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There are ten million people in Moscow. Do you know how many of them are Muslim? Two and a half million. Or about a quarter of the population. The ethnic Russians are older; the Muslims are younger. The ethnic Russians are already in net population decline; the Muslim population in the country has increased by 40% in the last 15 years. Seven out of ten Russian pregnancies (according to some surveys) are aborted; in some Muslim communities, the fertility rate is ten babies per woman. Russian men have record rates of heart disease, liver disease, drug addiction and Aids; Muslims are the only guys in the country who arent face down in the vodka.
Faced with these trends, most experts extrapolate: thus, its generally accepted that by mid-century the Russian Federation will be majority Muslim. But you dont really need to extrapolate when the futures already checking in at reception. The Toronto Star (which is Canadas biggest-selling newspaper and impeccably liberal) recently noted that by 2015 Muslims will make up a majority of Russias army. Mark Steyn ping
2 posted on
02/08/2007 6:30:59 PM PST by
Dajjal
(See my FR homepage for an essay about Ahmadinejad.)
To: Dajjal
Outstanding post. Outstanding Steyn. Thanks.
9 posted on
02/08/2007 6:57:49 PM PST by
PGalt
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