Once we get over our annoyance at [the Italian minister's] words, however, we must admit that they evoke a real problem. In fact, if the drop in the birth rate that has been a feature of Italy for years now continues, and which therefore necessitates the consequent recourse to emigration, the native Italians, let's call them that, are in real danger of disappearing or, in not too long a time, of becoming a minority in their own country. And that's fine: nothing wrong with that, we might even say. Nothing wrong that Italian is no longer spoken, that Dante or the Risorgimento are no longer taught at school. After all, throughout history our country has seen many waves of migration, not for the first time. And the results of these mixes have also been good, if not excellent.

But there is a problem that one prefers not to talk about, there is an argument that one would almost say is forbidden: with the exception of the Arab parenthesis in Sicily, exhausted and absorbed in the course of a couple of centuries before the year 1000, the invasions of the past have always been by Christian peoples. Even the first invaders - those we still call the barbarians - readily converted soon.

The current waves of immigration, on the other hand, are 90% Islamic. I have nothing against a religion as ancient and worthy of all respect as Islam, but we have to admit that it differs profoundly from Christianity in many aspects concerning its manifestation, its way of being in the sphere of social life. Beginning (or ending...) with secularisation, which Islam practically does not know and which instead has become an almost obligatory outcome in countries of Christian tradition.

It seems to me very difficult to dispute this: our morals, our culture and therefore our legal system have invariably sprung from a Christian stock, that is to say from something with characteristics that are very different from the sharia from the very beginning. The separation of church and state, of religious precepts and secular laws, the equality of women and men, the monogamous family with equal rights, freedom of thought, all stem from this common membership.

But what can happen tomorrow if a considerable percentage of our country's inhabitants, being of the Islamic religion, claim the right to be judged according to Sharia law? This is not a rhetorical question. It is already happening in some European countries that are very open to emigration, such as Great Britain or Sweden: where polygamy, child marriage, and the brutal forms of oppression often reserved for women in Islamic communities are gradually being allowed.

Reflecting on our future, we must also consider this prospect, and consequently begin to prepare a reception strategy that takes it into account. And perhaps - if it is still possible - even try to increase birth rates, why not? This is not a reactionary strategy, this is not a fascist type of identity attitude. To speak plainly, we have to realise that it does not make sense, for example, on the one hand to support all rights for LGBTQ+ and on the other hand to watch without reacting to the prospect of a future society in which through the influence of Islam homosexuality may be ostracised or worse. But can't a strong Muslim minority mean just that? [What if it becomes a majority?]

In short, we must strive to look a little further in the long run, not just wallow in indiscriminate welcome speeches, pretending that everything will be all right. From this point of view, the Italians and other Europeans who are voting for right-wing parties reveal they are more aware of and concerned by these problems than their intellectual elites, who, instead, continue to prefer to close their eyes. Shouldn't the left understand the lesson and perhaps make an effort to propose solutions that match the seriousness of the problem?

See, Ma io vedo i tanti rischi della cattiva integrazione

By the way.

While not entirely agreeing with the content of the article, it is also worth mentioning a curiosity. According to the Euronews channel, Mohamed was the fourth most given male name in 2021 in all its variants as Muhammad in the European countries surveyed: EU member states, Norway, Switzerland and the English and Welsh nations. In 2017, the name was not even in the top ten. Pope John Paul II one day confided a disturbing vision of his: 'I see the Church afflicted by a plague deeper, more painful than those of this millennium. It is called Islamism. They will invade Europe: from Morocco to Libya to Egypt, and so on to the east. They will invade Europe, Europe will be a cellar, old heirlooms, shadows, cobwebs. Family memories. You, the Church of the third millennium, will have to contain the invasion. Not with weapons, weapons will not suffice, with your faith lived with integrity' (La visione di Giovanni Paolo II: «L'islam invaderà l'Europa»).

The French anthropologist Florence Bergeaud-Blackler, author of the book Le Frérisme et ses Réseaux (The Brotherhood and its Networks), in an interview with Le Figaro, speaks of the Muslim Brotherhood's strategy whose ultimate goal would be "nothing less than the advent of a worldwide Islamic society, of which Europe could be the epicentre". The tactic? Softly penetrate the spaces of culture and economy. Conquest through war is no longer possible, concealment, in a European society that reveres diversity and inclusiveness, is. “They do not reject violence on principle,” he continues, “they reject it when it is counterproductive to their purpose. When violence is perpetrated by jihadists, they condemn it with words”, but they go out of their way to block all reflection and political action to counter radicalism, resorting to the bogeyman of Islamophobia, and thus racism and discrimination. "Charitable organisations such as Islamic Relief have received tens of millions of euros from the European Commission. The Muslim youth network Femyso has received EUR 288,000 from the Commission. Within ENAR (European Network Against Racism), the Muslim Brotherhood imposes its definition of Islamophobia, its solutions and its agenda”. They use acceptance, tolerance and dialogue to advance their goal: to give an ever-positive, sweetened and perfect image of the Islamic religion and culture. Who dares to raise criticism and perplexity when faced with the construction of a mosque or the opening of an Islamic cultural centre?

Photo. Pakistan, il jihad tra i banchi di scuol