Canadian journalist Doug Saunders’ new book, The Myth of the Muslim Tide (Knopf), promises and delivers an impartial examination of the notion that Muslim immigration urgently threatens Western civilization. Balanced as it is, though, it reads mostly as a thorough, fact-dense and convincing debunking of that notion. For those inclined to be reassured, it does so very efficiently.
The theory, which has sold millions of books and is appreciated by at least one admitted mass-murderer, holds that Muslims are fundamentally different than previous immigrants. Their religion is politically evangelical — it demands the installation of Islamic law — and is their primary source of loyalty. It is inexorably linked to extremism. And high Muslim birth rates, along with non-Muslims’ low ones, will soon effectively put them in charge. It is by no means a fringe philosophy, unless you consider people like Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Mark Steyn or Geert Wilders irrelevant, which you really shouldn’t.
Mr. Saunders’ most basic argument is, simply, that there is no Muslim Tide. Population projections from the Pew Research Center suggest the Muslim population of the European Union might expand from 4.5% in 2010 to 7.1% in 2030. In the United States, the figure might be 1.7%; in Canada, 6.6%. In France, Germany and elsewhere, studies show that the birth rate among Muslims plummets toward the national norm beginning in the second generation. Those numbers just aren’t big enough to worry about. Individual extremists can wreak plenty of havoc, of course, but aren’t an existential threat. Full story...
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The theory, which has sold millions of books and is appreciated by at least one admitted mass-murderer, holds that Muslims are fundamentally different than previous immigrants. Their religion is politically evangelical — it demands the installation of Islamic law — and is their primary source of loyalty. It is inexorably linked to extremism. And high Muslim birth rates, along with non-Muslims’ low ones, will soon effectively put them in charge. It is by no means a fringe philosophy, unless you consider people like Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Mark Steyn or Geert Wilders irrelevant, which you really shouldn’t.
Mr. Saunders’ most basic argument is, simply, that there is no Muslim Tide. Population projections from the Pew Research Center suggest the Muslim population of the European Union might expand from 4.5% in 2010 to 7.1% in 2030. In the United States, the figure might be 1.7%; in Canada, 6.6%. In France, Germany and elsewhere, studies show that the birth rate among Muslims plummets toward the national norm beginning in the second generation. Those numbers just aren’t big enough to worry about. Individual extremists can wreak plenty of havoc, of course, but aren’t an existential threat. Full story...
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