What happens to multiculturalism when a growing minority wants a monocultural society?

The dream of multiculturalism is over - Editorials & Commentary - International Herald Tribune:

"Immigrants who were drawn to Europe because of the Continent's economic success are in rebellion against the cultural, social and even psychological sources of that success."

This IHT opinion piece by David Rieff of the NYTimes is thoughtful and moderate in tone while daring to raise the issue whether multiculturalism can work, at least with Muslim immigrants. Rieff doesn't really stray from the liberal reservation - his concern is motivated in part by the danger of the anti-immigrant right - and he asserts Europe's need for immigrants due to what he correctly calls its "demographic freefall." I don't recall Rieff saying so, but the questions he raises also pertain to the long-stalled accession of Turkey to the EU.

Maybe Europe needs to open its doors to Mexicans. Europe is largely Catholic and most Mexicans are Catholic, so the religious issue should not present the sort of problem that Islam does to European culture. The US really doesn't have jobs for all the immigrants we have and yet the flood continues. Redirecting the flow to Europe might simultaneously benefit the US, Mexico and Europe.

After you read this article from the International Herald Tribune, you might want to take a look at the last paragraph of my August 8 post. There, I briefly discuss Jean-Pierre Raspail's chilling novel The Camp of the Saints.