While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within

The struggle for the soul of Europe today is every bit as dire and consequential as it was in the 1930s. Then, in Weimar, Germany, the center did not hold, and the light of civilization nearly went out. Today, the continent has entered yet another ?Weimar moment.? Will Europeans rise to the challenge posed by radical Islam, or will they cave in once again to the extremists?

As an American living in Europe since 1998, Bruce Bawer has seen this problem up close. Across the continent?in Amsterdam, Oslo, Copenhagen, Paris, Berlin, Madrid, and Stockholm?he encountered large, rapidly expanding Muslim enclaves in which women were oppressed and abused, homosexuals persecuted and killed, ?infidels? threatened and vilified, Jews demonized and attacked, barbaric traditions (such as honor killing and forced marriage) widely practiced, and freedom of speech and religion firmly repudiated.

The European political and media establishment turned a blind eye to all this, selling out women, Jews, gays, and democratic principles generally?even criminalizing free speech?in order to pacify the radical Islamists and preserve the illusion of multicultural harmony. The few heroic figures who dared to criticize Muslim extremists and speak up for true liberal values were systematically slandered as fascist bigots. Witnessing the disgraceful reaction of Europe?s elites to 9/11, to the terrorist attacks on Madrid, Beslan, and London, and to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Bawer concluded that Europe was heading inexorably down a path to cultural suicide.

Europe's Muslim communities are powder kegs, brimming with an alienation born of the immigrants? deep antagonism toward an infidel society that rejects them and compounded by misguided immigration policies that enforce their segregation and empower the extremists in their midst. The mounting crisis produced by these deeply perverse and irresponsible policies finally burst onto our television screens in October 2005, as Paris and other European cities erupted in flames.

WHILE EUROPE SLEPT is the story of one American?s experience in Europe before and after 9/11, and of his many arguments with Europeans about the dangers of militant Islam and America?s role in combating it. This brave and invaluable book?with its riveting combination of eye-opening reportage and blunt, incisive analysis?is essential reading for anyone concerned about the fate of Europe and what it portends for the United States. more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-06-2009; Read to understand Europe's worldview; You should read this book to develop a very clear understanding of the way the European ruling elite thinks about European identity. The author cites chapter and verse through real life examples that will educate you in some key...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-21-2009; europen reader; Edomond Burke one said all theat is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do noting. And in this exellent book , by Bruce Bawer. That is exactly the case with radical Islam. Where all politicians and escecially the media are...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-28-2009; a biased and superficial discussion for an important subject; First of all I have to say that - As a Muslim - when I red this book I get disappointed . Since the author address in the title "radical Islam " as a danger, you will feel soon while you go through this book that he is considering ANY...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-22-2009; Ideal for liberals; Henry Hotspur wrote in Who Speaks for Europe? (On the PC Defenders of the West): "Bawer is blind to the basic lesson Americans can learn from Europe's predicament. He refuses to admit that secularism and liberalism destroyed Europe by...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Oct-06-2009; Read to understand Europe's worldview; You should read this book to develop a very clear understanding of the way the European ruling elite thinks about European identity. The author cites chapter and verse through real life examples that will educate you in some key...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-10-2008; No Sources to Check; While I found the book compelling and interesting I have to admit I can't trust its reliability. There are hardly any footnotes or cited sources for me to check. For instance, Bawer claims Switzerland is 20% Muslim. Yet every...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Aug-28-2009; a biased and superficial discussion for an important subject; First of all I have to say that - As a Muslim - when I red this book I get disappointed . Since the author address in the title "radical Islam " as a danger, you will feel soon while you go through this book that he is considering ANY...; read full review | report as inappropriate