One of Ours

"I regret only having said less than I should have ... Rage and pride...have married and produced a robust son: contempt. And contempt has nourished reflection, and reinvigorated Reason ... For example ... what sort of democracy is it that ... instead of listening to the citizens, shuts them up, consigns them to the enemy, abandons them to abuse and bullying ...?"

"Europe becomes more and more a province of Islam, a colony of Islam. And Italy is an outpost of that province, a stronghold of that colony ... In each of our cities lies a second city: a Muslim city, a city run by the Quran. A stage in the Islamic expansionism."

Describing Europe as "Eurabia" -- a mix of Europe and Arabia -- the Italian writer said the continent "has sold itself and sells itself to the enemy like a prostitute."

Written in the blunt style that is Fallaci's trademark, the 278-page book claims "the Catholic Church keeps silent even when its symbols are offended by Muslims and before such practices as polygamy and torture".

The current invasion, Fallaci writes, is carried out not only by the "terrorists who blow up themselves along with skyscrapers or buses but also by the immigrants who settle in our home, and who, with no respect for our laws, impose their ideas, their customs, their God."