I may have finally found a monarch I would almost be willing to have as my own -- Her Majesty Queen Margarethe II of Denmark. She certainly has not minced words in the face of the recent growth of Islam in Denmark. her words are quite applicable to the current situation in her country.

Queen Margrethe II of Denmark has called on the country "to show our opposition to Islam", regardless of the opprobium such a stance provokes abroad.

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She said: "We are being challenged by Islam these years - globally as well as locally. It is a challenge we have to take seriously. We have let this issue float about for too long because we are tolerant and lazy.

"We have to show our opposition to Islam and we have to, at times, run the risk of having unflattering labels placed on us because there are some things for which we should display no tolerance."

"And when we are tolerant, we must know whether it is because of convenience or conviction."

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The queen told her biographer, Annelise Bistrup, apparently referring to Muslim fundamentalists: "There is something impressive about people for whom religion imbues their existence, from dusk to dawn, from cradle to grave."

She said she understood how disaffected young Muslims might find refuge in religion. This tendency should be fought by encouraging Muslims to learn Danish so they could integrate better, she said.

"We should not be content with living next to each other. We should rather live together."

n age world when politically correct "tolerance" leads many to refrain from speaking the truth about the world around them. Queen Margrethe has done exactly that -- pointed to the problem of Islamist fundamentalism and its threat to freedoms that we in the West hold dear. Muslims in the west must assimilate. If they refuse, they need to find new homes in societies more to their liking.

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