What's in a Name?

Bob Dylan's song – “The times they are a-changin’” is nowhere more actual than in today's Europe.

In 2006, the London Telegraph published this article: “Mohammed overtakes George in list of most popular names”. The famous British say “By George” is changing rapidly to “Ya’ Muhammad”.

The Telegraph went on to say that “Mohammed, and its most common alternative spelling Muhammad, are now more popular babies' names in England and Wales than George, reflecting the diverse ethnic mix of the population.” However, Muhammad (in its multitude of spellings) was only the 22^nd in the list of most popular boys' names. Names such as Jack, Thomas and Joshua still prevailed.

Fast forward to 2007, the BBC and the London Times proclaim: “Muhammad is No 2 in boy's names”. The Times: “Muhammad is now second only to Jack as the most popular name for baby boys in Britain and is likely to rise to No 1 by next year. The name, if all 14 different spellings are included, was shared by 5,991 newborn boys last year, beating Thomas into third place, followed by Joshua and Oliver.”

Europe, the way we know it, is about to disappear and that is a mathematical fact. Even the intellectually dishonest BBC is saying that: “Islam is widely considered Europe's fastest growing religion, with immigration and above average birth rates leading to a rapid increase in the Muslim population.”

The cold facts: it is estimated that in 30 years, there will be close to 65 Million Muslims in Europe, not including Turkey. (equal to France’s population today!). If the present trends of population continue (European negative population growth, coupled with high Muslim birth rates and out of control immigration), by the end of the century, Muslims will be majority in Europe. There is no arguing with this!

Selfish Europeans are dying out and as Christianity falters, Islam is robust, assertive, and ambitious. As Europeans under-reproduce at advanced ages, Muslims do so in large numbers while young. “When that happens, grand cathedrals will appear as vestiges of a prior civilization — at least until a Saudi style regime transforms them into mosques or a Taliban-like regime blows them up. The great national cultures — Italian, French, English, and others — will likely wither, replaced by a new transnational Muslim identity that merges North African, Turkish, subcontinental, and other elements.” (Daniel Pipes).

This prediction is hardly new. In 1968, the British politician Enoch Powell gave his famed "rivers of blood" speech in which he warned that in allowing excessive immigration, the United Kingdom was "heaping up its own funeral pyre."

“Europe has simultaneously reached unprecedented heights of prosperity and peacefulness and shown a unique inability to sustain itself. Is it inevitable that the most brilliantly successful society also will be the first in danger of collapse due to a lack of cultural confidence and offspring? Ironically, creating a hugely desirable place to live would seem also to be a recipe for suicide.” (demographer Wolfgang Lutz)

As most of Europe joins in recognizing the newest Muslim majority state - Kosovo, people from Scandinavia to the Balkans fail to see that they are gradually but surely digging their own cultural grave.

Bye, bye Europe…..