Mr and Mrs West are in trouble. It's a big issue and not many people want to talk about it.

The problem: We are not replacing ourselves. Or, if you like, our birth rates are not high enough to keep our culture alive.

So to survive, most of the so-called Western nations are importing people as they struggle to replace themselves naturally.

Australia, NZ, Canada, the US of A, the UK and Western Europe are all doing it.
Even Japan and China are struggling as birth rates plummet across the planet.

All except for one part, that is. Islam. Wherever you look, they are breeding like rabbits.

In France there are now nearly nine million Muslims. In fact, Europe has more than 30 million Muslims and that will double in the next 20 years.

The Muslim birth rate in France alone is more than eight, when the national birth rate is less than two. No wonder they're struggling economically.

Back 30 years ago in the UK, there were less than 200,000 Muslims. Today there are 2.5 million.

And with their birth rate at 6.1 (as opposed to the total UK birth rate of 1.8) there seems to be little doubt about their future either.

Anything less than a 2.1 birth rate means you cannot replace yourself, therefore, you are in decline.

No wonder immigration is so popular right across the West. It's immigrate or die.
But it can't last. Immigration by its very definition can dramatically change a culture. Just look at Auckland. Vancouver. London.

Yes I'm afraid Mr and Mrs West are terminally in decline. And, what's more, they are choosing to do it.

The great English speaking culture of the last 400 years is fading. Fast.

There are some who argue that's a good thing.

I suggest you look at what is about to replace it, before making judgement.

G Martin, Otumoetai.