1. Islam in Europe

Comment #114587 by lizaykpeeters on January 22, 2008 at 12:40 pm

I do wonder if the forward projections about birthrates are genuine cause for concern in the longer term. I wonder if 2nd and 3rd generation muslims, raised in Europe, will care much for the more extreme variety of islam. Isn't there some evidence that these future generations will become more european? Of course this depends on us being able to prevent the creation of isolated and enclosed sections of muslims within Europe. That is something that deserve political focus.

on the contrary technogogo, recent polls in Belgium show that the youngest (generally the third) generation of muslims are becoming considerably MORE dedicated to islam than their parents, probably in search of their lost identities. The young moslimas too are showing off their dedication to islam by explicitly covering their hair in public, much more so than let's say a generation or so ago.
And then there is a constant barrier to cultural integration under the form of young muslims consistently choosing a partner for matrimony from their ancestral country instead of from among fellow-immigrants, not to mention from among belgians....

2. Controversial Anti-Muslim Dutch Film Adds to Already Simmering Tensions

Comment #98131 by lizaykpeeters on December 13, 2007 at 6:06 am

Your run off the mill neocon, nothing to get exited about. I think the US had just about enough of their sucessful policies. But if the Durch want to try? At least, they aren't able to invade anybody...maybe Belgium?

yeah right, why not? We have been without a legal government for more than six months now, maybe the Dutch should come and put things to rights.... :-)

3. Yes, it's a Hobbit. The debate that has divided science is solved at last (sort of)

Comment #83560 by lizaykpeeters on October 30, 2007 at 12:23 pm

If they died out around or shortly after 13000 BP, and the present size of Flores would have been too small for their population, the rising sea levels of the end of the last ice age roughly 12000 BP may have had something to do with it....