Posted on 08/04/2004 12:22:41 PM PDT by dukeman
BERLIN--
Europe will have an Islamic majority by the end of this century based on current demographic and migration trends, a leading US Middle East specialist says.
"Europe will be part of the Arab west - the Maghreb," said Bernard Lewis, a Princeton University professor and author of numerous books on the Middle East, in an interview with the newspaper Die Welt.
In addition to immigration, Lewis said Europeans were marrying too late and having too few children whereas Muslims in Europe married early and had far larger numbers of children.
"Current trends show Europe will have a Moslem majority by the end of the 21st century at the latest," said Lewis as quoted by the paper.
Germany, the biggest European Union (EU) country, currently has over 3 million Muslims out of a total population of 82 million.
EU leaders will in December decide on whether to open membership talks with mainly Muslim Turkey which currently has a population of 70 million but is expected to outgrow Germany in coming decades.
I suggest a trip out here to Utah. Beautiful country, amazing weather... and Mormons breeding like mad. I've never seen American women who are in such a rush to have as many kids as humanly possible.
In a century, America will probably be a goodly mix of Muslim, Hispanic Catholic and Mormon, with everybody else as extremely minor players...
You are correct....you weren't talking to me, but your comment ticked me off. Sorry if I seem harsh....it's a hot day today.
"I guess that everytime you, "American Spirit" (now that is funny) see a Spanish name all you can think of is drug dealers, murderers and rapists."
From the general attitudes of people posting on this board, the majority of them would think of terrorists whenever they see an Islamic name.
To be honest, whenever I see a Spanish name I wonder if the person in question is legal or not. But I'm sure that honesty will come back to bite me somewhere.
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I agree with you, in regards to the illegals being a problem, those who support them, haven't seen the criminal element some of them bring....
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Short Europe.
You have land that needs scaping?
"I'd take all Mexicans as my neighbors over one ambercrombie every day of the week."
Ouch that hurt. How diplomatic.
Well since I have Hispanic blood in my family tree I doubt that will happen. What you don't seem to understand is the overall reality of this illegal immigration situation. No doubt many good people are streaming across the border but along with them is a fairly large percentage of criminals and other assorted folks who are doing nothing more than latching on to our welfare system created by a fedgov that is running hundreds of billions in the red already.
How long do you think this can go on? Ever thought about it? What will happen if the checks ever stop? Are you willing to bet the future of your's and other people's children on this fallacy that "open borders" is a legitimate policy? If you don't have a problem with all this, then I think the word "twit" could be a compliment in describing your ability to distinguish reality from total BS.
I think of terrorism everytime I see an Arab. I live in New York and they are all over the place. I feel bad of course, and I don't let my son in on what I'm thinking, but since 9/11 I can't help it.
Already done today hehehehe
SHORTING EUROPE-ANOTHER DARK AGE COMMENCES
Never buy a linear view of history. If linearity ruled history, we would still be in caves wearing animal skins. I don't see a triumphant Islam ruling the world. The more likely scenario is a war between the West and Islam, with the almost total destruction of the Islamic world the most likely outcome.
Here in Floriduh we have an import ceiling on good looking woman, but Cuban & Haitian refugees are given incentive to show up anyway.
What to do,,,, what to do?? <|:-)~~
It was nice trading insults with you, but this subject is starting to get too hot and I don't want to be around when the shiite hits the fan. Have a nice day!
Stand tall son......sooner or later the total absurdity of having open borders along with illegals streaming in...bankrupting hospitals and costing us billions we don't have becomes apparent to even the dimmest of all the bulbs. ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS NATIONAL SUICIDE.
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I guess we all react that way given certain circumstances (eg, a local crime story). The difference as I see it is that Latinos have been here legally for decades (in numbers). I know far too many of them personally, professionally and socially to see the potential negatives as my first reference. And, there are Judeo-Christian, Western-based values that we share. One cannot say the same for muslims.
As an aside, as of May 31, 2004 there have been 13 Puerto Rican killed in Iraq, not troops from NY or PA who have PR roots, 13 who were born and raised in PR then enlisted. That speaks volumes if you're listening.
where's CHARLES MARTEL when we need him ?
You don't have to tell me more than once.
Not quite accurate
Moors out of Spain 1492.
Turks out of Balkans 1913.
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