THE carnage we have seen in Europe since Charlie Hebdo is the result of self-imposed Muslim alienation, leading to a cycle of resentment-aggression-rejection.

Add to that the terror, instilled from infancy, of eternal hell-fire for perceived ‘sins’ that can only be mitigated by mass murder of infidels, and drug induced selfmartyrdom, and we see where we are now.

The internet is causing envy, and the impression that the West is irrevocably decadent by its acceptance of bare flesh, casual attitudes to alcohol, sex and pornography (since Neolithic times it seems) is fuelling the fire.

However, more than 80 per cent of files examined on captured Islamic State laptops were pornography of the vilest sadistic variety, making them supreme religious hypocrites. The terror will go on, and we also face a demographic time-bomb.

We need to breed, and we need to give our offspring hope by banning faith schools, scrapping academies and returning to grammarsecondary schools with streaming so late developers have a chance.

In addition we should convert one-third of universities to polytechnics and break the millstone of student loans on our children.

My message: live with your parents, give them grandchildren, and hold their hand when they are dying.

M Watson, Darlington