A few words about the silent Islamic conquest of Europe, and the possibility we will witness dramatic changes in Europe, including the collapse of democratic regimes in favor of an Islamic Caliphate.
Islam is not just a religion. Islam is political. After the death of the Prophet Muhammad in 632 CE, the first caliphs launched extensive military conquests. Within less than a century, Muslims had conquered vast territories across the Middle East, Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, parts of North Africa, and Europe, reaching as far as Spain and France.
The conquests included jizya taxes imposed on non-Muslims, the destruction and conversion of churches into mosques, and deep military entrenchment. Jews and Christians became Ahl al-Dhimma, minorities living under humiliating conditions.
In 711, Berber Muslims crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and conquered Spain. Within a few years, the Islamic emirate of Al-Andalus was established. The momentum of Islamic expansion ended at the Battle of Tours (Poitiers) in 732 in what is now France. Frankish forces halted the Muslim advance, marking a turning point in Islamic expansion in Europe. The Muslims were pushed back to the Pyrenees, the mountain range separating France and Spain. Eventually, they were also expelled from there, although they continued to rule the Iberian Peninsula (modern-day Spain and Portugal) until the end of the 15th century.
The Islamic conquest of Europe lasted for centuries. The Ottoman Empire also sought to expand Islamic control, conquering the Balkans, Bulgaria, Hungary, and in 1683, they were finally stopped at the gates of Vienna, the capital of Austria. After World War I, the Ottoman Empire collapsed, and independent nation-states were established one after another. Yet European governments, particularly France and Britain, opened their gates and, through their own actions, have led and continue to lead to a de facto Islamic conquest of Europe from within.
Starting in the 18th century, European colonialism took over vast territories in Africa and Asia. Since the second half of the 20th century, and with the independence of European colonies, most European countries granted citizens of their former colonies the right to immigrate to the “motherland.” This led to mass immigration from African and Asian countries into Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Sweden.
In recent decades, immigration has also come from asylum seekers, refugees from Syria and Afghanistan, and economic migrants from Africa seeking a better future. Governments believed that the immigrants would assimilate into local society, but in reality, for many, the opposite occurred. Many immigrants feel a deep hostility toward and contempt for the local culture. They exploit the generous social benefits, the strong economies, and all the advantages democratic societies have to offer, while working to conquer Europe religiously and culturally, even from within the political institutions of their host countries.
Calls for an Islamic caliphate in the continent
We are seeing increasing calls from Islamic fundamentalists to establish an Islamic caliphate in Europe - a religious and political entity intended to govern and defend the Muslim ummah both spiritually and materially. Alongside the rise of radical Islam, the birthrate among Muslims is significantly higher than that of the native populations.
Opposing this is not Islamophobia. Religious fundamentalism opposes cultural and social pluralism and secular Western lifestyles. It exploits the concept of nationalism for its own ends, presenting religious nationalism as a replacement for secular nationalism.
Some groups aim to take control of the political centers of power in order to transform institutions, laws, and societies to create a new religious-political order. Fundamentalism seeks isolation from external influences and draws stark boundaries between “those who belong” and “those who don’t,” between the “good us” and the “bad others.”
The open borders of Christian Europe, which welcome Muslim immigrants from the Middle East, Africa, and Asia, are driving an ethnic, religious, and cultural transformation, which is a de facto Islamic conquest of Europe without the need for war or bloodshed.
The incitement inside mosques and local Islamic cultural centers provides fertile ground for terrorist activity and indoctrination against local Christians, Jews, and all non-Muslims. Therefore, it is not unthinkable that in just a few decades we will witness dramatic changes in Europe, including the collapse of democratic regimes in favor of an Islamic caliphate.
When they say they will globalize the Intifada - believe them.