

Western people are a psychological and cultural outlier, exhibiting traits and behaviors that diverge significantly from those found in most other cultures, particularly those traits in Muslim societies.

WEIRD individuals tend to prioritize individualism over collectivism, analytical reasoning over holistic thinking, and impersonal trust over clan-based loyalty. These traits manifest in a cultural emphasis on personal achievement, abstract moral principles, and openness to strangers—attributes that are not universal norms. For example, while many non-WEIRD societies, such as those in the Muslim world, emphasize familial and communal obligations, WEIRD cultures often celebrate individual choice and self-expression. This psychological orientation fosters innovation and economic prosperity but also sets WEIRD populations apart in their approach to social relationships and decision-making.

Muslim culture does not fit into Western culture. Many Westerners wonder why Muslims wouldn't want to assimilate into Western culture, not understanding that they simply can't. Not without abandoning the religion of their forefathers. And for even thinking such a thought, they could be killed. Plus, they've learned that Islam is good, and other cultures are evil. Why WOULD they assimilate? Who wants to risk being tortured to death so they can become evil?

So they're stuck. They're not stupid, they're just stuck. Muslims don't assimilate into Western cultures because they can't. Some individuals do, of course, but as a group, they tend to stick together and change their new country, rather than changing themselves to fit into their new country.

Note the phone booth in the picture at the top of this post - that lovely lady is in London, not Aleppo. As are the rioters in the adjacent picture. They seek to change English society to suit them. Not the other way around.

After all, that's what they've done in every country they've moved into so far. To think that they won't do that in America, too, is foolish.

Muslims leave their poor, violent, miserable home countries and move to better places, like London. Very much like Californians moving to Nashville. And Tennesseans are worried that Californians will bring their failed culture with them. And they might.

But Muslims definitely will. At least, that's what they've done everywhere else they've gone.

Americans should take a look at what life is like in Muslim countries, and then stop to consider our immigration policies. The purpose of American immigration policies is to improve America. It's not to save the whole world, no matter how much we'd like to do so.

It may be too late for Europe. Hopefully, it's not too late for us.