Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Bernard Lewis: Muslims 'about to take over Europe'

(JPost) Islam could soon be the dominant force in a Europe which, in the name of political correctness, has abdicated the battle for cultural and religious control, Prof. Bernard Lewis, the world-renowned Middle Eastern and Islamic scholar, said on Sunday.

The Muslims "seem to be about to take over Europe," Lewis said at a special briefing with the editorial staff of The Jerusalem Post. Asked what this meant for the continent's Jews, he responded, "The outlook for the Jewish communities of Europe is dim." Soon, he warned, the only pertinent question regarding Europe's future would be, "Will it be an Islamized Europe or Europeanized Islam?" The growing sway of Islam in Europe was of particular concern given the rising support within the Islamic world for extremist and terrorist movements, said Lewis.

Lewis, whose numerous books include the recent What Went Wrong?: The Clash Between Islam and Modernity in the Middle East, and The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, would set no timetable for this drastic shift in Europe, instead focusing on the process, which he said would be assisted by "immigration and democracy." Instead of fighting the threat, he elaborated, Europeans had given up.

"Europeans are losing their own loyalties and their own self-confidence," he said. "They have no respect for their own culture." Europeans had "surrendered" on every issue with regard to Islam in a mood of "self-abasement," "political correctness" and "multi-culturalism," [...]

Crossposted at Eye On The World.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Muslim can not, and do not want to be assimilated. There is a very good article about it.

Anonymous said...

To the angry Frenchies at La Guillotine (linked to above), welcome. Good to have people who can give us Anglos the French perspective.

Pastorius said...

Yes, I agree.

Ronbo said...

pastorius:

Thanks for linking to this excellent article.

I used it as inspiration to do an article of my own with the same theme.

Hitler Comes To Power Today....In 1993

Cheers, Ronbo

Ronbo said...

OOPS!

..Correction...."1933"...Actually, Clinton came to power in 1993, but fortunately Hillary's coup was blocked by a GOP Congress.

Anonymous said...

Wow. I'm going to have to link this, your blog, La Guillotine...

So much work to do on the blogroll, so very worth doing. Thanks.

Ronbo said...

Wow. I'm going to have to link this, your blog, La Guillotine...

So much work to do on the blogroll, so very worth doing. Thanks.


mrsmith:

If your remark was directed at me, thanks very much for posting the link.

If it was directed at pastorius, thanks very much for posting the link.

You see we are both on the same fire team advancing against the Jihad.

While I advance, pastorius lays down a covering fire.

While pastorius advances I lay down a covering fire.

We of the Infidel Blogers Alliance do not take prisoners, unless its Unconditional Surrender (U.S.)

Pastorius said...

I like that, Ronbo.

And, by the way, I didn't put this up. Watcher did. He's another important member of the Army.