More Yemeni Than Russians?


“The fragmentation of Islamic civilization. With birthrates in Muslim societies more than double the European average, Islamic countries are bound to put pressure on Europe and the U.S. in the years ahead. If, as is forecast, the population of Yemen will exceed that of Russia by 2050, there must be either dramatic improvements in the Middle East’s economic performance or substantial emigration from the Arab world to senescent Europe. Yet the subtle colonization of Europe’s cities by Muslims does not necessarily portend the advent of a new and menacing “Eurabia.” In fact, the Muslim world is as divided as it has ever been. This division is not merely between Sunni and Shiite. It is also between those seeking a peaceful modus vivendi with the West (embodied in Turkey’s desire to join the EU) and those drawn to the Islamic Bolshevism of the likes of Osama bin Laden. Opinion polls from Morocco to Pakistan suggest high levels of anti-American sentiment, but not unanimity. In Europe, only a minority expresses overt sympathy for terrorist organizations; most young Muslims in England clearly prefer assimilation to jihad. We are a long way from a bipolar clash of civilizations, much less the rise of a new caliphate that might pose a geopolitical threat to the U.S.

“In short, each of the obvious 21st-century hegemons — the U.S., Europe, China — seems to contain within it the seeds of decline; while Islam remains a diffuse force in world politics, lacking the resources of a superpower…”

Posted on Monday, June 21, 2004
http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/5777.html

H/T: http://pblosser.blogspot.com

Also of note: Analyst Predicts Muslim Majority in Russia Within 30 Years

If we can or will learn or observe anything from the Anglican Crisis (version 2007) it is that in the very near future, Christianity will become much more the domain of the Global South. As Russia shrinks and its citizenry is increasingly Islamic or secular, Christianity grows by leaps and bounds in Africa and Asia.

But while what may be the inevitable unfolds before us, now might be a good time for a general Western reassesment of the prevailing views on contraception and fertility. One more soul might really be what we all need to be open to recieving.

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2 Responses to “More Yemeni Than Russians?”

  1. Fr. J. Says:
    November 22, 2007 at 3:29 am

    Simple Sinner, thanks for a helpful post. There is an awful lot of thinking about the effects of a growing Islam on geopolitics that has not been done by Christians and Westerners in general. This is a crucial factor for understanding our collective future.

    I am not as certain that Islam is as divided as it is portrayed in the post, though. The Islam seeking a “modus vivendi” with the West exemplified by Turkey has to be a distinct and non representative minority. The Islam enraged by the US support of Israel and frustrated by a crushing poverty at odds with its presumption of superiority has to take in the great majorities of Muslims from Algeria to Egypt to Syria to Pakistan to Bangladesh to the Philippines and Indonesia. Their demographic growth can only become a growing political pressure over a democratized globe.

  2. A Simple Sinner Says:
    November 22, 2007 at 6:02 am

    Father J,

    I firmly agree. I am certain you noticed, but lest there be any confusion, the majority of the post was an attributed quote. The original article was of a decidedly secular bent.

    Perhaps by Providence, Chinese Christianity is expected to possibly grow to 20-30% of the general population in the next 20-30 years. Christianity in India is growing (slowly) as well (2.32% of the population by last Indian survey.)

    Bare in mind, even modest single-digit growth rates in nations of 1B+ is appreciable.

    As I have written before
    , The Catholic Church in the future is going to continue to increase in the number of souls wearing bodies in shades of black and brown… But it seems to make sense, lest we forget, Catholic does mean universal.
    Maybe when these folks come over to America to set up missions, they will have success in teaching the post-Christian moderns they find about the joy of larger families, and beauty of seeing a child become a priest or relgious.

    If I had the means to do so, I would set up a trust for the support of translating Catholic literature into Chinese, Hindi and Arabic. That’s 3B some people right there.

    Pray that day comes sooner than later.

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