In
1906 orientalist Franz Cumont speculated on the future of Europe based upon his
knowledge of the Roman Empire. At
the time his speculations must have seemed absurd:
Let us suppose that in modern Europe the
faithful had deserted the Christian churches to worship Allah or Brahma; let us
imagine a great confusion of all the races of the world in which Arabian
mullahs, Chinese scholars, Japanese bonzes, Tibetan lamas and Hindu pundits
would be preaching fatalism and predestination, ancestor-worship and devotion
to a deified sovereign, pessimism and deliverance through annihilation - a
confusion in which all those priests would erect temples of exotic architecture
in our cities and celebrate their disparate rites therein. Such a dream, which the future may
perhaps realize, would offer a pretty accurate picture of the religious chaos
in which the ancient world was struggling before the reign of Constantine.
Comedian
John Cleese has declared, “London is no longer English city.” This fundamental transformation
is being fueled by immigration, low birth rates among the native populations
and high birth rates by immigrants.
John Derbyshire declared, “If you go to a big hospital in a British
city, the geriatric ward is full of old white English people; the ob-gyn ward
is wall to wall burkas and headscarves. The country's gone; there are just a
few years left. It's a tragedy, the death of a nation … by suicide.”
This
transformation would not be a significant problem if the immigrants assimilated
with the host country. Prior waves
of immigrants were grateful to be accepted by the hoist country and for the
most part attempted to blend in.
Mark Steyn in his America Alone
gives an example of Nada Farooq who he claims “is typical of a significant
minority of young Muslims: raised in the West by ‘moderate Muslim’ parents, she
is, unlike them, ferociously Muslim, Islamist, jihadist.” It appears that the offspring of many
immigrants are being radicalized.
Claire Berlinski has claimed that “so many immigrants view assimilation
as something literally worse than death.”
She also points out, “Islam’s vitality is such that it is now the
fastest-growing religion among native Britons.”
Steyn
quotes a Times of London commissioned poll of British Muslims conducted on the
anniversary of the July 7, 2005, Tube bombings. The poll found, “13 percent think that the four men who
carried out the bombings should be regarded as ‘martyrs.’” Steyn states, “If 7 percent think
suicide attacks on civilians are justified, that’s 70,000 potential supporters
in Britain’s capital city.” It is now punishable to criticize
Islam. This politically correct
attitude is codified in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of
Indigenous Peoples. It was adopted
by General Assembly in Resolution 61/295 on 13 September 2007. The declaration claims:
Indigenous
peoples are equal to all other peoples, while recognizing the right of all
peoples to be different, to consider themselves different, and to be respected
as such.
All
peoples contribute to the diversity and richness of civilizations and cultures,
which constitute the common heritage of humankind.
All
doctrines, policies and practices based on or advocating superiority of peoples
or individuals on the basis of national origin or racial, religious, ethnic or
cultural differences are racist, scientifically false, legally invalid, morally
condemnable and socially unjust.
At
the risk of sounding like a Nazi, this is utter nonsense. It is not believed by even the dimmest
Somali. People are fleeing places
like Mogadishu for Malmo, Sweden and not vice versa. Haitians bypass the socialist paradise of Cuba on their way
to Miami.
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