The murder of 16 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney‘s Bondi Beach was not the only violence committed by Islamists this month. An Islamic State group member murdered two Iowa National Guard members in Syria, and Muslims attacked a Hanukkah concert in Amsterdam. Meanwhile, in Germany, five men, all Muslim migrants, were arrested after plotting to drive a vehicle into people at a Christmas market.
These are not random acts of violence committed by lone wolves. They are part of a coordinated and ideological campaign of Islamofascist violence against Judeo-Christian civilization. Western leaders have a duty to be clear-eyed about the nature of these threats, call them what they are, and take steps to address them. More gun control and cultural sensitivity training, which was what the Australian government’s pathetic response amounted to, are not the answer.
