This is not designed to criticize either approach. I am hoping that we will see in the end that the more tolerant approach will succeed. However, given that the U.S. actually employed that approach for years I am not overly optimistic. The U.S. did negate that approach with other policies though and since I am not aware of the Dutch doing the same thing, hopefully they will be successful where the U.S. has failed. If they fail as well, who will they go to for support? The U.S? The EU? The UN?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article2426314.ece
http://www.martinfrost.ws/htmlfiles/dutch_experience1.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayaan_Hirsi_Ali
http://www.aivd.nl/contents/pages/65582/jihad2006en.pdf

The New York Times says that the Netherlands has been “the world’s most tolerant, open-minded society, with full sexual equality and same-sex marriage, as well as liberal policies on soft drugs and prostitution.” Is it true that before 9/11 the Netherlands had the largest number of wiretaps in the world? Let's hope that Netherlands has more success than the U.S. has had. I hope history proves that pacivism, tolerance and dialogue are successful as long as it doesn't involve capitulation.

Here’s what Ayaan Hirsi Ali has to say about Islam:

All of Europe is in a state of denial. It thinks these killings will go away, but they will not. The Holy Book says infidels must be destroyed. Osama bin Laden is a puritan Muslim. That is why he keeps insisting on the Koran. Islam is not a religion of peace, or only of peace with other Muslims. We should acknowledge that it’s a very violent religion, say, yes, you are right, instead of pretending, like Bush, that this violence is not true Islam. And then we should encourage Muslims to say that they will remain Muslims, but reject those verses incompatible with human rights, with a decent coexistence between men and women. We should demand an Islamic Reformation.

If she is right, then neither approach will succeed in the long run and we all set on a path to a world of Sharia Islamic Law.