An earlier version of this essay by Fjordman was first published in Norwegian at the website Document.[1]
Is the Islamization of Europe a Conspiracy Theory?
by Fjordman
The so-called Extremism Commission (Ekstremismekommisjonen) was appointed by the Labour-led Støre government in Norway in June 2022. They published their report in the spring of 2024.[2]
The commission, which was supported by key figures in the Norwegian Labour Party, seems to conclude that people who disagree with the Social Democrats and their immigration policy are suspected extremists and possibly potential terrorists. This is perhaps not so surprising.
The following are three quotes about alleged conspiracy theories, all of which appear on page 85 of the report:
“At the heart of the Eurabia narrative is the ongoing Islamization of Europe through immigration. The ultimate plan of the conspiracy, according to those making the claim, is to introduce Islamic law, sharia, into Europe. Western politicians, academics, journalists, business leaders and religious leaders are alleged to be part of this secret plan. In Norway, the literature was largely carried on by Peder Are Nøstvold Jensen, who called himself Fjordman online. Fjordman was a source of inspiration for the terrorist who carried out the terrorist attack in July 2011, Anders Behring Breivik”.
“The Eurabia conspiracy narrative forms an ‘ideological backdrop’ for opinions shared by many in social media. Particularly oft-repeated claims are that Europe is being Islamized and is thus about to perish, that Islamization is taking place under the cover of political correctness and in cahoots with left-wing politicians, that Muslims are disloyal to European values and do not want to be integrated.”
On the same page, the Extremism Commission mocks the alleged “conspiracy narrative” about the Great Replacement:
“It claims that the original population of Europe is about to be replaced by non-European immigrants. According to the narrative, this can be called a kind of reverse colonization of white Europeans. The story is based on the author Renaud Camus’ book Le Grand Remplacement”.
Let’s start with the first paragraph. The author Gisèle Littman is better known by her pen name Bat Ye’or, which means “Daughter of the Nile”. She was born into a Jewish family in Cairo, Egypt, in 1933. She is also a calm and sensible person whom I have had the pleasure of meeting several times.
Perhaps the most controversial of her books is Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis from 2005. In this book, Bat Ye’or referred to real agreements within the so-called Euro-Arab Dialogue that are not secret. The Barcelona Process to create closer ties between Europe and the Arab world, for example, is very real. It led, among other things, to the creation of the Union for the Mediterranean, which still exists.[3] Nor has Bat Ye’or ever claimed to have invented the concept of Eurabia. This was the name of a French journal in the 1970s.[4]
So, to ridicule the obvious fact that large parts of Europe are being Islamized, this report misrepresents a book that was published 19 years earlier. This is not impressive. A commission consisting of supposedly intelligent people who are supported by a country’s government and have almost two years to do their work should do better than this.
It may be added that members of the Extremism Commission, including the former national politician Snorre Valen from the Socialist Left Party (SV), have not pointed out any factual errors in Vitne til vanvidd, my extremely well-documented Norwegian-language book on the 22 July case. In fact, the entire national press corps has not pointed out a single error in my book, despite having had the opportunity to examine it for many years.
Former President Donald Trump announced today that he will hold another rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, to honor the slain former volunteer fire chief Corey Comperatore. The Secret Service has said that it can’t protect the former president during any more large outdoor rallies, so he must have organized his own security arrangements. Perhaps he found some private security firms that aren’t deterred by sloped roofs.
