I've been looking out for articles about the actual figures underpinning the "Islam is taking over Europe" school of thought. How much data do we really have? Ralf Goergens, of Chicago Boyz, casts an eye over some of the statistics and concludes that the apocalyptic talk is "nothing but 'Anglospheric' wishful thinking." His colleague James Rummel disagrees. Tigerhawk adds a sensible comment:
The only observation I would make is that it is always dangerous to draw straight lines in matters of demography...
My sentiments exactly.
Read "Fewer" by Ben J Wattenberg. Get it At Amazon. Agree with it or not, the stats are eye-opening
Posted by: Bill P | Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 08:23 PM
France doesn't even allow race or religion statistics. However, it is widely known that 1 out of every 3 babies born in French today is Muslim and the most popular name for boys is Mohammed.
Posted by: John Sobieski | Wednesday, November 23, 2005 at 01:16 PM