by Baron Bodissey
A reader from Slovenia wrote to us yesterday and noted that we have never posted any reports about his country. He’s right; we haven’t, probably because Slovenia doesn’t make it into the news very much. It’s not prey to the troubles with Islam that characterize most of the rest of Western Europe, so events in Slovenia don’t often cross paths with Gates of Vienna.
Slovenia is the westernmost Slavic region of southern Europe, and comprises a branch of the South Slavs who moved into the area after the fall of the Roman Empire. Slovenia was under the rule of the Austrian Habsburgs from the 14th century until 1918, after which it was absorbed into another artificial multicultural entity — Yugoslavia — until 1991.
Slovenia was the first part of the former Yugoslavia to break away successfully. It won a brief war with the regime in Belgrade, and, since it is relatively ethnically homogeneous, it has avoided the persistent violence that has plagued places like Bosnia and Kosovo.According to our Slovenian correspondent, his country has also resisted Islamization. Here’s what he said:
Slovenia is a strong beacon of light that shines bright. We have long resisted Islamization for centuries. Not only that, in the present, we were labeled by Brussels as extremely xenophobic and intolerant, but for what? Because we never allowed a mosque to be built in our county! Here’s an old article from the http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3590841.stm about Slovenia.
That article more or less hits the nail on the head: we don’t like Muslims, simple as that. There was a referendum later, and we voted against a mosque. Even now, after various pressures from the EU, we didn’t cave in and we will not. We will not allow a mosque to be built in Slovenia. I’m writing this to show you that not all of Europe is dhimmi-happy and drunk on liberal ecotopianism. Sorry If I just wasted your time, or you already you knew this, but I had a feeling that this is something that had to be said.
Regards,
Slovenc
http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2007/09/no-mosques-in-slovenia.html#readfurther