Thomas Sowell on the Perils of Mass Migration
Migrants differ not only in their respective points of origin and destination, and in the skills they bring, they differ also in their reasons for migrating and in such demographic characteristics as age distribution. And sex ratios. Some groups acquire the culture of new lands rapidly, while others cling to their ancestral ways for generations or, in some cases, centuries…. (pp. 2-3)
And some migrants arrive with attitudes that make it impossible for them to assimilate. Muslims are the chief example of this. The Qur’an tells them that they, the Muslims, are “the best of peoples,” while the non-Muslims among whom they now live are “the most vile of created beings.” Given that, why would Muslims want to become part of a society created by the “most vile of created beings”? And Muslims know further that, as Muhammad famously declared, “Islam is to dominate and not to be dominated.” That belief bodes ill for assimilation.



