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I didn't believe it until...
Reader comment on item: Muslim Europe
Submitted by Dan (United Kingdom), Jan 27, 2006 at 20:19
...a recent trip to Europe confirmed it. I am from a small fishing town in south-west England. There are not many asians here, nor many ethnic minorities for that matter. But when I arrived in Brussels I was despaired to find it more like Baghdad. There were asians everywhere, along with arabic shops, halal meat stores, arabic bars and everything else that wasn't in any way related to Belgium or Europe.Depressing as it is I agree that within a few generations Islam will dominate Europe as the largest religion.
Just think of all that wonderful, rich, beautiful culture that's going to be lost forever.
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| Population changes are coming [129 words] | steven | May 21, 2012 22:01 | 195741 | ||
| 6 | Case study India [112 words] | Hitesh | Dec 19, 2010 03:10 | 181113 | |
 islam [129 words] | jon | Jan 28, 2013 09:12 | 181113 | ||
| 2 | Why? [88 words] | Luis | Jul 13, 2010 00:04 | 175484 | |
| Well Said [5 words] | True | Jul 22, 2010 13:11 | 175484 | ||
| 2 | And the effects of the years of the 35 hour week in France show the cause of low birth rates is long work hours and cut benefits - not religious fervour or the lack of it [130 words] | Duncan McFarlane | Jun 7, 2010 17:16 | 174000 | |
| 3 | Immigrants don't outbreed or convert the host society to their religion by force - whether Irish catholics or Pakistani Muslims [228 words] | Duncan McFarlane | Jun 7, 2010 16:38 | 173998 | |
| europeans wake up now or sleep forever [294 words] | marin | Mar 17, 2010 11:28 | 170286 | ||
| 1 | Unexpected Consequences of Islamic Europe [438 words] | Alfred London | Mar 8, 2010 12:56 | 169850 | |
| 2 | lessons from india [184 words] | unmesh shukla | Dec 25, 2009 11:25 | 166266 | |
| 7 | Taqqia [201 words] | Michael | Oct 27, 2010 09:12 | 166266 | |
| Islamization - Gods' punishment for Holocaust [29 words] | Peter Canada | Oct 19, 2008 23:09 | 140488 | ||
| Respose to Islamization [67 words] | Hertha V | Oct 25, 2010 18:54 | 140488 | ||
| My opinion [120 words] | Michael | Oct 28, 2010 04:44 | 140488 | ||
| 1 | A Muslim Europe? [91 words] | Mitt Karbit | Sep 16, 2008 21:12 | 138700 | |
| never underestimate [207 words] | the croatian | Sep 26, 2008 14:28 | 138700 | ||
| 1 | All we need is a spark [539 words] | steve | Sep 4, 2008 02:03 | 137902 | |
| hoo well, europe goes to hell :D [44 words] | muhi | Dec 23, 2008 06:57 | 137902 | ||
| Revival of Europe [122 words] | Nikolas | Jul 20, 2010 19:31 | 137902 | ||
| 4 | Buried by political correctness [128 words] | Etienne | Jun 9, 2008 19:54 | 131601 | |
| The painful end of Europe [254 words] | LZ | Feb 19, 2009 07:56 | 131601 | ||
| Very interesting [43 words] | Ravi | Jun 5, 2008 16:26 | 131218 | ||
| West will decline [200 words] | A dude | Jun 1, 2008 14:03 | 130794 | ||
| re: West will decline [448 words] | sean | Jun 5, 2008 01:24 | 130794 | ||
| 1 | Response to west will decline [263 words] | Fara | Jul 12, 2008 20:46 | 130794 | |
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| 1 | Islamic Europe inevitable [50 words] | resigned realist | Apr 16, 2008 17:12 | 125861 | |
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| Religion is a by-product of a lack of education - EPIC FAIL [160 words] | Mike | Mar 27, 2008 01:41 | 120326 | ||
| Against the all odds [181 words] | LNPBR_limp | Dec 3, 2007 12:02 | 115623 | ||
| conversion [13 words] | amit | Dec 10, 2007 11:35 | 115623 | ||
| 2 | muslims deprived in India ( kashmir region ) -- really? [101 words] | An Indian | Jun 5, 2008 16:17 | 115623 | |
| Untrue [25 words] | Number 11 | Jun 9, 2008 19:47 | 115623 | ||
| Obviously.. [366 words] | Foha | Jul 22, 2010 13:36 | 115623 | ||
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| A foretaste [11 words] | Mike | Jul 20, 2007 22:45 | 104180 | ||
| 1 | US UK to blame [209 words] | steve bakmore | Jun 19, 2007 13:30 | 99507 | |
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| The Eu/Arab dialogue is why! [377 words] | Veronica | Jun 22, 2007 15:44 | 95790 | ||
| this isn't something new [98 words] | pstyx | Jan 7, 2007 13:58 | 71981 | ||
| Muslim Europe [145 words] | Krishna R. Kumar | Nov 22, 2006 09:03 | 66955 | ||
| the salvation of europe [101 words] | michaelc | Nov 16, 2006 15:19 | 66341 | ||
| 2 | Italy is fighting against Islam! [140 words] | Liam Millan | Feb 6, 2007 04:33 | 66341 | |
| Re: Muslim Europe [158 words] | Octavio Johanson | Nov 16, 2006 04:15 | 66289 | ||
| Potential [205 words] | James Jones | Aug 27, 2007 00:47 | 66289 | ||
| To your thoughts i reply [107 words] | Lz | Feb 19, 2009 07:31 | 66289 | ||
| Peak oil will solve the problem [26 words] | David | Sep 15, 2006 19:04 | 56089 | ||
| REPLY Daniel Pipes [78 words] | DANY | Sep 14, 2006 15:26 | 55951 | ||
| ...I'm all for building bridges [325 words] | Right of Center Filipino | Nov 16, 2006 00:23 | 55951 | ||
| Building bridges? [429 words] | Scott | Dec 17, 2006 08:36 | 55951 | ||
| What are you like? [389 words] | Malachy | Jan 18, 2007 14:04 | 55951 | ||
| compromise leds to defeat [88 words] | Phil Greend | May 13, 2007 20:32 | 55951 | ||
| distorted figures. [276 words] | Veronica | Jun 22, 2007 16:07 | 55951 | ||
| Distorted Ideas [682 words] | Malachy | Jun 23, 2007 10:56 | 55951 | ||
| to apppease what next, Paris or London? [872 words] | Veronica | Jun 24, 2007 11:19 | 55951 | ||
| Do you really think that europe has been that generous to muslims? [164 words] | freddy shark | Sep 22, 2007 12:41 | 55951 | ||
| 1 | read the Koran---here is a very short list [1861 words] | Don | Jul 11, 2008 05:17 | 55951 | |
| Christians,Muslims,Buddhists,Hindus= 4 wheels of a Car [102 words] | Adnan zia | Sep 17, 2008 15:57 | 55951 | ||
| How Europe and the Americas do the world a disservice with liberal immigration laws [180 words] | Reuben Horne | Sep 3, 2006 19:50 | 54802 | ||
| 1 | imperialism causes migration [22 words] | fike2308 | Jun 5, 2010 10:03 | 54802 | |
| It is by chance [133 words] | Kaaf adam | Jul 14, 2006 19:19 | 49687 | ||
| Not True [185 words] | A Re-Convert | Nov 14, 2006 15:52 | 49687 | ||
| European happy to be outside of europe! [47 words] | Swede without a home | Jun 2, 2006 15:26 | 46938 | ||
| Not so bad [146 words] | Miriam | May 22, 2006 00:53 | 46111 | ||
| its not the Muslims fault [33 words] | donvan | Dec 25, 2006 07:35 | 46111 | ||
| 1 | Opinion from Moscow [264 words] | Daria | Mar 28, 2006 16:26 | 41677 | |
| United States not much better [257 words] | Brad | Aug 8, 2006 13:39 | 41677 | ||
| 1 | Russia is multireligious country [73 words] | Konstantin | Jun 17, 2007 21:19 | 41677 | |
| Europe invited Muslim Immigrants to construct Europe .Not your Love?? [75 words] | Adnan zia | Sep 17, 2008 14:39 | 41677 | ||
| It's all true [644 words] | Elaine Lennon | Feb 26, 2006 08:33 | 38070 | ||
| EU deal with Arabs in 1973 [658 words] | Guy Leven-Torres | Mar 1, 2007 14:06 | 38070 | ||
| Lets get it Over with [78 words] | British Patriot | Nov 28, 2007 19:06 | 38070 | ||
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| Hey Dan [36 words] | Ali Habibi | Feb 5, 2006 19:12 | 32860 | ||
| Beware Europeans [31 words] | Hanif malaysia | Jun 6, 2007 20:12 | 32860 | ||
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| The Roots of Discontent [164 words] | C.B. Ko | Nov 13, 2005 03:41 | 28304 | ||
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| Too true! [30 words] | Ossy | Mar 23, 2006 05:05 | 27538 | ||
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| Mohamad & Islam [136 words] | Charles Meckna | Dec 25, 2006 23:28 | 15326 | ||
| False claims [76 words] | A Gill | May 24, 2004 05:27 | 15323 | ||
| Paranoia [87 words] | David Cohen | May 24, 2004 05:19 | 15322 | ||
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