The topic is difficult to write about, abhorrent to read about. And, I warn you; some of it may shock and disgust you. If you are easily offended, perhaps you should read no further. But, note that the offense isn’t mine, but rather of those who have most foully betrayed the hospitality offered them. My offense is merely in the relating of information and statements from perpetrators of the vile crime of sexual assault – perpetrated not only against their own kind, but most often against those in the country they have chosen to emigrate to.

There is something else that must be considered. In most of Europe, sex has been looked at differently than it is in the Untied States – except for predominantly Catholic countries or areas, such as Italy. In Europe, consensual sex has often been looked as just another part of life – part of a relationship. Unless there are religious considerations, pre-marital sex is common, and is looked at as just another part of the dating world, or a relationship. For the most part, it as looked at as a source of pleasure, rather than commitment. Virginity, as it is looked upon by Christians, is often not a commodity that is considered necessary, or even advantageous. Fidelity among certain groups in Europe is not commonplace. In fact, fidelity amongst younger people is often looked at as an oddity. I know things have changed in the U.S., but these are attitudes, which have been held by many Europeans for a long time. They were that way when I lived there, and were that way long before. Not much has changed in that regard.

But, one should not confuse the different sexual mores as an invitation to unwanted sex. One is consensual, the other is not. And, I reiterate, sexual assault is not about sex – it is about power. It always has been, and always will be. Men will often excuse their behavior, saying it is a biological imperative. Perhaps it once was, thousands of years ago. But, most cultures evolved beyond that point. Regardless of a man’s excuse, regardless of how he felt “she was asking for it,” or they “couldn’t control themselves,” it breaks down to power – they are stronger and decide to take what they like. And have no regard for their victim. She is merely a means to an end.

If there is one set of fundamental functions of rape, civilian or martial, it is to display, communicate, and produce or maintain dominance, which is both enjoyed for its own sake and used for such ulterior ends as exploitation, expulsion, dispersion, murder. Acts of forcible rape, like other instances of torture, communicate dominance by removing our control over what enters or impinges on our bodies. Rape is a cross-cultural language of male domination…” (Rape as a weapon of War)

The genesis of this article was some information I read about Sweden in To the Readers of Little Green Footballs. In little more than one generation, the number of rapes in Sweden has risen approximately 400-500 percent, and sexual assaults involving children under the age of 15 are six times as common. The increase in sexual assaults mirrors the influx of immigrants. As in the U.S., in other countries the increase in rapes is attributed to more being reported. This rationalization does not come even close to explaining what is going on, however. In Sweden, Muslim men of Arab ethnicity dominate the group of rape suspects.

In some countries, the ethnicity or country of origin of perpetrators is not often reported due to what is often considered an informal censorship. In others, frankly, the censorship is not so informal – it is quite blatant and often falls under the purview of “hate speech.” This is due to concerns that one group or another may be discriminated against, although this may not be not commonly known outside the particular country. Specific data, therefore, is often difficult to obtain. Additionally, there are no international standards on how crime statistics should be produced or presented, therefore making international comparisons difficult.

In France, for example, ethnicity-based censuses are banned. According to researcher Farhad Khosrokhavar in his book “Islam in Prisons,” Muslims make up some 70 percent of the prisoners in France. He said, “… complexion, names and religious traditions like prohibition of pork indicate that Muslims constitute an overwhelming majority in prisons.” It is often only through such information that one is able to glean what population is perpetrating what crimes.

In some communities in France, gang rapes of teenage girls and young women have become commonplace. These horrific crimes are called “tournantes” (pass-arounds) or basement plans, as that is often where the crime occurs. The government has initiated training to recognize the special circumstances of domestic violence, including the fact that some women immigrants may face further violence (or death) if sent back to their countries of origin… (Violence Against Women in France)

Such crimes often occur in the areas populated primarily by immigrants, “mostly from France's former colonies.”  According to sociologists and prosecutors, teenage boys “often loosely organized into gangs, prey on neighborhood girls. Many of the boys are raised in closed, traditional families and are hopelessly confused or ignorant about sex; others are simply street toughs. In this world, women enjoy little respect; often girls who appear weak, or wear tight-fitting clothing, or go out unaccompanied by their fathers or brothers, are considered fair game.” While it is not directly stated – because it is illegal in France - it is implicit as to which population this is directed towards.

According to a study from the Swedish National Crime Prevention Council, Brå,

it is four times more likely that a known rapist is born abroad, compared to persons born in Sweden. Resident aliens from Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia dominate the group of rape suspects. Commonalities between the four countries cited include Islamic religion and Arab ethnicity. According to these statistics, almost half of all perpetrators are immigrants. In Norway and Denmark, we know that non-Western immigrants, which frequently means Muslims, are grossly overrepresented on rape statistics. In Oslo, Norway, immigrants were involved in two out of three rape charges in 2001. The numbers in Denmark were the same, and even higher in the city of Copenhagen with three out of four rape charges. Sweden has a larger immigrant, including Muslim, population than any other country in northern Europe. The numbers there are likely to be at least as bad as with its Scandinavian neighbors. The actual number is thus probably even higher than what the authorities are reporting now, as it doesn't include second-generation immigrants. Lawyer Ann Christine Hjelm, who has investigated violent crimes in Svea high court, found that 85 per cent of the convicted rapists were born on foreign soil or by foreign parents. (Fjordman: Immigrant Rape Wave in Sweden)

Muslims are clear about their take on the issue. A Mufti in Copenhagen sparked a political outcry after he publicly declared that women who refuse to wear headscarves are "asking for rape." Australia’s most senior Muslim cleric blamed “immodestly dressed women who don’t wear Islamic headdress for being preyed on by men and likened them to abandoned ‘meat’ that attracts voracious animals.”

This attitude is prevalent among Muslims, as was elucidated by four young men with immigrant backgrounds. One of them, Hamid, a Muslim immigrant, explained their take on the issue. "It is not as wrong raping a Swedish girl as raping an Arab girl," he said. "The Swedish girl gets a lot of help afterwards, and she had probably fu**** before, anyway. But the Arab girl will get problems with her family. For her, being raped is a source of shame. It is important that she retains her virginity until she marries." He said, it was no coincidence that it was a Swedish girl that was gang raped by immigrants in Rissne. "It is far too easy to get a Swedish whore….. girl, I mean;" and laughed over his choice of words. "I don't have too much respect for Swedish girls. I guess you can say they get fu**** to pieces." (Fjordman: Immigrant Rape Wave in Sweden)

In Sweden, as in a number of other European countries, it is "racist" and therefore illegal to even suggest that certain ethnic or religious groups are worse than others. If one criticizes oppression of women, one must state that all men are equally bad. In a speech in 2002, Swedish politician Gudrun Schyman posited that Swedish men were just like the Taliban. A male columnist in newspaper Aftonbladet agreed with her. During a rally in March 2007, a man carried a sign that read, "While Swedish girls are being gang raped by immigrant gangs the SSU is fighting racism." He was arrested and later sentenced by the local court because he "expressed disrespect for a group of people with reference to their national or ethnic background." The court felt free speech had its limits, and he had acted in a provocative manner.

No matter what country one looks at, which Western nation, the number of rapes committed by Muslim immigrants, or those born to Muslim immigrants, is exceptionally high. It becomes difficult to view them as random acts. Rather, they are the acts of an invading or conquering army. Conquering armies throughout history have taken and used the women (under Islamic standards, young girls and teenagers also frequently fit into that category), not only as part of the humiliation of the men, but also because they considered them booty, or property, to be used as they saw fit.

It has been done at times of war by the Vikings, the Mongols, the Germans and the Russians during WW2, and all the way up to the Balkans in the 1990s… [their actions] …resembles warfare. This happens in most Western European countries, as well as in other infidels countries such as India. In Bradford, England, Channel 4 pulled a documentary about Pakistani and other Muslim men sexually abusing white English girls, some as young as 11. Writer Theodore Dalrymple thinks that "thanks to their cultural inheritance, (Muslim) abuse of women is systematic rather than unsystematic…" (Rape: Nothing to do with Islam?)

However, in Islam, it is not only a political ideology, but also part and parcel of their current religious beliefs. This behavior is sanctioned in the Qur’an and explained in the hadiths. It is against Islamic law to rape [Muslim] women, but is encouraged for women captured in battle. So, despite what the Muslim apologists say, the behavior is condoned, and even encouraged by their most holy book and the hadiths.

This hadith provides the context for the Qur’anic verse (4:24):

The Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) sent a military expedition to Awtas on the occasion of the battle of Hunain.  They met their enemy and fought with them.  They defeated them and took them captives.

Some of the Companions of the Apostle of Allah (may peace be upon him) were reluctant to have intercourse with the female captives in the presence of their husbands who were unbelievers.  So Allah, the Exalted, sent down the Qur’anic verse: (Sura 4:24) "And all married women (are forbidden) unto you save those (captives) whom your right hands possess." (Abu Dawud 2150)

There are several hadith in which Muhammed is asked for his opinion on how women should be raped following their capture. Bukhari 34:432 speaks to the fact that Muhammed told his men it was acceptable to rape them as long as they ejaculated within the women. Female slaves were bought and sold by Muhammad and his Muslims (Ibn Ishaq 693), traded like any other simple commodity. (The Myths of Muhammad)

Because non-Muslims are considered infidels, they are exhorted to either conquer us or destroy us. In Muslim eyes, crimes against infidels do not really constitute crimes. Rather, they are considered following their religious imperative. The actions of the Muslim immigrants in Europe clearly show they feel entitled. If they are viewed as a conquering army, their actions in Western nations not only make sense, but is in full accordance with Islamic law.

From Robert Spencer on rape and jihad,  “It is not understood that Western women are not so much regarded by most Muslims as individuals, but as "their women," the women who "belong" to hostile Infidels. They are booty, to be taken, just as the land of the Infidels someday will drop, it is believed, into Muslim hands –“

They find Western culture and mores to be offensive. They recognize Islamic law. If they “act, in accordance with the local laws” it is “ only insofar as they do not contradict Islam -- that is only because of darura, the doctrine of necessity -- and that necessity, that darura, is of course only temporary.”

Bernard Lewis, perceived by many as  “the intellectual godfather behind the administration’s decision to invade Iraq,” warned in a lecture that “the Islamic world was now attacking the West using two tactics: terrorism and migration....”

If rape isn’t considered terrorism, I don’t know what is. If the number of Muslim immigrants committing these crimes versus the number of the indigenous population doesn’t say something, I don’t know what does.  If the staggering rise in the number of rapes, which mirror the influx of this population doesn’t say something, I don’t know what does. The fact that Muslims get away with behavior not acceptable from other cultures and religions should speak volumes.

I’ll end this with a statement from Appeasement is not working:

“…the current strategy is not working for us infidels, i.e. APPEASEMENT. But it is working to the benefit of Islam… The invasion by Islam continues. So do we fight it? Or this time surrender? It seems our leaders has chosen to do the latter. But I don't believe the good people of Europe will. There will be a straw that will break the camel's back and when that happens then all hell will break lose. I'm rooting for the infidels.

Speaking of…  Immigration and sexual assault. Of not only women, but also children. This is a topic which is very difficult for me to objective about. And to write about. But, it’s an issue which must be addressed. It has turned out to be broader than I anticipated, so it will be broken into two parts. This is part one of two.

First, let’s be clear about what I’m talking about. Rape - forced, unwanted sexual intercourse. “The legal term rape has traditionally referred to forced vaginal penetration of a woman by a male assailant. Many states have now abandoned this concept in favor of the gender-neutral term sexual assault. The legal definition of criminal sexual assault is any genital, oral, or anal penetration by a part of the accused's body or by an object, using force or without the victim's consent.” (Medem: Medical Library: Definitions of Sexual Assault)

Although the definition of rape was just broadened by the Maryland Court of Appeals to include defining rape if a man ignores a woman's calls to stop, even if she had previously consented to sex (Definition of Rape Widened), this is not what I am referring to. I am speaking to violent sexual assaults.

Rape is not about sex, it is about power. And, regardless of what they say, or the woman feels, the culpability lies solely with the rapist(s), not the victim. This is critical to understand. When it comes to children, they often also feel they are somehow to blame. But, they’re not. The responsibility lies solely with the perpetrator(s). The issues and motivations regarding rape and child sexual assault may be quite different. But, in all cases, it has to do with power. The power of the assailant(s) and the powerlessness of the victim.

According to author, teacher and profiler Deborah Schurman-Kauflin, PhD  who has researched violent crimes for more than twenty years, “…rapists are typically out of control in their lives. They are frustrated and want to lash out to regain a sense of control of themselves and their lives. They may not be able to control anything else, but they can control their victims.”  (Javno)

Rape is one of the most brutal crimes there are – there is not only the physical assault, there is the mental assault. The victim learns in one fell swoop one of the cruelest truths there are – she is not in control of her body, nor can she control what happens to it. Many feel a sense of guilt, feeling they brought it upon themselves. Without exception, the effects are damaging and long-lasting.

I began this piece intending to focus on immigration and rape within the United States - the number of immigrants and illegal aliens linked to it. In recent years there have been a number of reports on this issue. Obviously, not enough though.

However, as I began researching, the truth was unavoidable: worldwide, the statistics on rape are staggering, and have risen dramatically, most often in proportion to immigration. Due to political correctness and concerns that one group or another may be discriminated against, however, this is often not reported.

While the increase in the number of rapes is felt by some to be an increase in the reporting of them, in the United States it is estimated that one either one in three or one in four women have been raped. In the Unites States it is believed that less than 30% of sexual assaults are actually reported. Sexual assaults on children under 12 are not included in those figures. If fact, they are not included in the sexual assault figures at all. They fall under the purview of child abuse. So, the figures are actually quite a bit higher, if one factors these into them.

The stories are as numerous as they are appalling. In  Illegal aliens linked to gang-rape wave by Chelsea Schilling, she states, “A wave of illegal-immigrant gang rapes is sweeping the U.S. while public officials and law-enforcement authorities fear drawing the link…”

Schurman-Kauflin said, “It is as if there is a fear that if this is honestly discussed, people will hate all illegal immigrants. So there is silence. … But in being silent about the rapes and murders, it is as if the victims never even existed." While she is speaking about the United States, this phenomenon is occurring worldwide.

Initiated due to her concerns about the issue, and for which she was neither commissioned nor paid (including the subsequent article), Schurman-Kauflin embarked on a one-year in-depth study of 1,500 cases of illegal immigrants who committed sex crimes in the U.S. She estimated there are approximately 240,000 illegal immigrant sex offenders currently in the United States, with an average of four victims each. The 1,500 offenders studied had a total of 5,999 victims.

 While the offenders were located in 36 states, the majority were in states with the highest numbers of illegal immigrants: “California had the most offenders, followed by Texas, Arizona, New Jersey, New York and Florida.” She estimated “93 sex offenders and 12 serial sexual offenders come across U.S. borders illegally every day.” Only 2 percent of the offenders in her study had no history of criminal behavior, beyond crossing the border illegally.

Schurman-Kauflin stated, "This places the estimate for victimization numbers around 960,000 for the 88 months examined in this study."

The 1,500 cases reviewed were broken down by child molestations (35 percent); rapes (24 percent); and sexual homicides and serial murders (41 percent).

In 82 percent of the cases, she noted, the victims were known to their attackers. "In those instances, the illegal immigrants typically gained access to the victims after having worked as a day laborer at or near the victims' homes."

The highest number of sex offenders came from Mexico. “El Salvador was the original home to the next highest number. Other countries… included Brazil, China, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Russia, and Vietnam.”

At this point, I can’t account for the lack of perpetrators from the Middle East in Schurman-Kauflin’s study. Perhaps it is due to the fact that many are here legally, which would not have fallen under the purview of study, although it has been clearly documented that some Middle Eastern individuals have posed as Mexicans to cross the Southern U.S. border. There is compelling evidence, however, of the rise in Muslim sexual assaults directed towards Western women.

In a separate study, Schurman-Kauflin also found terrorists using the identity of different nationalities. “One glaring security problem was Puerto Rico. With birthright citizenship, Puerto Ricans can come to the mainland any time they want. Fraudulent documents are a huge industry there as illegals and terror operatives look to enter the island illegally, obtain fake paperwork, and then simply come to the mainland.” (Recruiting in the West: The Lure of Radical Islamic Terror)

In the study on illegal immigrants and sex crimes, nearly 63 percent of the offenders had been deported on another offense prior to the sex crime, and there was an average of three years of committing crimes such as DUI, assault or drug related offenses prior to being apprehended for a sexual offense or murder.

79 percent of the offenders had been in the U.S. for more than one year before being arrested for a sex crime, and only about 25 percent were found to have been stable within a community. In 31 percent of the crimes, the offenders entered into the communities where they offended within two months of the commission of their sex offenses.

Schurman-Kauflin concluded that illegal immigrants gradually commit worse crimes and are continually released back into society or deported. "Those who were deported simply returned illegally again," she says. She pointed out "There is a clear pattern of criminal escalation."

William Gheen, president of Americans for Legal Immigration PAC , “…believes the number of gang rapes is increasing as the population of illegal aliens in the U.S. increases…Many illegal aliens have a rape and pillage mentality toward America."

For example, law enforcement has been tracking a highly organized and well-funded Central American gang, MS-13, also known as Mara Salvatrucha, which is now found in at least 33 states across the U.S. MS-13 is well known for it’s excessive brutality.

According to Gheen, they ask “…their male initiates to gang rape American women to become an official member of the gang…Gang rape is a form of terrorism. It has been used throughout history as a weapon of terror…Most Americans do not see the war that is already upon us in our communities and neighborhoods."

Gheen is not talking about global jihad. He is not talking about a unified cohesive effort to destroy the Western world. But, even if it is not a centralized effort, a cohesive effort, the result is the same. A man killed when robbed, or killed for his ideology has the same ultimate end – the man is equally dead. While groups like MS-13 have a common philosophy and goal, I find it difficult to believe all illegals do. Unlike the common religious and political ideology one sees with jihadists, however, their behavior regarding certain issues is startlingly similar.

And, that is what many do not realize – that a war is being waged. Right here in the good old USA. Some examples:

• · Massachusetts - Three MS-13 gang members were charged in the brutal rapes of two deaf girls, one 14, the other 17, in a park. One victim, who also suffered from cerebral palsy, was pushed out of her wheelchair before being raped repeatedly. 2002

• Huntersville, N.C.-  A 37-year-old North Carolina woman was gang raped by at least seven illegal aliens. October 2004

•   Immokalee, Fla. - 14 field laborers, ranging in age from 18 to 56, broke into an 18-year-old woman's home, dragged her across the street and then took turns raping her. The victim said the men choked and hit her until she became unconscious. When she awoke, a man poured alcohol in her mouth. Oct. 4, 2005

• ST. Paul, Minn. - Rage Ibrahim, 25, a Somali immigrant beat and sexually assaulted a woman for nearly 90 minutes. The surveillance video clearly showed at least 10 Somali men and women watching as the woman was assaulted. Ibrahim was charged with several counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. Police were shocked by the behavior of the bystanders. August 2007

• Maricopa County, AZ - Santana Batiz Aceves, 39, a twice-deported illegal migrant, was arrested of sexually assaulting five girls and attacking another in the crime spree that spanned 18 months. Aceves, who has a history of drug charges, was booked on suspicion of 25 felonies, including kidnapping, child molestation, sexual abuse, sexual conduct with a minor, aggravated assault, burglary and trespassing. All of the victims have been girls between the ages of 12 and 15. January 12, 2008

• · Tellico Plains, TN. - Francisco Barbosa, 35, who also goes by Francisco Sanchez, kicked in a 92-year-old woman's door in March and raped her. His truck was found in Texas. He's believed to be in Mexico. 12 May, 2008

Several of the cases illustrate some of the problems law enforcement has when dealing with illegal immigrants. Monroe County Sheriff Bill Bivens said the task of identifying a suspect is just half the battle, finding him is often much more difficult. It’s not uncommon for “folks that have got two or three different IDs. Determining who they are and things like that is a problem…it's more difficult to apprehend someone you don't have a previous record on. They may have been deported, may have come back. They get back quicker a lot of times than we can get them deported it seems like."

An additional problem is communication between immigration and local law enforcement isn’t always optimal and a known illegal may be charged and released on bond because the local law enforcement didn’t know they were illegal. By the same token, there have been times when an illegal is caught, but immigration isn’t aware he is a suspect in a crime. Bivens said, "It's difficult to get things done, a lot of times. I mean it's not like you can call just because you've got someone that's illegal and they're going to come and get them. It doesn't always happen that way."

LAPD Assistant Chief George Gascon said their officers are prohibited “…from inquiring into a person's immigration status, or working with federal authorities to enforce immigration matters when no other crime is present…Our officers understand that they should arrest and report to federal authorities individuals suspected of having been previously convicted of serious offenses, who were deported and are now back preying on our communities." (Aliens among us?) Similar policies are in place in other large urban areas such as Houston, New York, Tucson and Miami-Dade.

The evidence is indisputable – not only are large numbers of illegals perpetrating vicious crimes, if they are deported, they come back again – often to perpetrate more crime. Recall, only 2 percent of the offenders in Schurman-Kauflin’s study had no history of previous criminal behavior. Whether that was in their country of origin or here, I do not know. But, it really doesn’t make a difference. They had engaged in criminal behavior, and not only continued that upon entrance to the U.S., but also most often escalated their crimes. And, polices intended not to “discriminate” are unwittingly aiding them in their illegal actions. In the process, women and children are falling prey to criminals who have no ties to the United States other than what they can illegally gain from it.

Can we really afford to continue to allow this?