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In reply to the discussion: Is Europe headed for a civil war? [View all]Albertoo
(2,016 posts)40. And yet, Kepel's use of 'civil war' makes sense
-1- the European society is an homogeneous body of democracies which are largely integrated (commerce, tourism, whatever)
-2- as detailed by Kepel, the hope of the Islamists (most notably ISIS) is to excite all European Muslims against their host societies, regardless of whether it's in Spain, Netherlands or Germany.
One state vs one homogeneous group, that pretty much fits the bill of a civil war, some technicalities aside: the EU is not a country as the US is, even though both entities have many common points.
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The premise of the OP is not mine, but that of European homeland security specialists
Albertoo
Sep 2016
#23
But the article was not by Keppel; it was an article in The Sun quoting him
LeftishBrit
Sep 2016
#30
What Kepel said in Die Welt is that terrorists would like to induce hatred of all Muslims
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2016
#37
The point is that Kepel said the only way it could become a civil war is by demonisation of Muslims
muriel_volestrangler
Sep 2016
#42
I believe that the chance of this leading to a European internal war is extremely low
Victor_c3
Sep 2016
#8
I expect France to begin a purge of Muslims soon like they did of the Roma in 2009-10
Lee-Lee
Sep 2016
#19
Unless it parallels Lebanon where problems grew with the arrival of Palestinian refugees
Albertoo
Sep 2016
#26