Pope Francis wants Europe to welcome migrants. Here, from the Pew Forum, is the result by 2050 if his advice is followed:
Here are the fertility rates for religious groups in Austria:
And here is what Vienna would be in a generation, 30% Moslem:
This would be the pattern of most European cities. The Moslem population would also be younger than the general population, and would be the majority of the age group under 40 – the military age.
As I said in a previous blog, involvement in a religious community tends to reduce criminality among young men. But that depends on the religion. Here is an abstract (with my emphases) from a recent article:
Dirk Baier, “The Influence of Religiosity on Violent Behavior of Adolescents: A Comparison of Christian and Muslim Religiosity.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence 29, no. 1 (2014): 102-127.
Abstract:
“Different criminological theories assume that religiosity protects against violent behavior. Up to now, this assumption is tested empirically almost exclusively for the Christian religiosity. The study presented here questions whether such a relationship between religiosity and violent behavior could be found for Muslims, likewise. Using a German-wide representative school survey of 16,545 male students in the ninth grade, who belong either to a Christian or an Islamic denomination, it can be revealed that only for Christians a higher religiosity correlates with a lower rate of violent behavior. This influence of Christian religiosity can be explained by mainly control theory variables. For Muslims, there is no significant correlation between religiosity and violent behavior in a bivariate analysis. A multivariate analysis, however, reveals a suppression effect: Controlling for alcohol consumption, Muslim religiosity increases violent behavior. In addition, high religious Muslims agree more often to norms of masculinity and consume more often media violence, which are risk factors of violent behavior. Accordingly, it can be concluded that religiosity is not a violence-protecting factor in general; instead, a more differentiated view for separate religious groups is necessary.”
Yes, it depends on the religion. There are very few Methodist or Amish terrorists. Methodism is a church of older women, but the Amish have big families and many teenagers – and little crime.
You can’t make these things up:
A teacher in the secondary school Institute Menénez Tola has been denounced by the family of a Moslem student for talking about ham in class.
Un profesor de secundaria del Instituto Menénez Tolosa…ha sido denunciado por la familia de un alumno musulmán por hablar de jamón en clase. En concreto, el docente impartía clase de Geografía cuando, al hacer referencia a los distintos climas de España, comentó que el frío propio de Trévelez, en Granada, favorecía la curación del jamón.
Fuen ese momento cuando un alumno de origen musulmán consideró que el ejemplo era una ofensa para su credo. Tras la denuncia interpuesta por la familia del menor, la Policía se personó en el Instituto para interrogar al profesor.
The teacher was lecturing about climate and mentioned that the climate of a Spanish city favored the curing of hams.
A snotty Moslem kid (13 years old – what else) took offense at the word “ham,” raised his hand, told the teacher that he was not to use that word in class, the teacher told the snotty kid off, the kid then told his parents, the parents went to the police, the police went to the school and interrogated the teacher.
José Reyes Fernández, the teacher, was livid. He said the denunciation to the police was “ridiculous, intolerable, and grotesque,” and that the mother had resorted to “defamation, lies, and calumny.” She had attacked “his honor, his image, and his professional ethics.”
The local school officials supported the teacher, who still has a police complaint on his record.
Two points — one minor, one major – you decide which is which.
The Spanish may have abandoned Catholicism, but they are still devoted to ham. There are ham shops throughout Spain, I walked past a Museum of Ham in one city, and my wife tried the ham ice cream in Madrid.
The snotty Moslem kid may have known his complaint wouldn’t get far, but he put teachers on notice that they had better not say anything offensive to Moslems. How do teachers talk about Spanish history, the Reconquest, or terrorism?
As Christopher Caldwell details in his Reflections on the Revolution in Europe: Immigration, Islam, and the West, the elites in Europe have long tried to convince the voters that there is no danger from Moslem immigration. The voters are not convinced.
The Swiss run their country by referendum, to the horror of the elites, and the Swiss are not happy with Moslem immigration. In a surprise vote, 59% of the voters voted to forbid the construction of minarets in Switzerland, while polls had shown that 53% would reject this measure that had been proposed by “right-wing populists.”
When they are given the chance, European voters vote against welcoming to their countries unassimilated and increasingly radicalized Moslems – which is why the elites try to make sure they are not given the chance.
Le Figaro reports:
Les Suisses se sont prononcés par référendum en faveur de l’interdiction de la construction de minarets, selon les sondages sortie des urnes annoncées par la télévision suisse romande (TSR). Les commentateurs de la TSR ont qualifié ces premiers résultats de “grande surprise”. Une heure après la fermeture du scrutin à midi , la TSR estimait à 59% des voix la part des votants opposés à la construction des minarets.
Une majorité des 26 cantons helvétiques serait également favorable à l’initiative de la droite populiste, permettant la modification de l’article de la constitution sur la liberté religieuse pour interdire la construction de minarets. Les commentateurs de la TSR ont qualifié ce résultat de “grande surprise” car il contredit les sondages qui prédisaient durant la campagne un rejet à 53% de la proposition de la droite populiste.
La droite populiste helvétique a donc convaincu les Suisses en accusant les minarets d’être le “symbole apparent d’une revendication politico-religieuse du pouvoir, qui remet en cause les droits fondamentaux”.
German police tore down an Israeli flag because it offended Moslem protestors. When will Germans start arresting Jews and ah, “disposing” of them so that Moslems won’t tear Germany apart? Der Spiegel reports:
Police in the western German city of Duisburg have admitted they removed flags a student had hung in his apartment in support of Israel during a pro-Palestinian protest march in the city. Officers broke down his door and removed the flags. The city’s police chief has issued an apology, but outrage is spreading.
A student had hung Israel flags in his apartment window. He was outside watching the anti-Israeli demonstration.
“Suddenly,” the student explained, “I saw a police officer on the balcony on the second floor” in the apartment located directly beneath his. The officer ripped down the Israeli flag that had been affixed to P.’s balcony. A short time later he witnessed an officer inside his own apartment taking down the flag that had been hung in the bedroom.
To see the Moslem youths applauding the police tearing down the Israeli flag see YouTube.
The police defended their action:
Initially, Duisburg police defended their actions. In its Monday issue, the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper quoted a police spokesperson stating that the flags had been removed in order to de-escalate a potentially dangerous situation. German news agency DDP quoted the spokesperson on Tuesday saying “the right thing had been done here.”
And the student is afraid to use his apartment, because the police destroyed the door.
On Tuesday, Peter P. said he had obtained the services of a lawyer. He still hasn’t been told who will be held responsible for paying for the door broken down by police.
A small rehearsal for a future Kristallnacht? Italian socialists want to identify all Jewish-owned shops so people can boycott them. The Germans perhaps can supply old Stars of David from war surplus.
No new churches are being built in Europe, and many are being secularized, as Deutsche Welle points out. The Elias Church, in Berlin
is now a children’s museum.
But Moslems go to mosque, and they are claiming their place in the cityscape. Here is the new mosque for Cologne: The exterior is by a German architect and will be modern
but the interior, the clients insist, will be by a Turkish firm that specializes in Islamic kitsch.
The Germans are not happy about it, but they are neither having children nor going to church, so all they can do is complain.