A fifth of European Union will be Muslim by 2050

Turbeaux said:

Regarding those Muslims that fit Turbeaux’s statement, how can you tell them apart from the other Muslims? Do they have like explosives visibly strapped onto their bodies? Or do they run around shouting, “Allahu Ackbar, kill the infidels?” Obviously, there must be some sort of tell tale sign you are cueing in on, because as we all know all radical extremist Muslims always advertise conspicuously that they are radical and extremists.

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The same way you can tell radical Christians apart from normal people...

Laila said:

A fifth of European Union will be Muslim by 2005 - Telegraph


It would also help if White people had more children :doh

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Not just white people, but college educated people in general. College educated couples are typically having 1-2 children, while non-college educated couples frequently have 4+, and with multiple partners.

Not only is it changing the culture of many countries, it's changing the politics drastically as well.

Erod said:

Not just white people, but college educated people in general. College educated couples are typically having 1-2 children, while non-college educated couples frequently have 4+, and with multiple partners.

Not only is it changing the culture of many countries, it's changing the politics drastically as well.

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That too.

All the educated people i know are having no or 1 child in comparison to all the not so educated parents

Doesn't sound good for the future tbh

Laila said:

A fifth of European Union will be Muslim by 2005 - Telegraph

Bloody hell if true ...
Good time to review immigration laws? I think so
It would also help if White people had more children :doh

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I think the demographics of the West in general are going to shift more towards people of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and East Asian descent in the future, because they have the most needy populations who are willing to emigrate for work, whereas our labor sectors will need those able hands in due time.

Our birth rates are down because our type of civilization stresses the natural order. People don't want to have kids because it is so much work just to make a stable living, or they already have a lot of money and don't want kids to ruin their fabulous life.

Say hello to the consequences of our own creation.

1st off, I doubt it.
2nd off, I don't care.

I think the more probable thing is that they turn atheist.

Orius said:

I think the demographics of the West in general are going to shift more towards people of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and East Asian descent in the future, because they have the most needy populations who are willing to emigrate for work, whereas our labor sectors will need those able hands in due time.

Our birth rates are down because our type of civilization stresses the natural order. People don't want to have kids because it is so much work just to make a stable living, or they already have a lot of money and don't want kids to ruin their fabulous life.

Say hello to the consequences of our own creation.

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I disagree.

The reason that birth rates are down is because of freeing of women. Women have found out, that they do not need a man to be successful and their whole reason for existence is not to be the man's birthing machine.

You can see a direct link between women's suffrage, access to education and healthcare and falling birth rates in basically any society. Of course economic issues have a barring also, but that is more a consequence of women's suffrage, access to education for women and so on.

Take Spain since the evidence here is striking. During the right wing fascist dictatorship of Franco, the law of the day was very conservative and very pro Catholic Church. There was no access to abortion or contraception, women were discouraged from attending higher education and even basic schooling and the expectation of society for women was to have babies and as many as possible. Hell for a time way up into the 1970s it was "bad" for women to have pants on. Healthcare for women was poor and as was diets. This in turn meant in turn the classic Spanish woman being small in height and often wide. Why? because boys were more desirable and were seen as the "money" earners even at a young age, and hence were given better and more food. This in turn meant girls got less and their natural growth was hampered. On top of that, girls started giving birth at a young age which dont help in the growth area (well expect for the boobies of course).

Now fast forward to the 1980s and democracy in Spain. Since then, the number of girls attending school has gone up and the number of girls attending higher education has sky-rocketed. Like in other more "modern" European countries, girls are now a majority of certain traditionally male dominated fields at university.. doctors and lawyers for example. Because of this, girls are not getting married at an early age like under Franco and do not see their sole role in life to be married and make babies. This means women in Spain wait later and later to get babies, which in turn means they only get one or 2 instead of 5 to 9 as under Franco. This means the birth rate goes down.

At the same time overall health of the nation has increased as the wealth has increased and guess what... the height of the typical Spanish woman has shot up dramatically. It is always funny to in a morbid way, to see a typical Spanish family from the non cities. Grandmother, is 5 feet if that, mother is a bit higher and then comes the grandchildren touching if not over 6 feet. All this in 3 generations.

Now this pattern has been repeated in every modern society over time. Birth rates in the rest of Europe have fallen in tact with more and more women joining the work force. The same has happened in the US. I would bet that the average age for a girl marrying in the 1800s in the US was around 15 to 17 and with in a year having a child.

And if we look at the Muslim population, the same thing is happening there.. although slowly. The Turks or other Muslims that arrived in Europe in the 1960s came from traditional families and brought their traditions with them. This meant girls were second rank citizens and expected to marry at a very very young age. By the time a girl was 18 she was basically expected to have at least one child if not more and of course be married.

Now the second and 3rd generation Muslims in Europe.. they do not follow that traditional form in the same way. They resist the forced marriages for one in a rising number, and that often costs their lives. And yes their birth rate is high compared to other Europeans, but considering the same trend as I mentioned above is slowly happening. Girls are against the wishes often of the traditionalist fathers being educated in basic schooling and even in higher education which was unheard off back home. Many of the women who came up during the 1960s are illiterate for example. But these changes in turn pushes Muslim womens weddings further out in the future relative speaking. So instead of getting married at 15, they now get married at 18+. This also means that they get children later and often far fewer than their own parents.

But to be brutally frank.. I would rather have a lower birth rate than go back to the "good old days" where women were a trade good.

Ikari said:

1st off, I doubt it.
2nd off, I don't care.

I think the more probable thing is that they turn atheist.

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What he said.

Religion has been decling in the UK especially since the 60's. Church attendances are down, attitudes towards religion are gradually becoming more apathetic and the role of religion in the community has fallen dramatically. The same applies for the Muslims and the mosque. I dont think it's taking over, I just think globalisation is spreading them around a more vast area.

illegals can vote?

Turbeaux said:

Regarding those Muslims that fit Turbeaux’s statement, how can you tell them apart from the other Muslims? Do they have like explosives visibly strapped onto their bodies? Or do they run around shouting, “Allahu Ackbar, kill the infidels?” Obviously, there must be some sort of tell tale sign you are cueing in on, because as we all know all radical extremist Muslims always advertise conspicuously that they are radical and extremists.

Nevertheless, I thought the rest of your post was really outstanding! Thanks!:mrgreen:

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For various reasons I have quite a high profile in the area.
I have a large number of friends within the Muslim community in that area.

I was a member of the Labour Party, I was very vocal in my support for my friend the sitting MP in his anti Iraq war stance.

The area I live in is about 10% of the constituency.

I supported the female Muslim Lawyer who won the candidacy to replace my friend when he retires at the next election.

I therefore have a constant dialogue with moderate Muslims who are very open with their views on the radicals.

The biggest threat to the community is drugs,also the hatred that surfaces between the Indian Muslims and the Pakistani Muslims, that is a good source of information.