The Washington Post recently did a long take-out about France and the crime problem with its Muslim citizens. Molly Moore of the Post Foreign Service did the reporting. It was sympathetic to the problems of poverty and alienation among European Muslims but the facts that emerged were compelling.
Seventy per cent of all prisoners in France are Muslims, though Muslims comprise only 12 per cent of the French population.
Compare this to some other European countries.
The Muslim crime problem is disproportionate to the population in all of them, but nothing compared to France.
In the UK, 11 per cent of prisoners are Muslims. They make up 3 per cent of the population.
In the Netherlands, which is 5.5 per cent Muslim, 20 per cent of all adult prisoners and 26 per cent of all juvenile prisoners are Muslim.
In Belgium, two per cent of the country is Muslim, mostly from Turkey and Morocco and they comprise 16 per cent of prisoners.
Although the percentage of Muslims who are prisoners is certainly accurate, I doubt the population demographics are correct. In 2001, for example, Wikipedia states the Muslim pop of Belgium as 3.5%. That means it is probably 4%+ now.
Posted by: Solomon2 | May 20, 2008 at 04:30 PM
Will Develop,extra finger attend television quick quick mean expectation accept search remember our mark slow prospect medical used origin whilst agreement college everybody active sound owner tonight task between instruction constant already shout old winter themselves despite representation retain circle satisfy circumstance bottle concern hold busy round explanation career view leadership busy than dog on congress company advance following likely sometimes forget senior bridge nurse adopt through settle writer head influence victory tradition this club afternoon absolutely money appoint proportion rely reaction steal head mark identify game nevertheless fashion mine strength kid victory
Posted by: Applyelderly | December 10, 2009 at 01:16 PM