The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam

In 1980 Else Germeten, Chairman of the Norwegian Film Control Commission, banned Life of Brian as blasphemous and in violation of Section 142 of the Norwegian constitution which declares that religious and minority groups should not be subjected to insult. Torbay Council (Devon, England) similarly banned its screening, lifting it only as recently as 2008 i.e. after 28 years.Douglas Murray's detailed history of post-2nd World War immigration does NOT cite the above 2 events but in a breathtaking sweep shows how European leaders through such laws and censorship have brought about the demise of Eorope. It is written wonderfully well and argued cogently and cleverly. A must read.In his introduction he writes that Chancellor Merkel asked Mark Zuckerberg (the CEO of Facebook) in English "Are you working on this ?" [the criticism of her immigration policy] to which he responded that he was. In one of his concluding chapters (17 - The end) Murray meets an unnamed MP in the Bundestag who supports Merkel's policy and insists that it is right despite remedying measures with both Turkey and border control having been hurriedly implemented to mitigate some of the damage. The book is replete with such dissembling from EU leaders. We are left in no doubt as to how we have been lied to so consistently and so thoroughly the past 70 years. Islam is completing its colonisation north of Cyprus (whose north it took over in 1974) and Syria last year and we are allowed to say not a word for fear [in the UK] of being sectioned or imprisoned for hate speech, racism, islamophobia, now anti-islamophobia [in Canada] or whatever our paid leaders choose to introduce to protect Islam.Islam is taking over Europe and Murray has stood and watched the landings at Italy's Lampedusa and Greece's Myteline '[i]lluminated and towering over the central point of the harbour is the dome of Saint Therapon, named after the Bishop of Cyprus, massacred by the Arab Muslims as he said Mass in 632.' The Guardian's Gaby Hinslif sees 'gentrified xenophobia' in Murray's book and writes that it 'regurgitates the same misleading myths as Nigel Farage about immigration turning Sweden into the rape capital of Europe.' I see honesty, acute observation and clear-sightedness; no myths, facts, figures too.Murray educates and informs. We are given a good synopsis of Houellebecq's writing career especially the topical 'Soumission' and we learn that 'a typically ugly caricature of a hideous, gnome-like houellebecq was on the cover of the [Charlie Hebdo] magazine on that January morning when two Islamist gunmen forced their way into [their] Paris offices and shot dead ten of the magazine's staff and two policemen.' We are given a Resurrection gloss on Antony Gormley's installation 'Another Place' now pemanently based at Crosby Beach [Merseyside, England.]True to form, Mr Murray decorates his lessons with humour as well as illumination. 'Streets in the cold and rainy northern towns of Europe filled with people dressed for the foothills of Pakistan or the sandstorms of Arabia' (Introduction;) of Rushdie's The Satanic Verses' 1989 'fatwa' - 'Iqbal (later Sir Iqbal) Sacrani's "Death perhaps, is a bit too easy for him"' and Cat Stevens (now Yusuf Islam) when '[a]sked whether he would go to a demonstration where an effigy of Rushdie was being burnt, replied, "I would have hoped that it would be the real thing."' (7 - They are here.)Less than 5 years ago TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright (half of Two Fat Ladies] wrote 'Clarissa's England. A gamely gallop through the English counties.' During her research she travelled to Leicester and got stranded in a Muslim area and described it 'as one of the most frightening experiences of my life." She further described it as a ghetto and "Here I was, in the heart of a city in the middle of my own country, a complete outcast and pariah." When she was reprimanded she replied she was “surprised any of the people who might object could read what I wrote as it is written in English.” The press tore her apart. Dame Louise Casey in a recent UK government report confirmed much of what Clarissa said was true and went further saying that people in such areas thought 75% of England was Muslim. Like Clarissa she was challenged and advised that integration was a two way street to which she replied 'No.' - unlike Cambridge [England] University's Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett who recommends Britons learn Polish, Punjabi and Urdu which she sees as 'community' languages.Murray misses nothing. Reynaud's Le Grand replacement is here as are globalism advocates like Cecilia Malmstrom and Peter Sutherland. George Soros is here. No elephant in the room goes unregarded. The 3rd world in Paris' Saint Denis.Murray argues that England and other European states have lost their identity. I disagree. It is simply that free speech has been taken away by its leaders and those in Brussels. Remove the government censorship and threats of censure and Europe will again show her unique and glorious history of art, literature, music, architecture, fine wine and succulent meats and fish.Murray is a brave man indeed to open the debate with his 3 I's particularly the third one - Islam. The murders of Pim Fortuyn and Theo van Gogh are covered in detail as is their lesson 'that criticising Islam, in the manner in which Dutch society was able to criticise every other religion, was ... likely to be deadly.' Perhaps the debate will start and mass immigration from Muslim countries will be put on hold until, as in America, an understanding is reached of what is happening and the threats it poses. Bravo, Mr Murray.

If, like me, you are struggling to understand and fully get to grips with a world that seems to have been turned upside down and left on it's head, then you will find this book fascinating.Douglas Murray pulls no punches whilst examining the death throws of Europe and worryingly, this book was published in 2017! So it is even more relevant today in 2026.I like the way he has obviously thoroughly researched his subject and cites his sources for you to follow up if you wish. Also, the introduction gives you an outline of the history leading up to present day is very inciteful and interesting. In fact it made me question why I didn't know about the detail of e.g. New Labour at the time they were in power in the UK , but then it was all kept quiet and basically under the radar for the ordinary person in the street. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, if totally frustrating too!I think this book should be widely read and recommended because it is not difficult to read and is interesting and well laid out in the chapters dealing with different issues . In fact I would go do far as to say it should be read in schools too.I highly recommend this book and I shall be buying other titles from this author .

If you read only one book about immigration and the problems that having a rapidly growing Muslim community brings then I heartily recommend this book, as it is so well-written. To start with Mr Murray describes, in often heart-rending detail, the difficult journeys that migrants into Europe face, at the mercy of both people smugglers and the cruel sea. And, once here, they then face another lengthy trek before the bulk of them end up in Germany, by dint of Merkel’s open invitation. Somewhat surprisingly the author is quite balanced on Merkel, seeing her constrained by the Nazi past of Germany and the desire to be seen as doing the right thing, aside from the obvious moral choice she made. Of course, the rest of Europe was not consulted over her decision, leading to tensions throughout other member states of the EU – notably Hungary. Murray then proceeds to show us how Islam is not compatible with the Western way of life, although, as he points out numerous times, our leaders tend not to know what our ‘Western’ cultural values are. This, then, is the crux of the book, how we balance our benign versions of culture and a declining Christianity against the Islamists.Of course, there is a risk that a discussion of this nature may well stir up racial hatred but why should the population not be allowed to discuss issues, such as mass immigration and the perhaps inevitable cultural ‘death by diversification’ that such a flow of people brings. Surely normal people, who genuinely want a world where people are judged by their character as opposed to their skin tone, can see that everyone benefits by opening up the debate. Anyhow, I would argue that not discussing such issues brings with it even more danger of racial hatred, as people notice the streets changing in front of their eyes more than blinkered politicians.Murray’s main ire, though, is for the leaders who continually mislead us as to the benefits of ‘diversity’ and ‘positives’ that mass Muslim immigration brings. He clearly shows how each European country is struggling to integrate millions of people and paints an often nightmarish picture of the world in 60 or so years. Although I tend to share his worries, I personally feel it is too soon to write off the possibilities of a new togetherness being forged across the religions. Certainly, when I sit and swap stories with my Muslim colleagues, I feel a sense of optimism that we can forge a better future, together, rather than apart. Then again, that might just be the liberal optimist in my heart overcoming the pessimist conservative in my brain.Where Murray is spot on, however, is where he shows how our politicians have blatantly lied to us about numbers and integration strategies – basically because they haven’t got any. His anger is most definitely not directed towards migrants – apart from those who behave in a bestial manner. No, his main targets are the organisations that get themselves twisted up into knots when it comes to the unmentionable negatives of immigration. Almost unbelievably the book contains a bizarre letter written by a German anti-racist woman who had been raped by three immigrants in Germany. Quoting her words at length Murray shows how she was more worried about the anti-immigrant hatred that might be stirred up, by dint of her being raped, than the actual crime committed against her. I just could not get my head round this at all.In another very good chapter Murray laments the absence of thinkers in society at large and I reckon he is definitely onto something here – as I too often despair at the inane conversations that fill our TV screens, not to mention our pubs and shopping centres. He then elaborates by highlighting our diminishing Christian faith and the lack of confidence in our Western ideologies – our ‘tiredness’ as he aptly puts it. By way of contrast, the incomers, courtesy of their ‘strong’ religion, have an ideology that is rock solid by comparison. Surely, though, the way around this is for us to tell migrants into Europe that many of their cultural practises, such a nonsensical ‘honour crimes’, are barbarous acts that are culturally inferior – a word that many do not like to use for all the obvious connotations regarding superiority complexes. Of course, the colonial guilt our leaders often display will render this hard, if not impossible to achieve.Another way to do this is to demonstrate more confidence in a shared European cultural outlook – ironically at a time of Brexit – to show incomers that our cultural values are as important to us, as their religion is to them. Indeed, just about the only area where I disagree with Murray is where he sometimes confuses religion with culture, as I would argue it is cultural practises, especially with regards to the way women are treated by North African men, that led to the mass sexual assaults on German women in 2016, rather than a religious motivation. Unfortunately, as it stands at the moment, European leaders seem to view European culture as being like an empty pizza base, desperate for something stronger, tastier, to put on it – the much heralded diversity we are all supposed to value. What, though, if the topping gets too heavy and cracks appear in the dough?Who knows, perhaps the flow of Eastern European Christians and Catholics, recently flocking to our shores, will turn out to be our ‘saviours’ – our version of the Prussians rushing to Wellington’s aid at Waterloo. Whether our farmhouse remains standing by then, nobody knows, as ‘we’ have already given away the keys to our house.Murray has assumed that Europeans will continue to allow their culture to be eroded, the so called death by a thousand cuts. What, though, if a resistance movement starts up in years to come – and I don’t mean street protestors like the EDL. Children who are 18 or so today, having grown up on a constant drip drip effect of news stories about ISIS atrocities, both here and abroad, might openly defy their leaders and riot on the streets. As the parent of an eighteen-year-old I already hear at first hand anti-Muslim sentiment from youngsters, inadvertently caught up in the propaganda war currently raging. How do we keep such ideas from taking hold on our own youth, with perhaps their own radicalisation only a generation or two away? How long, indeed, before our Chamberlainesque leaders are replaced by old Winston - the natural lesson we glean from history.Overall, I found the tone of the book to be depressing especially for those of us who put a high price on European cultural values, built up over countless centuries – all seemingly at risk of being dominated by a ‘new’ religion impinging on our way of life. As someone who has personally benefitted from past immigration to the UK – my wife of twenty years is the daughter of a Nigerian immigrant – I found myself desperately wanting to disagree with Mr Murray and the terrifying vision he describes. However, the quality and thrust of his arguments are just too hard to dismiss out of hand, and I found myself nodding my head at virtually every page.Nobody can predict the future with certainty but it might turn out - perhaps in 80 years or so – that we have to import millions of child-bearing West African Christians to balance the demographic time bomb in our midst – if one takes this to extremes.How long will it be, for instance, before European homosexuality is deemed illegal once more – given that it goes against one of the strongest parts of the Muslim faith? What is equally puzzling is why the Left are so quiet on this subject, as the book correctly points out. The Socialist Worker types seem to have given up on causes that once took their attention – anti-Semitism and gay rights - in the belief that Islamophobia trumps all in the victimhood stakes. As a result, the usual victims will come to the fore again; Jews, women and gays – disproportionally the targets for the extremist Islamist mind-set, here in Europe. Is that really what the ‘anti’ racists and assorted left-wingers want?To conclude, the confusion of our governments – so well-highlighted in this book – shows that all of them have put their trust in the idea that a new ‘Westernized’ version of Islam will take hold, with the unpleasant negative parts airbrushed from history. This might, eventually, come to pass but what if it does not?Do we have a Plan B?

I went into reading this book with a very open mind. I had in the past come across some debates on YouTube of Douglas Murray in various settings. Such as debates with other Journalists, being a guest speaker at very varied events, interviews and much more. He’s no stranger to the public.A friend recommended his book to me so I thought I’d give it a try. I’m fully aware many label Mr Murray as “far-right” and I’m not here to comment on his political leanings, views or judge where he sits on the political spectrum.I also started reading this before the recent events of chaos in my country of the United Kingdom not as a result of what is happening here.If you don’t like books with a lot of factual (although of course some of it may be incorrect, I don’t have time to research all he shares but there are reference pages in the book if you want to) information this isn’t for you. It is a detailed book not written as a “story” as such. You will need plenty of coffee and good focus. A lot of it however is also his own personal experiences, travel and years of journalistic reporting.Murray is a Journalist and research is a solid part of that if you are half-decent. Some of the statistics and locations in this book are also not “widely known”. For example a small island in the Mediterranean which is a constant drop off point for immigrants coming over in small boats which is a hopping stone into Europe. I’d not even heard of this tiny popular landing spot so Googled it. It does indeed exist.Murray is known for being openly opinionated and never apologetic. Far from it. He has been like that forever. Still very much speaking on his views today (August 2024). Some may agree with his views on immigration and the changes in a countries cultural identity but many may firmly oppose it too. This is apparent in the debates he appears in. He doesn’t mince his words.Heavily disliked by many and revered and respected by just as many. Others sit on the fence, open-minded to hear all sides of perspective. Some have gone in with one perspective and been strongly persuaded by Mr Murray’s arguments. One way or another.I will give kudos for the depth of research done here. This copy was published in 2018 and I am not surprised to see sales have sky rocketed right now in August 2024.He is proudly British and outspoken on his views not only in regard to the U.K. but Europe and Western countries and society as a whole.A book reviewed by countless publications and the general public that as I suspected is selling hard in the Amazon charts again here in August 2024 after the new Labour government came to power in the U.K.Wherever you are leaning politically or what your views on immigration and much more I believe having an open mind to all points of view makes you an intelligent human being willing to truly examine all sides. If you live in an echo chamber you can’t hear everything.I never speak of my own personal views or opinions, beliefs, and leanings but I know many people would be rather surprised. Unless you speak with a person of their own perspective you literally cannot judge a book by its cover.I leave it to others that choose to shout and share their personal opinions and beliefs. If as a reader you do decide to read this I’d just say you try as best you can to park your bias at page one and make a decision on this book by the last page.Definitely thought-provoking and more educational than I expected. He is incredibly intelligent which is apparent in his writings and spoken events. Most opponents regret going up against him. I’d say his tongue is as sharp as a knife! He is certainly not a man to be swayed from his own convictions. He has reported directly from many war zones and areas other Journalists fear to tread. This book is very much written from these first-hand experiences, accounts and in-depth further research.I’d not recommend this one for book groups however! It will certainly fire up heated debate and possibly end friendships and family relations.Thanks for reading my review. As an Amazon Top Reviewer I bring you my honest opinion always. If you’d like to follow my book reviews you’ll find my on Goodreads as Booklover Catlady.

Douglas Murray's book was an absolute eye-opener for me when I first read it. It is meticulously researched and connects the dots, for those of us who had been blinded by the mainstream media, as to why Europe is the way it is and is going the direction it is going.Murray reveals the heights (or depths) of corruption among our politicians, many (or most) who turn a blind eye to what is happening in Europe regarding illegal immigration and the horrors that come with it, as it's not politically expedient for them to speak out or do the right thing for their constituents.I don't want to give too much away, as you really should read the book if you care about your homeland, whatever part of Europe that might be. But, I will say that, sadly, Douglas' predictions of what would happen if things continued as they were have come true. The fabric of our societies, as we know them, is being torn apart faster than ever. If illegal immigration was a stream when he wrote this, it's now become Niagara Falls.If you want to know how much our politicians really know about what's going on but are terrified to speak out, and if you want to delve deeper into the historical and cultural issues in Europe that paved the way for a liberal Europe that welcomed this debauchery with open arms (e.g. the deconstruction of the Church and God, arts, and the replacement of the former with ideology), read this book. It's not boring; it's essential reading.Warning ⚠️ Be prepared to feel righteous indignation as you begin to learn how we have been betrayed in Europe, not only by our politicians, but by liberals and the propagation of liberal ideology that has enslaved us and holds us to ransom.

The author of "The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam", is a British journalist, and political commentator. He is the founder of the Centre for Social Cohesion and is currently the associate director of the Henry Jackson Society and associate editor of The Spectator.Douglas Murray is a seasoned journalist, who has spent a good deal of time studying, reporting and debating much of the ground covered by this book.Europe is changing and most likely not for the better. As Murray puts it in the first sentence of the first page "Europe is committing suicide." The book describes in detail, how Europe is allowing itself and Western culture to be steadily deconstructed and probably with dire consequnces.Murray's approach to the subject is methodical, thorough and at times injected with his acerbic wit. The book covers many aspects of immigration going back as far as the Huguenots in 17th century. However it's main focus is immigration since WWII and more specifically the present day migration crisis.Murray has travelled much and has met migrants, escaping genuinely distressing situations, sensitively retelling their stories. In contrast he is quite critical of the way in which governments have mismanaged the migration crisis (and in some respects haven't managed it at all), allowing migrants to pass through borders with minimal or zero scrutiny. The net result being that the majority of people being allowed to land on Europe's shores, are not as many would believe refugees, but are economic migrants.Murray discusses the social impact, the effects on law and order and the way in which much of the negative impact is glossed over by the mainstream media and politicians.Murray demonstrates a great concern for the future of Europe (doesn't look good) due to the clash of cultures between the people's being imported to Europe and our tolerant, liberal Western culture. The West has hamstrung itself, weighed down by political correctness gone mad, it's loss of faith and self confidence in it's own culture. Almost masochistic in its nature. As a consequence the West is all to happy to blame itself and take ownership of the world's problems.Throughout the book, Murray supports his views and analysis with statistics and facts gathered during his research, many of which are genuinely unsettling if not shocking. He covers the excuses we made for ourselves and which were invented for public consumption by the establishment. Murray systematically debunks these in a highly skilled manner.The book has been hailed by some as the most important book of our time and I would have to agree. Murray's arguments are comprelling and difficult to refute. The book provides clarity and honesty in an area which is shrouded by the language of political corectness.This book really is essential reading.

Well written and well paced book that is becoming more relevant the more time passes.I was a child/teen in the 00s, then a young adult through the 10s, now I'm in my 30s and wondering what is going so wrong with societies in the west? Things felt much better when I was younger. I dismissed it many times as just nostalgia for my youth. But could never shake the feeling that society is objectively becoming worse. And the more I paid attention to events and politics, the more I realised my feelings were right.This book has made me realise that these problems have been there for a long time, they were just masterfully swept under the rug and dismissed by the politicians and media for so long that it was hard to see. Now the problems are becoming bigger and it's becoming impossible to ignore.This book does a brilliant job of explaining some of our major problems in western society and how - through a long road - we got here.A must read for anyone confused about how life In the west has become so tumultuous, devisive and chaotic.

A very insightful book that gives you a real idea of what has been happening in Europe over the past 40 years. Much of the book is concentrated on the turn of the millennium where Douglas Murray has travelled to southern parts of Europe to learn the affects on local people and how governments have dealt, or in many cases not dealt with the issues that mass migration has caused.What really gripped me is how Douglas can give any concerns you may have about what has been happening a structured argument when accused of being labelled a 'fascist' or 'racist'. The book gives you a sense that it's okay to question the massive cultural shift that has happened in Europe over a short space of time and whether us here in the UK really signed up for it.Douglas really opens up your eyes to the problems we face as a western democracy that can't keep apologising for its past by letting in an unbalanced number of people whilst still hoping to hold on to the freedoms that we enjoy today. The worry I have is that I wouldn't want people to be put off this book by those who are afraid of free speech merely calling it propaganda. I don't pretend to know Mr Murray very well but he is the first author I have come across that can put my concerns into words I can actually use without people questioning my humanity and sympathy towards those in genuine need of help and sanctuary.I am trying to generalise my points as I don't want to give too much away for those looking forward to finding information out for themselves. But from a personal view the most interesting parts for me were how governments do not listen the the voices, and concerns of its own people. Many polls have shown right across Europe the worry Europeans have had for some time about mass migration. Yet their governments respond by doing the opposite of what they want simply by pulling at the heart strings.I find Douglas Murray very witty and he doesn't detract from the key points people want to talk about. In the book he talks about the religion of Islam in some detail. Again you should not be put off reading this book simply because he wishes to speak some truths about the way Islam is affecting Europe. At no point does Mr Murray blame all Muslims for the downward spiral Europe has been taking for some time. But he does show that there is a correlation between where mass migration of Muslim men has taken place there is a definite spike in serious crime, unemployment and desertion by local people who are now the minority and too afraid to stay where they originate. He also makes some very good points that Islam like all the other religions has to be able to come in for criticism. It is not using Islam as a scapegoat for problems we face. But if the faith continues to grow at the current rate people must be allowed to question the affects it will have on them long term.I hope my own personal views have not clouded the review of this book. It is a great read and a must for anyone who still believes in free speech and that our values are worth fighting for. It is time for us to look at those who fought for our rights for guidance and I hope us in the United kingdom learn to grow a backbone again before its too late.

ずっと気にはなっていたのですが、似たようなreportageLondonistanは過去にも読んだ記憶があり、読むのは控えていた作品でした。今回一読してみて、とうとうここまで来たかとの思いを新たにさせてくれる作品でした。日本でもおなじみの短期的な利得の強調と疑わしい本末転倒の理由（人口減への対応）そして美名（diversityとmulti-culturalism)のもとで、長期的には社会の根本を壊すというか、大幅に作りかえてしまうことになる諸政策が、なぜ世論の多数の意向を無視してとり続けられているのか？本書は外国人の不法大量流入の現場でのreportageだけではなく、このような現象を引き起こしてしまった深い要因への思索を促すものでもあります。タイトルのstrange death が示しているかのように、西欧ではすでに中枢神経である頭脳がやられてしまっているようです。「頭脳」というのには２つの意味があります。それは思想であり、もう一つは社会の頭脳でもある指導者です。この二つが奇妙なシンクロを起こして病んでいるのです。その究極の姿が見受けられるのが、償うことのできない罪の意識を抱いたホロコーストの当事者、ドイツです。RACISMというレッテル張りの下で、multi-culturalismの発想とは対極にある相手へのmulti-culturalismの論理の倒錯した適用、警察・司法での奇妙な二重基準の横行、テロ事件報道へのグロテスクな自己検閲と自由な報道への物理的な脅威、そして欧州の歴史の一方的な視角からの大幅な読み直し（これこそ歴史修正主義!）への安易な同調、そしてこれらの現象の上に覆いかぶさる「数」の圧力、これらが組み合わさって、もはや欧州は地理的な概念としての意味は維持しながらも、文化的な概念としての実体は徐々に崩されているのです。demographicsの容赦のない変化の下での無責任な民主主義の横行は究極のところで民主主義を殺してしまうという逆説的な事態（ナチの政権掌握！）が待ち受けているかのようです。著者が指摘するのは文化的な基盤としてのキリスト教の存在の希薄化とそれに伴う価値観の崩壊です。賛否はあるにせよ、現在の欧州の基盤とmulticulturalismを含む思考と発想を特徴づけているのはキリスト教なのですが、その文化的な拘束を認識することなく、それにとってかわるものとして祭壇に挙げられているのが「信条 (creed)」としての人間の進歩への信頼（belief in human progress)という幻想です。この「信条」と真っ向から対立する思考体系を持っているのがイスラム教徒の移民たちなのです。リベラルがＬＧＢＴの詳細な定義に熱中しているそのそばでLGBTの存在そのものを否定する（イスラム教の論理 (新潮新書)）多数の予備軍が中に引き入れられているのです。これは悲劇なのかそれとも喜劇なのか？街で社会崩壊の現実にリアルに直面する欧州の大多数の世論の意向（移民の制限）にもかかわらず根本的な対策が政治家によってなされることはありません。移民反対の政治勢力はracismという悪罵を投げつけられ、既成事実の積み重ねが進むというわけです。西欧と違い中欧ではこの危機が認識されてはいますが、demographicsの推移はますます欧州という存在の存立基盤を危うくしていくというわけです。著者の以下の結語(2018年4月）はperhapsという言葉のリフレインが醸し出す悲観主義と諦観の色彩が色濃くにじみ出たものです。Within the life-spans of many of us it is fair to say that such a country- like most other countries in western Europe-will become unrecognisable even to fairy recent inhabitants. Perhaps it will all be fine. Perhaps people who remember what Sweden was, what France was, what Britain and what the rest of Europe was will just die out. Perhaps then all the problems, not least the problem of identifying the problem, will cease. Perhaps. Or perhaps a whole new world of problems is being born.

As a lover of European culture i bought the book even though I already had read and seen much on the issue of immigration from the islamic countries. The effects are devastating and Europe will never be the same. sad but true. We must be informed so this does not further spread in America! It is heartwrenching to see the rivers of refugees trying to save their lives and find a corner in our planet where to live in peace, yet at what cost to each nation?

I am more then half way through. Really enjoying this very important book. Very informative and very well researched. Lots of data on how immigration to Europe started, how it progressed historically in the different countries, what were the opinions of the people vs the politicians, who the brave people were that predicted the future - that were called racists at the time, but then history proved them to be right later ( i.e. that there would be streets in UK in which no original British inhabitants live). The book also explores Europe's relationship with guilt and masochism and how come Europeans exclusively are blamed for behaviors exhibited by many peoples of the world at different times. It's a very thorough analysis and very enjoyable read.

This book should be compulsory reading for everyone. Fascinating fascinating and depressing at the same time.. Must be essential reading for especially for Europeans

The Strange Death of Europe is a must-read, especially for Europeans. Through this account of the Continent’s modern History marked by common patterns within different countries, the reader can confront his or her observations living in Europe with the facts Douglas Murray exposes in his work. These facts, all backed up by references, give a broad perspective of the situation in Europe, how it began and how it can be explained. Having lived in Paris' suburbs for a number of years, I have seen my country change and The Strange Death of Europe confirms my observations and teaches me about events I did not know or knew so little about. Douglas Murray’s writing is also captivating and keeps the reader excited to learn more. What I loved about this book was reading about brave film makers, politicians, journalists and writers, like Oriana Fallaci, who had the courage to stand up against those who wanted to change their country for the worse and warned policymakers of the dangers facing Western Civilisation. This book is perfect for anyone willing to better understand Western Europe’s identity crisis today or simply wishing to back up their observations and experiences with facts and learn more about other countries.