The assertion that Christianity is "Levantine" and thus alien to Europe is historically shallow. While Christ was born in the Levant, His Church transcended geography, becoming the universal faith that fulfilled the spiritual aspirations of diverse peoples, including the Irish. Christianity rooted itself deeply in Ireland, shaping its art, language, and resistance to colonial oppression. To equate this with Islam or Rabbinic Judaism, which often remain culturally insular within host nations, is to ignore history. Modern multiculturalism, far from enriching Ireland, threatens to erase its distinctiveness under the guise of progress. For an Irish nationalist, preserving the Catholic faith and the culture it built is not prejudice but fidelity to the sacrifices of the past and a duty to protect Ireland’s integrity for the future.
Ireland’s Catholic faith is not foreign but the cornerstone of its identity, having elevated and transformed the native Gaelic culture into something unique and enduring. St. Patrick brought the faith without the sword, harmonizing it with Ireland’s traditions to produce a society marked by beauty, order, and spiritual depth. Islam, by contrast, is inseparable from a legal-political system—sharia—that has historically sought dominance through force, as seen in the invasions of Spain and the Balkans. Introducing large numbers of adherents to such an ideology into Ireland risks importing a competing societal model that conflicts with Ireland’s Catholic social order and centuries of hard-fought resistance to foreign imposition.
Islam is fundamentally at odds with Irish culture, both in its structure and its ethos. Irish society, emphasizes subsidiarity, the sanctity of the individual. Islam, however, is deeply bound to sharia law, a rigid legal-political system that governs every aspect of life and often prioritizes collective enforcement over personal conscience. Irish traditions—rooted in a sense of local autonomy, communal charity, and the dignity of the person—stand in stark contrast to the collectivist and authoritarian tendencies found in many Islamic societies. Even cultural expressions like architecture, art, and social norms diverge sharply, creating an inevitable friction when the two are brought into close proximity.
Historically, Catholicism in Ireland harmonized with the native culture, elevating it into a unique Christian civilization, whereas Islam has often sought to dominate and reshape host societies. This pattern persists today: while Catholics brought the Gospel to Ireland through conversion and integration, Islam frequently follows a model of demographic and political expansion aimed at eventual control. The Irish must remember that this is not about isolated individuals but about the historical tendency of Islamic cultures to supplant rather than coexist with their hosts. Allowing mass immigration of Muslims into Ireland risks introducing a force that typically seeks to take over rather than integrate into the fabric of the nation.
Is there an example of a country in Western Europe that you can offer up as a poster child for Islamic immigration?
