Pew Research Center Says EU Muslim Population Could Triple By 2050

Over the past couple of years, Europe has experienced a record influx of asylum seekers fleeing conflicts in Syria and other predominantly Muslim countries. Not surprisingly, the massive wave of Muslim migrants has become a political hot topic, particularly in countries like Germany, U.K., France, Italy and Sweden which have taken in a combined total of nearly 3 million migrants over just the past couple of years.  Per the Pew Research Center (PRC):

Now, in an effort to quantify how this massive wave of immigration may transform Europe"s demographics over the next several decades, the PRC has released a study estimating how the size of Europe’s Muslim population may evolve depending on future levels of migration.

To start, PRC estimated that Muslims made up roughly 4.9% of Europe"s overall population at the end of 2016 with Bulgaria (11.1%), France (8.8%) and Sweden (8.1%) having the highest concentrations.

They then proceeded to analyze how those populations may evolve over the next ~30 years under various immigration scenarios with the highest migration estimates resulting in a tripling of Europe"s overall Muslim population.

The baseline for all three scenarios is the Muslim population in Europe (defined here as the 28 countries presently in the European Union, plus Norway and Switzerland) as of mid-2016, estimated at 25.8 million (4.9% of the overall population) – up from 19.5 million (3.8%) in 2010.

 

Even if all migration into Europe were to immediately and permanently stop – a “zero migration” scenario – the Muslim population of Europe still would be expected to rise from the current level of 4.9% to 7.4% by the year 2050. This is because Muslims are younger (by 13 years, on average) and have higher fertility (one child more per woman, on average) than other Europeans, mirroring a global pattern.

 

A second, “medium” migration scenario assumes that all refugee flows will stop as of mid-2016 but that recent levels of “regular” migration to Europe will continue (i.e., migration of those who come for reasons other than seeking asylum; see note on terms below). Under these conditions, Muslims could reach 11.2% of Europe’s population in 2050.

 

Finally, a “high” migration scenario projects the record flow of refugees into Europe between 2014 and 2016 to continue indefinitely into the future with the same religious composition (i.e., mostly made up of Muslims) in addition to the typical annual flow of regular migrants. In this scenario, Muslims could make up 14% of Europe’s population by 2050 – nearly triple the current share, but still considerably smaller than the populations of both Christians and people with no religion in Europe.

And here"s a more granular look at each country assuming a "zero migration scenario"...

..."medium migration scenario"...

and "high migration scenario."

Per the charts above, under the "high migration scenario," Finland"s Muslim population alone could increase by more than 5.5 times, while the UK could see an increase of 2.7 times and Sweden nearly 4x.

Of course, it"s probably not that big a deal...what could go wrong?

• Sweden Truck Terrorist Arrested; Bomb Found Inside Truck


• Swedish Cop Posts Epic Facebook Rant On Immigrant Crime; Ignites Nationwide Firestorm


• Swedish Police "Cannot Cope" With Huge Numbers Of Rapes Since Migrants Arrived


• U.S. Journalist Investigating "Migrant Crime" In Sweden Has To Leave Under "Police Escort" For His Own Safety


• Leaked Police Report Exposes 23 Muslim-Controlled "No Go Zones" In Sweden: Plagued With Violence, Sexual Assaults, & Gun Crimes


• Postal Service Suspended In Swedish "No-Go" Zone Because It"s "Not Safe"

"For The Sake Of Allah": Swedish Radio Station Hijacked To Play ISIS Recruiting Song

Earlier this year, President Trump took a beating in the mainstream media for blasting Europe"s, and more specifically Sweden"s, disastrous immigration policies...

Give the public a break - The FAKE NEWS media is trying to say that large scale immigration in Sweden is working out just beautifully. NOT!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2017

 Of course, since that feud erupted, the MSM has been repeatedly embarrassed by a series of violent attacks perpetrated by Muslim migrants on Swedish citizens.  Here are just a few examples:

• Sweden Truck Terrorist Arrested; Bomb Found Inside Truck


• Swedish Cop Posts Epic Facebook Rant On Immigrant Crime; Ignites Nationwide Firestorm


• Swedish Police "Cannot Cope" With Huge Numbers Of Rapes Since Migrants Arrived


• U.S. Journalist Investigating "Migrant Crime" In Sweden Has To Leave Under "Police Escort" For His Own Safety


• Leaked Police Report Exposes 23 Muslim-Controlled "No Go Zones" In Sweden: Plagued With Violence, Sexual Assaults, & Gun Crimes


• Postal Service Suspended In Swedish "No-Go" Zone Because It"s "Not Safe"

Now, the latest evidence suggesting that the migrant population in Sweden might have motivations beyond their simple, peaceful relocation from the Middle East comes via a radio station in Malmo.  As The Local pointed out earlier today, Malmo residents who flipped their radio dials to Mix Megapol earlier this morning were greeted with a rather alarming "ISIS recruiting" mix tape rather than the station"s normal "hits from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s."  The terrorist recruiting mix tape was apparently played for a full 30 minutes after an "unknown offender" managed to hijack the radio station.

Malmö residents who tuned into popular radio station Mix Megapol at around 8.30am on Friday suddenly found themselves listening to Isis recruitment song "For the sake of Allah".

 

The song was played after the radio station"s local airwaves were hijacked by an unknown offender, Bauer Media, which owns the station, confirmed after 24Malmö.se first reported the incident.

 

"We will report this incident to the police and to the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority," marketing director Jakob Gravestam said in a press release.

 

He confirmed to 24Malmö.se that the three-minute song – with lyrics trying to tempt Westerners into joining Isis with promises about maidens waiting in paradise for fighters – was played for around 30 minutes.

As you may recall, earlier this year in April, Sweden fell victim to a deadly terrorist attack after a 39-year-old migrant from Uzbekistan plowed a beer delivery truck into a market in Central Sweden.  The attack killed 4 people and seriously injured a dozen others. 

Since then, many Swedes have called for the implementation of "geo-fences" in urban areas that would give the police the ability to remotely disable large trucks and/or an outright ban on trucks altogether.

Infrastructure Minister Tomas Eneroth hopes to introduce the "geo-fences" in urban areas next year and which use technology that can digitally stop large vehicles  or reduce their speed.

 

Since then, Swedish authorities have worked to increase security against these kind of attacks, including the implementation of more physical barriers in pedestrianized areas, increased video surveillance and tightened security at large public events.

 

On Drottninggatan, the street targeted in April"s attack, authorities have already doubled the number of concrete lions which are in place to stop vehicles driving down the pedestrianized streets.

 

"Security on our pedestrianized streets has been improved. Directly after the terror attack we put out more stone lions, and we have also ordered heavier versions which are coming next year," said Daniel Halldén, Stockholm"s transport commissioner.

 

The heavier lions will weigh three times as much as those currently in place, at three tonnes each, and will be placed in a way so that vehicles cannot drive straight ahead but are forced to turn, preventing them from being able to increase their speed.

Of course, rather than ban trucks, knives, rocks, paper clips, etc., Sweden could also consider a more rigorous vetting program for the migrants that seem to be responsible for a fairly high percentage of these types of attacks...though that would probably be culturally insensitive...so maybe not.