Theodore Dalrymple’s Theory

Anthony Daniels, a retired British psychiatrist, comments on the present state of British, and by extension European, culture from the viewpoint of a man who has treated people in prison and in hospitals. His views are unorthodox to say the least, but fascinating. Here is an opinion piece he wrote on the murder of Theo Van Gogh, and his analysis of the growth of fundamentalist Islam in Europe. Unlike many other writers, he does not blame (entirely) the rise of fundamentalism either on defects in Islam or the failure of European societies to adequately assimilate their immigrants but rather he says that Muslim youth in Europe are as secular as their native European peers, but they cling to Islam for the power it gives them over women. Read it.