Erosion of Democracy in Europe - Looming Shift Toward Islamic Influence
As of April 2025, a troubling pattern has emerged across Europe and beyond, casting a shadow over the principles of democratic governance. The suppression of political opposition, exemplified by recent events involving figures like Marine Le Pen in France and the ongoing efforts to ban Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party, suggests that democracy—once a cornerstone of European identity—may be in its final throes. Coupled with demographic shifts and the rising influence of Islamic ideology, there is a growing concern that the continent is on the brink of profound transformation...
.. Germany’s attempts to outlaw the AfD, a right-wing party gaining traction, are ongoing, with the country’s Constitutional Court deliberating the case amid accusations of censorship...
Despite significant efforts, the failure to ban Donald Trump in the United States is a rare exception, suggesting that democratic resilience may persist in some areas...
Alongside this political erosion, Europe is experiencing a demographic transformation that some analysts attribute to a possible rise in Islamic influence. Migration patterns, particularly since the 2015 refugee crisis, have significantly altered the religious and cultural landscape. According to a report by the Gatestone Institute (2024), the Muslim population in Europe is projected to reach 15-20% by 2030, driven by both immigration and higher birth rates within Muslim communities...
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Five Strikes, You're Out, by Mark Steyn, 11 April 2025:
... From the Reinickendorf district of Berlin:
Who takes a baseball bat to a bakery? Well, as usual, the local media coverage is minimal and designed to obfuscate. The 38-year-old deceased had apparently been living in a homeless shelter and was a regular of the baker's who believed him to be Romanian. He entered the shop on the Residenzstraße bearing the increasingly popular Euro-accessory of a machete, and commenced attacking a quintet of roofers aged from early twenties to late fifties who had just procured their rolls and coffees. The customers fought back with chairs, and, when their attacker fled, took off in hot pursuit. They caught up with him outside a nearby school, got him to the ground, and clubbed him to death. All five were arrested at the scene...
... it is asking a lot to expect any people, even in a flailing low-trust society, just to offer themselves up to the day's stabbing. So there is a certain powerful symbolism to the thwarted stabber's bloody end...
Across Western Europe, we are watching great nations die before our eyes...
War By Other Means: Demographics
‘Reverts’? The BBC is spouting Islamist talking points, Spiked, 8 April 2025.
