Is France Now Presaging the Death of the West?

A new French survey suggests that a third of Muslims living in the country believe Sharia law should be applied worldwide. And just shy of 10% of those who support this think it should be introduced through coercion or force.

While interpretations of such a system differ, its implementation would inevitably bring far-reaching changes—particularly in how Europe approaches women’s rights and, especially, free speech, which is already weakening.

Responding to the finding by Ifop, reported in Le Figaro, Italian MEP Isabella Tovaglieri lamented that “political Islam is spreading in Europe on a vast and unprecedented scale.”

Openly calling for the adoption of Sharia is no longer a taboo or a marginal position, but an increasingly explicit demand, supported by ever more Muslims.

The left pretends not to see it, but Sharia in Europe would mean the end of our values, our freedoms, and Western civilization.

France, of course, need look no further than its own government for the source of this problem. France, like most of Europe, allowed these people in, gave them benefits, housing, food, and money. They accepted them, and they had to know that most of them had no intention of assimilating - of becoming French. 

Note that 10 percent of those surveyed find it acceptable to impose Sharia law globally, by force. It's tempting to say "good luck with that," but significant portions of European cities, like Paris, Copenhagen, and London, are already occupied. 

And it gets worse.

These latest findings also suggest that about a quarter of French Muslims feel close to the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, which the European Right is currently working to quash. President Emmanuel Macron has predictably stunted these efforts, downplaying the threat of the Islamist group and responding angrily to reports highlighting its problems.

It's probably too late for France. The enemy is already inside the city walls, and the city fathers let them in.

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The problem isn't limited to France. 

There are 85 Sharia courts—that we know of—operating across Britain, ‘normalising’ polygamy (for men), giving daughters half as much inheritance as sons and allowing men to end their marriages by saying “divorce” three times.

A report in The Times on Thursday, December 19th says that Muslims from Europe and North America are “increasingly turning” to these Islamic institutions in Britain—now described as the “Western capital” for sharia courts.

There are moves to impose Sharia right here in the United States, as well, although that's a bigger hill to climb; what's a trifle baffling is that one group tried it in Texas. Yes - Texas.

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But what if a "migrant" community in, say, New York City, wants to set up a Sharia-governed enclave in Brooklyn, or Queens? Under Mayor Zohran Mamdani? It should go without saying that a functioning society can't have two competing, indeed opposed justice systems functioning at the same time. And yet, that's what's happening. Europe is already suffering the death of a thousand cuts, and in another generation, perhaps two, Europe will not be recognizable. This isn't a religious movement; it's a political movement, and the one hope we can hold out for the Continent is that some people, at least, recognize that for what it is. At least one member of the European Parliament, Italy's Isabella Tovaglieri, not only recognizes this problem, but it very vocal about it, while probably placing herself at some personal risk. 

L’islam politico si sta diffondendo in Europa su una scala vasta e senza precedenti.

In Paesi come Francia e Inghilterra, chiedere apertamente l’adozione della sharia non è più un tabù né una posizione marginale, ma una richiesta sempre più esplicita, sostenuta da sempre più… pic.twitter.com/qy8Qq4mckk

— Isabella Tovaglieri (@isatovaglieri) December 22, 2025

Her post (translated from Italian) reads in full:

Political Islam is spreading in Europe on a vast and unprecedented scale. 

In countries like France and England, openly calling for the adoption of Sharia is no longer a taboo or a marginal position, but an increasingly explicit demand, supported by ever more Muslims. 

The left pretends not to see it, but Sharia in Europe would mean the end of our values, our freedoms, and Western civilization.

So what can the United States do? Sharia law is fundamentally incompatible with a free nation, with the republican form of government, and with our Constitution. Yes, the First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, but it does not allow anyone to impose their religion, their theocratic basis for government, on others. And that's what the proponents of Sharia law wish to do. This Islamic law lies outside the protection of the First Amendment.

That's our advantage. We have a constitution, and at least at the moment, we have a national government (at least an Executive Branch) that recognizes the importance of that document. But we need elected representatives who won't shy away from the conflict, who won't try to appease, who won't try to placate, but who will tell the proponents of Sharia law that they are being sent back to where they came from - and then will follow through. 

There can be no Islamic state in America. There can be no Sharia law, not in New York, not in California, not in Texas, Florida, Wyoming, or Alaska. 

We are engaged in a major conflict of civilizations. Europe is now the front line. The conflict is radical Islam vs. civilization. That is what it is. Europe may well already be lost. The next century may be very uncomfortable. This is the fight we have before us, and there are only two possible outcomes: The preservation of Western civilization and all of the liberties and rights that go with that, or another Dark Age that may last a thousand years.

There is no other. It is, as the saying goes, a time for choosing.