WebsterMark wrote on 06/02/15 at 07:36:46:http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/01/15/5-facts-about-the-muslim-popu...This is not rocket science. If the population of European countries are declining due to low birth rates, when you consider the financial requirements of maintaining cradle to grave social entitlement programs, immigrants will come in to take available jobs. Many of those immigrants will be Muslims. The difference between Muslim immigrants as compared to others, Christian-based as you point out, is they don't assimilate into the culture. We are seeing this now in Canada. My company is home office is in Sweden and they are experiencing this.
Do politicians take advantage of this, of course they do, politicians take advantage of any situation. Look at the clowns in Baltimore and the way they have basically disarmed the police department over the past couple of months. The crime rates in inner-city Baltimore have skyrocketed. The mayor and other high-ranking city officials are insulated from crime but this helps to keep them in office. Politicians taking advantage of situations isn't new.
It's not pretty and it might be hard to swallow, but numbers simply don't lie. Changes are coming and I'm not sure there's anything that can be done to stem the tide. And if you don't believe this, simply look at the difference in the United States between 1960 and now with regards to Hispanic immigration. This is a vastly different country now compared to then. Whether you want to think that's good or bad is entirely up to you but you can't deny nations change when larger percentages of their population are immigrants who retain much of their former culture.
I clicked on the link, read the article, and grimaced... and here's why.
1. The article deals with "EU statistics"; why "EU" and not "European"? Europe also includes Norway, Switzerland and the entire Balkan Region which are not covered - yet these would give a much more complete picture.
2. The article uses shaded colors to show which Countries are more highly influenced by Islamic immigration, and only France and the Netherlands are shown as "high" (dark green) because of "over 6%"...
Whadayamean "over 6%" ? Why can't it be "over 5%" which is a LOT more obvious ?
Incidentally, if it were "over 5%", the darker shaded Countries would be not only France and the Netherlands, but also UK, Sweden and Belgium, with Spain and Sweden racing their way into the 5% Club.
3. The study deals with "Islamic immigration" regardless of ethnicity, which is extremely important.
Germany's 5.8% muslim population is essentially Turkish; the Turks are White, pro-western oriented and will integrate quite easily.
France's Algerian/Tunisian muslim population created islamic ghettos and demands to live according to their own customs and traditions...
The much secularized balkan Muslims were all but indescernible from Christians until the Balkan War(s) broke out and Bosnia became the prime investing area for Saudi Arabia.
The UK's islamic population comes from two world areas, Arabia (not so) Felix, (Saudis) who refuse integration altogether, and Pakistani/Bengalese, who are much more inclined towards integration (albeit not as much nor as successfully as the Hindus from India)
4. The article Leaves out history.
Unlike France, the Netherlands have a calm and easygoing relationship with their former colonies so that the majority of their islamic minority actually come from (relatively) placid Indonesia and Malaysia.
Bulgaria's 13.7% Muslim pupolation may seem like a Whole whopping lot, until one realizes the Ottomans had invaded Bulgaria in the late 15th Century (that's 500 years ago!)
Similar minorities are to be found everywhere in the Balkans - which the article placidly omits.
I conclude with Italy, which had a mere 0.1% islamic population (mostly Somalis and Eritreans) until the "boat people" affair started some 5 years ago, and in no more than 5 (five!) years we now have a good 3.7% population who are Muslims !
In conclusion, a lopsided affair... created to give the uninformed reader a wrong perspective.
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