I finally got around to reading America Alone by Mark Steyn, one of my favorite commentators. Steyn has that rare combination of brilliance, humor and accessibility. A Canadian, Steyn continually reminds everyone of why America is great.
In America Alone, Steyn takes aim at Islamic fundamentalism, but from a unique vantage point. He focuses specifically on demographics, showing how declining birth rates of native populations in Europe are being overwhelmed by Muslim immigration and fertility. The result? Muslim populations in various Old World countries are growing at alarming rates. A problem? Only if you consider the failure (or unwillingness) of many Muslims to assimilate. Do the majority of Muslims in France, Great Britain or Holland identify with their adopted homeland? Steyn says no, and lays out considerable evidence for his conclusion. The result - now beginning to play out in these countries - is a bending of the cultural identity toward accommodation with the Muslim immigrants. In an effort not to upset their growing Muslim populations, the European nations are putting their collective heads in the sand, allowing radical imams and creeping Sharia law. (How ironic that the French who worried incessantly about the influence of American popular culture may find themselves facing a much more serious threat to their culture then "le Big Mac."
Steyn sees America as the final bulwark against an eventual Islamization of the civilized world. Let's hope he is right.
I agree. America Alone is an excellent book with a very sobering analysis on the future of Eurabia.
ReplyDeleteIt's ironic that Europeans fret over non-issues like global warming which even the doomsayers acknowledge won't impact us for centuries, while the Islamification of Europe, a time bomb set to go off in the next generation or two, goes largely ignored.