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diluting the purity of the european volk

Daniel Drezner notes a remarkable chart from the federal government's National Intelligence Council. The chart compares the projected growth of two populations in Europe over the next couple of decades, suggesting that the population of Muslims may grow significantly there -- increasing the ratio of that population against the number of "ethnic Europeans."

It's a little surprising, at first, to see government analysts discussing the way that a religious community threatens to dilute the ethnic purity of Europeans. But once you get past that hurdle, you have to concede the seriousness of the problem. Europeans will surely have a tough time dealing with this.

If only there were a precedent for attempting to render the European continent free from the contaminating presence of a particular religious community...

posted by Chris Bray @ 9:12 PM