The Death Of Liberté: France’s Islamic Future And The Coming Collapse Of Europe
France, once a cradle of Western ideals, is being remade before our eyes. The nation of Charlemagne, Joan of Arc, and de Gaulle is crumbling into something unrecognizable. The steeples of cathedrals no longer define the skyline; minarets rise in their place. Bells grow silent, while the call to prayer echoes through neighborhoods once known for their Christian roots. This is not just demographic drift. It is a civilizational transformation–and it is accelerating.
Already, Muslims comprise about 10% of France’s population. By 2050, that figure is expected to reach nearly 17%. That percentage may sound small, but in politics, it is enough to dominate elections and shape national policy. In Paris, Marseille, and Lyon, entire districts have been overtaken by Islamist influence. Police hesitate to enter. French law is mocked. Local councils are controlled by Muslim blocs that prioritize their own religious and political agendas. The France of liberté, égalité, fraternité is becoming a relic, a memory, a Wikipedia entry.
The transformation is most visible in the nation’s places of worship. France now has more than 2,500 mosques, with hundreds more being built. Just decades ago, churches stood as the cornerstone of every French village. Today, those same churches are abandoned, sold off, or converted into libraries, restaurants, or apartment blocks. In rural France, some parishes report fewer than ten worshipers on a Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, mosques overflow with tens of thousands of faithful, spilling into the streets for Friday prayers. In some cities, local governments even block roads to accommodate the crowds, granting special privileges never extended to Christians. The message is clear: Islam is not simply present in France; it is ascendant.
And as Islam rises, Jewish life shrinks into the shadows. Antisemitic incidents have exploded, multiplying several times over in just a few short years. Jewish schools have become fortresses, guarded by soldiers with automatic rifles. Holocaust memorials are defaced with pro-Palestinian slogans. Families live behind locked doors, fearful of neighbors who once nodded politely but now spit threats. France’s Jewish population–the largest in Europe–is fleeing in droves, seeking refuge in Israel or America. They know what France refuses to admit: the nation is no longer safe for them.
Yet President Emmanuel Macron responds not with courage, but with cowardice. This September, he will take the stage at the United Nations and announce France’s recognition of a Palestinian state. He calls it a “principled stand.” But it is nothing more than appeasement. Macron bows to a growing Muslim electorate, trading away France’s moral spine for short-term political survival. While synagogues sit under guard and Jews pack their bags, France chooses to humiliate Israel–the one democratic ally in the Middle East–and reward its enemies.
This is not just political miscalculation; it is moral rebellion. Scripture warns in Joel 4:2: “I will enter into judgment… because they have scattered My people and divided My land.” By turning against Israel, Macron is not protecting France from Islamist rage. He is inviting judgment on a nation already crumbling. Every mosque that rises in place of a church, every concession to radical demands, every betrayal of Israel–these are steps toward France’s demise.
Look at the streets of Paris. Children are taught radical Islamist ideas in schools where parents dare not challenge them. Public pools schedule “women-only” swim times to accommodate Islamic modesty codes. In some suburbs, Christmas markets have been replaced by “winter festivals,” stripped of Christian symbols for fear of offense. This is not coexistence. It is surrender.
And the world is watching. Europe’s future is written in France’s present. Berlin, Brussels, London–all stand on the same precipice. If France falls, they will follow. A continent that once carried the light of the Gospel now risks being extinguished under the weight of its own cowardice.
The hour is late, but not yet past saving. France must awaken, reclaim its Christian heritage, defend its Jewish citizens, and stand once more with Israel. Appeasement is not peace–it is suicide. And if France continues down this path, history will remember it not as the champion of liberty, but as the first great nation of the West to fall to Islam.
Gog and Magog Update
Israel struck Hamas in Qatar, Turkey could be next ?
Given its assessment of Hamas, it stands to reason that Israel will continue to target the group wherever it might seek shelter.
Israeli forces attacked Hamas targets in Qatar, a Persian Gulf emirate that has financed Hamas and incited terrorism against both Israel and the United States. Hamas leaders have called Doha home, believing that Qatar’s role as a mediator would shield terror leaders from accountability.
They were wrong. Not only does it look like the Israeli Defense Forces used airstrikes rather than more deniable covert action, but Washington whispers suggest they also coordinated with the White House.
Many American diplomats have long looked at Hamas as an inconvenience in their efforts to advance the peace process.
Too often, European diplomats (and former Secretary of State John Kerry) have approached Hamas as a potential partner. Israel understands that Hamas represents an existential threat; they acted accordingly.
Given Israel’s assessment of Hamas, it stands to reason that Israel will continue to target the group wherever it might seek shelter.
Beyond Hamas? Turkey Could Be Next
Nor is Hamas alone. Following the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, Israel hunted down its perpetrators across Europe and the Middle East.
After the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) murdered three Israelis in Cyprus, Israeli jets flew 1,280 miles to bomb the PLO headquarters in Tunisia, which, like Qatar, had a foot in both camps even if, like Qatar, it had no formal relations with Israel.
Hamas leaders now understand that not only is Gaza itself is no safe haven, but Tehran and Doha provide no shelter.
Their last refuge is Turkey. Hamas long ago established offices in Istanbul not only to coordinate with Turkey, but also to launder cash and plan attacks.
NATO Won’t Save Them
Both Hamas and Turkey may believe Turkey’s NATO membership offers immunity that Gaza, Iran, and Qatar did not. Qatar may have been a Major Non-NATO Ally, but it was not NATO.
It had no NATO Article V, which states that an attack on one is an attack on all.
Turkey and Hamas should take care, however. NATO is a consensus-driven organization, and seldom are decisions cut-and-dry.
Sweden and Finland resent the Turkish extortion and blackmail that accompanied their accession to the defense alliance when Turkey humiliated them by demanding they constrain civil liberties and freedoms for Turkish dissidents and their Kurdish minority and, in Sweden’s case, even extradite a Kurdish activist.
A veto in Stockholm or Helsinki is a plausible option.
So too is a Washington veto, notwithstanding President Donald Trump’s close personal and business ties with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Self-defense provisions do not apply to an aggressor. If Turkey acts by terrorist proxy—and that is what Hamas effectively is—then Turkey essentially fired the first shot, and Israel is right to respond.
The Poles tell a joke. If forced to shoot at both a German and a Russian, whom would they target first? The answer: The German. The reason: Business before pleasure.
As Erdoğan increases his anti-Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric and transforms Turkey into a state sponsor of terror, the same joke might apply for Israel, but with Qatar and Iran substituting for Germany, and Turkey playing the role of Iran.
If Turks are wise, they will either extradite Hamas now or, for their own safety, stay at least 150 feet from any structure hosting Hamas.