But we have already witnessed Europe's strategy of appeasement and accommodation over the last 15 years and it has only further entrenched segregated communities. Many European countries have implemented bans of the veil in public, the only issue is they waited 15 years to do it. Assertive political Islamism should not be accommodated - the current state of civil society in countries under control of political Islamism speaks for itself. Europe faces an uphill battle and Canada can learn from their early mistakes of laissez-faire naivety and hoping for the best. Once there is a critical mass of people who all believe women have a duty to submit to male authority (because of modesty, piety, or cultural) - there is a common theme of social regression that follows.