Western Europe an Islamic Nation?
I just read an interesting sci-fi book called "Prayers for the Assassin." The basic premise is that 30 years in the future, the US becomes a moderate Islamic Republic after terrorist attacks destroy New York and DC. It is a bit more complex than that, but I won't rehash the whole plot.
What I found more interesting, however, was how the author described how Western Europe become an Islamic state. Most European nations some form of cradle-to-grave welfare systems that require an increasing supply of young workers to support the older generation. Since the Muslim immigrants have more children and the Europeans have done a terrible job of assimilating them into their society, they eventually take over these societies after two generations. Most of my knowledge of Europe and Britian is only second-hand through newspapers and television. So for those of you that are part of these countries, how plausible is this scenario?