Politics getting nuttier: Muslim fertility myths and misplaced polygamy advocacy
Rajan Philips-August 2, 2014, 6:34 pm
Apparently the paranoia about Muslim population growth began with a 2009 YouTube video on Muslim Demographics. The seven and a half minute video was produced in Europe to frighten the Europeans about an impending takeover of their continent in a matter of decades by hordes of immigrant Muslims. The chimera of Eurabia was born and the myth of Islamic fecundity was implanted in racially receptive minds. Of the latter, there are millions around the world. The YouTube skit received 10 million hits in a matter of months and seems to have finally plateaued at about 15 million hits. 10-15 millions, even if a huge majority of them are racists and not the curious, are a small drop in the world population of seven billions. Yet they can make a splash and create a sensation. And they have. A Vatican Cardinal got into trouble after showing the scurrilous video to a synod of Catholic Bishops in Rome.