Immigration and the Muslim Question

Recently I've been reading a book by Mark Steyn called America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It. In this book, Steyn points out that America is really the last bastion against the ever growing Muslim population and ideology. In fact, one of the major points he makes is that the Muslim birthrate far exceeds that of continental Europe, so much so that the Muslims, if the trend continues, will be the majority segment of the population in most countries in Europe by the middle of this century.

On the flip side, Europeans are not reproducing. Hardly at all--Spain and France have a birth rate closer to one child per family, which means they are not producing at a replacement rate (closer to 2 births per family). On top of that, Europe is often labeled "progressive" for how government plays a VERY large role in every part of their lives, providing them everything yet (as in France) requiring very little of the populace. They want their 30 or so hour work weeks but their paid vacations and benefits too. Unemployment is in the DOUBLE digits over there, while Americans complain if it breaks FIVE percent.

But the Muslim question centers not only around demographics, but ideology. The Muslim religion, in most parts of the world, is the fast growing religion at the moment. The situation with Muslim immigrants, more so than any other group, is that when they enter a country, they create an enclave of their own society rather than assimilate into the surrounding culture. They import their way of life and export that to their new community--so much so that Steyn notes in the Netherlands (a very "progressive" and modern society), women--who are not Muslims--are seen wearing head coverings if they live or work near Muslim areas.

The reason I wanted to comment on this issue is that Steyn commented on the American church, and while he is not a theologian and I have no idea of his faith, he said this:

Most mainline Protestant churches are, to one degree or another, post-Christian. If they no longer seem disposed to converting the unbelieving to Christ, they can at least convert them to the boggiest of soft-left political cliches, on the grounds that if Jesus were alive today he'd most likely be a gay Anglican bishop in a committed relationship driving around in an environmentally friendly car with an "Arms Are for Hugging" sticker on the way to an interfaith dialogue with a Wiccan and a couple of Wahhabi imams.

Now, is the above statement a little over the top? Maybe, but it does illustrate how mainline churches have forsaken the Gospel and have abandoned their duty to preach it. As a result, and letting down its guard, the Church (as a whole) has fallen down in Europe and allowed the Muslim influence to overtake it to the point where it is impotent in Europe (though through God's grace there may be an awakening yet).

He also stated that while there are "moderate" Muslims, there is no moderate Islam. Be on your guard, Christian, for the day may come that this comes to your doorstep. Gird yourself up in the Word and stand fast in the faith.