It’s So Cute How You Think Anti-Israel Stances Will Make Us Love You

By Mustafa Abu Bakr, Muslim Immigrant to Sweden

Cynics will point to Sweden’s recognition of the State of Palestine this week and accuse Stockholm of pandering to the country’s large and growing Muslim population. To which we Muslims say: you’re not being cynical enough. The fact is, no amount of anti-Israel rhetoric, policy, or politicking will ever make us think well of you. It’s adorable that you Europeans assume otherwise.

We’ll certainly show our displeasure in the absence of such policies and measures, make no mistake. But you have this inexplicable tendency to think that adopting measures calculated to hurt Israel – even if couched in terms of helping the Palestinians – will change how we perceive you: dhimmis-in-waiting. Actually, by enacting those very policies you demonstrate how well you wear your dhimmitude. It’s so cute. Keep practicing.

I hope you realize that when I say what you’re doing is “cute,” I don’t mean in a “that’s appealing and makes us affectionate for you” kind of way. I mean rather in a “that’s pathetic and disappointing” kind of way. I’m pointing this out not because I wish to help you avoid any pitfalls, but to demonstrate and intensify the phenomenon: even with my unequivocal description of this dynamic laid out for you, you will still opt for whichever option you think will curry favor with us. It’s so cute.

Nobody respects cute. Once upon a time Islam respected Europe, even with all the hate. Europe could hold its own. Charles Martel showed that, as did several generations of crusaders. Then you controlled most of the world with your colonies and empires. You were positively fearsome. And now? A phone call with a bomb threat and you’re cowering under your desks. A beheading of a few Europeans in Syria and the whole continent goes full Fay Wray. Adorable.

In case you hadn’t figured it out, I’m being condescending. Condescending is when I treat you as stupid and explain things that a semi-intelligent person  – or, in this case, society – shouldn’t need explained. One condescends to idiots. Idiots who adhere to the “multicultural” ideal when I and my millions of coreligionists on the continent have made it perfectly clear we don’t care for your notions of tolerance.

It’s so cute.