The end of European civilization

I can tell that you're a student of history and that you write from genuine, sincere concern about the fate of Western Civilization - and justifiably so.  It's been 30 years since I traveled to Europe for pleasure - which is fine with me, since I want to remember it the way it was when I went there as a child with my family, and as a teenager on holiday, and on leave when I was in the Navy.  I rely on input from journalists, bloggers, family members and colleagues who go there for vacation and business, and many of them don't seem all that concerned, which strikes me as both odd and interesting.  Are Bat Y'or and Oriana Fallaci just a couple of overreacting right wingers, or are my colleagues in denial, blissfully unaware, or are have they become liberal multiculturalists who actually admire the sociocultural and religious change that Europe has embraced in the past 30 years?  I'm not sure, but my gut tells me that my ability to compare the present to the past gives me a lower threshhold for that change than my younger associates, so I just smile and say "that's nice" when they tell me how cool Europe is.

Perhaps the most bizarre observation I've made over the years is the evolution of the term "racism" to include those who express opinions at odds with violent, radical Islam.  Daniel Pipes writes at length about this phenomenon, which has been applied to him consistently at colleges and universities when he speaks out against the threat of radical Islam. 

When Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Republican of Colorado, raised the idea of bombing Islamic holy sites as a form of deterrence, a Nation of Islam leader in Denver, Gerald Muhammad, deemed his comments racist.

Note the evolution: As belief in racial differences and racial superiority wanes in polite society, some parties expand the meaning of racism to condemn political decisions such as worrying about too much immigration (even of poor whites), preferring one's own culture, fearing radical Islam, and implementing effective counterterrorist measures.

This attempt to delegitimize political differences must be rejected. Racism refers only to racial issues, not to views on immigration, culture, religion, ideology, law enforcement, or military strategy.

Certainly there is a culture war, a propaganda war, and a religious war accompanying the so-called terror war.  But you mention the Balkans, and there may be some good news on that front.  Take a look at Michael Totten's article How Kosovo Created Its Own Liberal Islam to see how the Wahabbists are being firmly rejected by European Muslims in Kosovo:

A small number of well-heeled Islamic extremists from the Gulf states have moved into Kosovo to rebuild damaged mosques and transform liberal Balkan Islam into the more severe version found in the deserts of Saudi Arabia. They’ve had a small amount of success with a similar project in nearby Bosnia, but they’re meeting stiffer resistance from Kosovo’s religious community as well as from secular citizens.

“We are working very hard to stop these kinds of movements,” said Professor Xhabir Hamiti, of the Islamic studies department at the University of Pristina. “These kinds of movements are dangerous for all nations, for all faiths, for all religions. We are Muslims, but we think the European way. I am a Muslim, I am a scholar, I know how to deal with Islam in my country. There is no need for Arabs to come here. I have no need for their suggestions, no need for their explanations. We created our Islam ourselves here, and we can continue our Islam with our own minds.”

This may provide some hope that

Radical Islam and postmodern European culture will mix into some unforeseen tolerant brand of Islam

I don't know if this will happen during our lifetimes, but at least a few seeds have been planted.  There is a lot of work that needs to be done by conservatives and moderates to nurture those seeds.  I'm afraid the liberals have pushed the pendulum of social change in a very radical direction, and it may swing even further before it re-centers itself.  I remain optimistic that at some point in history, the decline in European civilization will re-center itself - much like the decline of Roman civilization eventually re-centered itself in the birth of the American Republic.