Sometimes Muslims come to the West in order to get out from under the full or partial enforcement of the Sharia, and to secularize and live their lives in peace. And sometimes their radical brethren don't allow them to do this. From the Copenhagen Post, with thanks to Ali Dashti:
Iran's clerical regime is resorting to shady tactics against its opponents in Denmark. Daily newspaper Information reported that Iranian refugees in the country have been subjected to extortion and pressure, presumably by agents from the Iranian Embassy in Copenhagen. Informants from the nation's Iranian émigré community have passed on information to agents that has in many cases had drastic consequences for family members in Iran.Several Iranian refugees spoke with the newspaper for its report, including defected Iranian diplomat Perviz S. Khazai, who represents the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI) in Scandinavia.
‘I believe the Iranian regime has 50-60 very active 'Gestapo' style agents in Scandinavia - predominantly embassy workers and refugees who forward information on other refugees. In Denmark alone, there are at least 5-10. I know one of them by name,’ said Khazai.
Would you not think, perhaps, that this is also a reason for a great deal of muslim silence in the US?
Speak out in hopes of protecting your community, by turning in the suspected terrorist... and have enforcers like these come down upon you.
Not sure I can believe that. There is just too Much silence from the muslim community in the US... I would really like to hear from someone in those communities, if they would only post here...
i would not doubt the existence of such agents. as a young boy, my russian relatives 2 & 3 generations my senior (that would be those who fled the bolshevicks) were constantly paranoid that the k.g.b. would hunt them down and kill them in their houses in los angeles