Three years ago, October 2006, America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It
was officially published in the US and Canada (…) But at this end of month, purely by coincidence, I’ll be in London for the so-called “Sharia March” on Trafalgar Square. It will be interesting to see how many Muslims march, how many dissociate themselves from the demands for Islamic law – and how many just stay silent. (…)
it is not necessary for Islam to become a statistical majority: Of countries with a Muslim population of 20-50 per cent, only three are ranked as “free” – Serbia, Suriname and Benin. So what matters is the point at which mediation between Islam and the rest of the community becomes the dominant political narrative.
