Krikorian adopts Separationism, with a twist by Lawrence Auster

Writing at National Review Online, Mark Krikorian advocates what might be called Separationism Plus, or, more precisely, Separationism Leading to Mass Apostasy. He subscribes to the separationist idea, namely "the isolation of Islam from the rest of the world through military action, restrictions on immigration, and other means." It is in the "plus" area that he brings in something new. In my writings on the subject, I have suggested that an additional (though not crucial) benefit of Separationism might be that once we have isolated the Muslims in their own lands, they might in this hopeless and rejected state adopt Kemal-type regimes, in which Islam is removed from the public sphere of a formerly Muslim society. Krikorian disagrees, saying that even Kemalism would not be enough to eliminate the Muslim menace: Kemalism does not work in the long run, because it still leaves the underlying Islamic religion of the society in an intact state, whence it will inevitably arise again and seek public power, as is happening now in Turkey. Therefore, Krikorian concludes, the ultimate desideratum of Separationism is that the isolated and rejected Muslim world abandon Islam itself.

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