In late January, just days after his inauguration, President Trump implemented his controversial “extreme vetting” immigration executive order aimed at preventing “radical Islamic terrorists” from entering the United States. The highlights, in case you missed them: temporary immigration suspension in seven predominantly Muslim countries: Iran, Somalia, Yemen, Libya, Syria, Sudan, and Iraq.
At the signing ceremony, Trump said, “We don’t want them [Islamic terrorists] here. We want to ensure that we are not admitting into our country the very threats our soldiers are fighting overseas. We only want to admit those into our country who will support our country, and love deeply our people.”
Trump mandated a temporary 120 day suspension of refugee entry into the US and directed additional screening measures to root out terrorists. Airport protests ensued, as did orders from federal judges ruling the order unconstitutional.
In March, the order was revised to end the legal challenges from the first order. Iraq was removed from the country list, and the ban reduced to 90 days for the remaining six countries. Trump also capped the new refugee influx at 50,000 (compared to Obama’s 110,000 cap). The new wording was much more specific to relate the measures to national security.
Trump has been blasted for his actions, but what you may not know–and what the mainstream media certainly is not going to tell you–is that many other countries have imposed even stricter bans on Muslim nations.
Japan
Simply put, Muslims are not welcome in Japan, and the Japanese don’t give a flying flip what other countries say. They could care less about political correctness. They’ve been criticized as intolerant, xenophobic racists, but the Japanese people view it as preservation of their unique world culture.
They maintain trade and economic relationships with Islamic countries, and typically, a Muslim immigrant is only allowed in if they are coming to Japan for business purposes. Japanese companies greatly prefer to hire their own people instead of immigrants.
There are very few Muslims who actually live in Japan. Those that do must practice their religion quietly in their own homes and they cannot actively try to convert Japanese citizens to become followers of Islam. In fact, the number of Muslims is shockingly low: less than 10,000 out of a 127 million population; that’s less than 1/100th of a percent. Needless to say, mosques are nearly non-existent there, and only one imam holy leader lives in Tokyo.
The Japanese view Islam as an unusual religion because followers are encouraged to wage jihad holy wars. They view most Muslims as radical and closed-minded. It’s an interesting perspective, given that the predominant religion in Japan is Shinto, an ancient ethnic religion that teaches followers to see with their heart the beauty in all things.
Angola
Japan is not the only one. In 2013, Angola’s government became the first to make Islam illegal and ordered the shutdown of all mosques. Why? Because they viewed Islam as a sect counter to the customs and culture of the largely Christian country.
China
After several worldwide terrorist attacks, China followed Angola’s lead by taking several steps in 2015 to curb radical Islam. They banned female head-coverings and burqas, stating that nothing in the Koran dictates this dress for women. Men were advised to not grow long beards, and if they insisted, were banned from public buses and other areas. The Chinese say the burqas and beards are used to hide appearances and explosives; in 2014, a suicide bomber killed 33 Chinese citizens at a train station.
France
In 2010, France created a law banning any type of face or head covering, including burqas and other dress worn by other religions and cultures. Their argument? Public safety and encouraging citizens to live together required a certain level of openness. Of course there were lawsuits filed, but the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in France’s favor on this one.
Netherlands
The Netherlands has a partial burqua ban. Women can wear them on the street but not in places where your face must be seen: public transportation and hospitals, to name a few.
Arab Nations
For all the bellyaching these Muslim countries are doing, they have bans of their own. For example, most Arab countries ban people with Israeli passports; they say it’s based on nationality alone and is not a ban on Jews. And non-Muslims are forbidden from visiting the holy site of Mecca. Hmmm…sounds familiar.
~ Christian Patriot Daily
