Mumar Qadafi, Libyan
Islamist dictator, says Europe will soon be Muslim-majority,
and calls Turkey in the EU a "trojan horse" for
al-Qa'ida
by James Mayfield (Chairman, European Heritage Library)
In this video, Libyan Islamist
dictator Mumar Qadafi discusses the controversial issue of
Islam and Muslim immigration in Europe. Here he speaks in
Tombouctou (Timbuktu), Mali, to an audience of Malinese Muslims
(a large constituent of immigrants in France), where he claims
that Europe will soon become Muslim-majority as a result of
Muslim immigration and the decline of overall religiosity
borne of liberalism and modern progressive culture. He predicts
that Turkey's potential admission to the European Union would
be a "trojan horse" for Muslims and al-Qa'ida into
Europe. With Turkey in the EU, it would instantly become the
second most populous nation in the confederacy, and thus a
major player in electoral and political issues shaping the
fate of Europe because of its size.
Mumar Qadafi overthrew the
first king of Libya, Idris, more than four decades ago, where
he created an overtly Islamic state (al-Jamahiriya) that has
been surprisingly stable and successful. Qadafi acknowledged
playing a part in the Muslims' bombing of the Lockerbie jet
over Scotland, which left over 200 people dead. Libya, despite
being fundamentally Islamic in terms of its legal corpus,
has been removed from the US list of terror-sponsoring states
recently.
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ABOUT
THE AUTHOR:
James Mayfield is a historian
and the Chairman of the European Heritage Library. I have
a Cum Laude BA in History with a Minor in Germanic Studies
(language and history), am presently working for my Masters
in History, and plan to immediately progress to my PhD Doctorate.
I have a special academic interest in Europe's diverse ethnic
identities, languages, and cultures, and the political struggles
of native European and immigrant minority identities. See
my staff entry for more information.
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