“Notice how Malta is not being overrun and that is nearer to N Africa.”
Malta has 6,000 Muslims and always had a close relationship with Libyan Muslims. They dominate the Islam in Malta: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Islamic_Call_Society
Malta has just about 3,000 muslims and only just over 2,000 are not Maltese. There is only one mosque there which muslims complain about.
I have family who live there and come from there and it is very rare to ever see a muslim and Malta is one of the most Christian countries in the world.
Just looked it up and saw this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta#Religion
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Malta-RELIGIONS.html