Dangerous, declining, and overrun by Muslim immigrants.
That view of Europe is increasingly common in America.
And it's a view that's also gaining ground in Europe itself.
In several countries, roughly half the population now thinks
Islam is incompatible with Western values.
Is there any truth to these fears?
What's setting so many against Islam?
And how should liberals counter intolerance wherever they find it?
I'm Edward Carr, The Economist's deputy editor, and welcome back to The Insider.
To discuss this, I have Sascha Nauta, our Britain editor
and the author of this week's cover leader, hot off the Eurostar,
Sophie Pedder, our Paris bureau chief
and one of the people who helped write this week's briefing
on Islam in Europe,
and Georgia Banjo, our Britain correspondent
and the host of a really excellent podcast on Tommy Robinson,
anti-Islam agitator, which starts this week,
I think three parts we have of that, very good it is, too.
And from Berlin, I have Tom Nuttall, our bureau chief,
who also helped report on the briefing