Saturday, September 12, 2026

Is Europe Facing a "Muslim Takeover"? The Data Says Otherwise | The Economist

Sep 12, 2026 | Panic about Islam in Europe is spreading. In several European countries around half the population believe that Islam is incompatible with Western values. But in reality, Muslims make up only a small percentage of Europe’s people, and their attitudes largely resemble their compatriots. Why, then, are so many Europeans against Islam?


That Islamism nonsense should be put to bed. There is Islam, and that’s it! I have said this time and time again, but I shall repeat myself. An Islamist is merely a devout, fundamentalist Muslim, determined to live according to the strictest tenets of his faith. But he is not an “Islamist”; he is a devout fundamentalist! I know something about this because I was one of the very first people ever to warn of the dangers of the growth of Islam in the West! I was warning of the dangers many years before 9/11! I even wrote a book about it, The Dawning of a New Dark Age. It was popular at the time. I don’t plug it anymore, because the publishers wrongfully do not pay me for any book sales. But the message in that book is absolutely spot on and prescient. — © Mark Alexander

Comment 2: The more I listen to this nonsense, the more convinced I am that these people really don't understand the nature of Islam at all! I hasten to add thhat I am in no way Islamophobic; however, having taught these people—all adults—over very many years, I came to understand their nature and core beliefs. I can assure you that the people talking in this video are totally and utterly CLUELESS! They speak authoritatively about a religion they know next to nothing about!

Yes, there are moderate Muslims. Of course there are. There are even nominal Muslims — people born into the faith, but are in no way convinced by it. However, if one of those Muslims, male or female, starts becoming religious—and many of them do once they have sown their wild oats—what is to stop that person becoming fanatical, devout, and fundamentalist? Islam breeds fanaticism by its very nature, in a way that Christianity does not. Do these people know that a Muslim, for instance, is supposed to love the Prophet Muhammad with all his heart, and with all his soul? In fact, the true Muslim is supposed to love the Prophet more than himself, more than his parents, more than his children, and more than all of mankind! If that doesn't breed fanaticism, I don't know what does! And that's just the start! So, I therefore feel justified in stating categorically that the people talking about Islam and Muslims in this video are talking from a position of ignorance. — © Mark Alexander