FOX News: The Islamification of Europe
Decline and Fall: Europe's Slow Motion Suicide, by Bruce S. Thornton It used to be said that when it came to worldviews, Americans were from Mars and Europeans were from Venus. But a new school of thought posits a different role for our continental counterparts. Europe, in this schema, is more like a dying star: a once-brilliant civilization whose best days lie behind it, that has lost the internal strength to endure, and that is headed toward oblivion. Bruce Thornton, a classics professor at California State University, is the latest to take up this thesis. In Decline and Fall, he makes the case that a number of factors—including unsustainable welfare states, dwindling birthrates, undiscriminating immigration laws, a society disconnected from the transcendent truths of Christianity, and a failure to confront the gathering threat of Islamic jihadism aggressively—are leading Europe to commit "slow-motion suicide." Government largesse may seem an unlikely source of civilizational decline, but Thornton shows that it is indeed cause for concern. A massive influx of immigrants from the Middle East, unassimilated into European society, contributes little to economic growth. Meanwhile, tax receipts, required to sustain social-welfare benefits, may dry up as Europe ages. As The Economist recently reported, the projected median age in Europe in 2050 will be 53, meaning that a large population of young workers will be necessary to support the older generation's exit from the <b>...</b>
islam muslim islamification islamization islamic radical terror terrorism khilafah Europe clash western civilization culture heritage Judeo Christian Christianity Kaliphat multiculturalism atheism atheist reletavism moral reletavist EU secular humanism Belgium België Belgique Belgien Brussels Bruxelles Brussel 1001 Phoenix
