Friday, March 16, 2007

Europe in Decline

Many of you reading this post have ancestral roots in Europe a few generations back. I certainly do. We of European stock should be at least somewhat concerned about what happens in the lands of our forefathers.

The most important things happening in Europe today are two demographic changes: first, a birthrate among Europeans that is well below replacement levels, and second, a large and continuing wave of Islamic immigrants from North Africa , the Middle East, and Asia. Bernard Lewis, a leading scholar of Islam, predicts Europe will have an Islamic majority by the year 2100.

Diana West writes, in the Washington Times online, about a Belgian political party that is trying to do something about the Islamization of Europe, and particularly Belgium. Naturally, their political party is under fire in the courts and may be disbanded for opposing the legally mandated multiculturalism. Her article is worth a read. A longer treatment of this topic is Mark Steyn's book America Alone.