Perhaps a good question would be: what does it mean to assimilate?
I think we must take into consideration cultural, political, and socioeconomic assimilation -- all of those, at a minimum.
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Perhaps a good question would be: what does it mean to assimilate?
I don't doubt that. Around here(southern Indiana) , lack of assimilation isn't a problem either.While this is just an anecdote, I like in the central coast of California, which has a high hispanic population. My experience is that most of the Hispanics I encounter have assimilated quite well.
That was exactly the point of the pieceParenthetical aside....
Mid-East types & Muslims began immigrating to SE MIchiganistan around 1870.
They're pretty well assimilated....& busy opening restaurants & grocery stores.
Europa does not make it remotely difficult for Muslims to assimilate.They just don't want to.
"In Greek mythology Europa (/jʊˈroʊpə, jə-/; Greek: Εὐρώπη Eurṓpē) was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage, and for whom the continent Europe was named."There's people immigrating to Jovian moons?! Did they finally discover fish under the ice and set up a fishing industry?
On a more serious note I just found out the EU's official site is called Europa...
"In Greek mythology Europa (/jʊˈroʊpə, jə-/; Greek: Εὐρώπη Eurṓpē) was the mother of King Minos of Crete, a woman with Phoenician origin of high lineage, and for whom the continent Europe was named."
You're making the author's case for him. Abandoning "many of the more problematic traditional Islamic values" is also known as "assimilation" -- or at least a good part of it.
If somebody doesn't think there is a Muslim problem in America then they obviously haven't been to Torrance, California.
I've been to Torrance, California. It was a long time ago, though. Isn't there a big oil refinery there?
Little known fact: Torrance, California is named after Danny Torrance, who was the young kid in The Shining who was having visions and shouted out "Redrum! Redrum!"
Muslims have been moving to Europe longer than the USA has existed. There are specific issues today with mass migration from conflicts around North African and the Middle East but that is just one part of a much bigger and more diverse picture. Lots of Hispanics in the US assimilate (with a similar long and diverse history) just like lots of Muslims in Europe do but to deny that there is any conflict and disruption in the US with immigrants from the South would be naive or dishonest, just as it would be to deny problems with some of the Muslim immigration to Europe.We don't have an Hispanic problem in anything like the same sense that Europe has a Muslim problem. The Hispanics who come here to stay are assimilating into US culture and society just fine. But the Muslims who go to Europe to stay are not assimilating into their national societies and cultures. See the difference?