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The Conversion of Russia
—To
Islam!
by Christopher A. Ferrara
 In Moscow alone
there are 1 million Muslims today. That’s nearly ten times the number of
Russian-born Catholics in all of Russia. Muslims now comprise about 5% of the
total Russian population, outnumbering Catholics by anywhere from 30-to-1 to
60-to-1, depending on which statistics you use.
The expansion of
Islam in Russia since “the fall of communism” in 1991 has been
assured by Russia’s 1997 law on “freedom of religion,” which
enshrines Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and, of course, Russian Orthodoxy as
“traditional religions” entitled to legal existence. The Catholic
Church, on the other hand, must register its “pastoral points” (which
the Vatican will not call parishes, lest the Orthodox be offended) each year,
and no foreign-born Catholic priest may remain in Russia for more than three
months without leaving the country to renew his visa. Needless to say, the
Catholic Church won’t be sinking any roots in Russia under this regimen.
Meanwhile, Zenit.org, citing a BBC report, informs us that “Mayor Yuriy
Luzhkov attended a service Monday at the city's main mosque to mark Eid
al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice, and promised to help provide more
facilities for Moscow's million-strong Muslims.” The article goes on to
observe that “because of their higher birthrate and increasing cultural
and religious self-confidence [the] Muslims are likely to increase both in
absolute numbers and in their proportion of the population.” On the other
hand, the Catholic population can be expected to shrink proportionately in
Russia, just as it has been shrinking proportionately throughout Europe since
“the springtime of Vatican II” got underway.
Zenit notes that
“In terms of political orientation, [Muslims] have tended to vote for the
Communist Party, as the bastion of conservatism and regional elites ...”
For this reason, “Russia's leaders may have decided the time has come to
court the growing Muslim constituency before its loyal, Tatar leadership gives
way to more militant trends that seek guidance from abroad.”
So, the Muslim
population of Russia continues to grow apace, and Russia’s leaders are now
courting the Muslims because they make good communists! Meanwhile, foreign-born
Catholic priests—which means every priest in Russia except three!—are
not even allowed to maintain permanent residence in that country. Yes, it does
seem that the “conversion of Russia” is taking place, after
all—a conversion to Islam, according to current trends.
In the virtual
reality inhabited by the Fatima-revisionists, the good times just keep coming.
But from the perspective of Fatima, the worst is yet to come.
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