Catalonia's push for independence from Spain and the implications if that happens

Next few years, cartographers will have plenty of work on their hands.  You can expect maps to show you the countries, or parts thereof,  that become caliphated, one by one.

From the two articles below, one can surmise how in the first instance a Catalan refuses to see the threat of Shariah and then in the other read the clear-cut analysis of  Kern about the Islamization of Catalonia.  Just like how the young Tunisian women praised and welcomed the "Arab spring" in their country and are now reaping the rewards,  so will it be for the Spanish women in Catalonia....in the very near future.  

Or, are the non-Muslims in Catalonia of the opinion that after they get their independence they will be able to handle the islamic problem?  Poor souls.

Maria Ines writing at TotalBarca
If you have been following recent events  in Catalunya, you probably already know about the political climate that exists around Barça’s home region. If not, allow me to sum up a couple of events: on September 11th, Catalunya’s National Day, 1.5 million people went out onto the streets, displaying la senyera (the red-yellow striped Catalan flag), to demand Catalunya’s independence from Spain. Just a few days later, and after a disappointing meeting with Spain’s Prime Minister, the President of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Artur Mas, brought together Parliament to call for anticipated elections. On November 25th, Catalans will make their voices heard loudly once more, as they will elect a new president and new representatives. This time, it seems the politicians have listened to the people, and it is almost certain that the new elected government will be calling for a referendum, the people’s chance to vote for independence.....



Soeren Kern writing at GatestoneInstitue
A successful push for independence    in the Spanish autonomous region of Catalonia would lead to the establishment of a country with the third-largest percentage of Muslims in Western Europe, just behind France and Belgium, and far ahead of Britain and Germany.

An independent Catalonia, with its capital in Barcelona, would also be home to the largest concentration of radical Islamists in Europe; it would emerge as ground-zero for Salafi-Jihadism on the continent and become one of the top incubators for Islamist terrorism in the West.

eCatalonia, historically one of the wealthiest and most industrialized regions of Spain, has harbored a strong streak toward independence since medieval times, when Barcelona was a Mediterranean trade center with its own parliament. But the ongoing economic crisis in Spain has redoubled calls for Catalonian secession from Spain and the establishment of an independent state.

Catalonia, the economy of which is larger than Portugal's (it accounts for one-fifth of Spanish output and generates 30% of its exports), is struggling to make repayments on its €40 billion ($51.5 billion) debt. On August 31, the credit rating agency Standard & Poor's slashed Catalonia's debt to junk-bond status.



Catalan politicians are blaming the central government in Madrid for the region's economic woes. They say the central government collects €16 billion more in taxes from Catalonia each year than it spends in the region.

On September 20, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy flatly rejected a demand by Catalan President Artur Mas that Catalonia should be allowed to collect and spend its own taxes. This demand for "self-determination" came just days after a massive pro-independence rally in Barcelona on September 11, in which up to 1.5 million Catalans called for forming a new European state.

On September 25, Mas announced a snap election in Catalonia (to be held on November 25), which is being viewed as a plebiscite to gauge popular support for his pro-independence platform. The Catalan parliament also approved a resolution to hold a non-binding referendum on secession once the new legislature is installed.



The ruling parties of Catalonia have also sought guidance from Brussels on the legality of secession from Spain, requesting a "roadmap" for membership of the European Union, along with the use of the euro, as an independent state.

Catalonia has 7.5 million inhabitants, including an estimated 450,000 Muslims, who account for 6% of the total Catalan population. In some Catalan towns and cities, the Muslim population now reaches up to 40% of the population.......