In UK, Muslims DO NOT integrate

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In the entire universe, Muslims DO NOT integrate

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FIFY

And Europe has never really had that as a core principle anyhow. Assimilation has always been more of an American idea. Europe has always had ghettos for immigrants. America tries to get them to the middle class as quickly as possible.

The failure of Muslims to integrate and assimilate is why I am opposed to allowing large numbers of them to come here. Terrorism is really just a distraction. The real threat isn't as obvious.

And? Do most women wear veils in the UK? NO. Are most schools in the UK run by Muslims? NO. What does being part of the Commonwealth have anything to do with this? Try finding a better, more thoughtful argument, this one holds no water.

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In the entire universe, Muslims DO NOT integrate

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I'd say to ask Mars, but it's already too late for them.

About 100 years ago a bunch of Syrian Muslims immigrated to New Iberia and Lafayette. They quickly assimilated. They converted to Catholicism.

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About 100 years ago

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I have to believe today's technology is part of what hampers assimilation today.

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I live kinda near the one area of town that the Indians have congregated and where the Alabanias and Bosnians have congregated. They have created micro communities inside the larger community.

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This has always happened. I live in Oregon, and we have a lot of Asian and Indian immigrants. They have micro-communities, but their kids integrate really well. Throughout history in the US, their have been these types of communities. Italian, Polish, Mexican, Puerto Rican, etc... These communities were a stepping stone to moving assimilation. Often times, immigrants were too poor to live anywhere but "the hood", and they chose to live in the "hood" where people spoke the same native language as themselves. The objective was a better life for their children.

The Muslim values don't allow them to do the same. One of those values is that non-Muslims are not viewed as equals.

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And? They're almost all either born in the U.K. or from the Commonwealth.

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You're supporting the OP's point.

Define was assimilation means to you? Clearly this is a very unclear term in regards to what levels of achievement are good vs bad.

Most people don't assimilate to the point that become exactly like the others around them. Now if you are talking about people expecting Sharia Law to be practiced, I completely agree that is not assimilation.

If you are referring to something like a woman choosing to wear the hijab, that has little to do with assimilation.

You can't expect people to have incentive to assimilate until you actually have a set guideline as to what that means. We don't even require people to learn a specific language in this country, and certain demographics are given leeway in that regard while others are not.

Spanish speakers are allowed to have translators during some immigration interviews for green cards/citizenship/etc, while other languages do not. There are major issues in how we apply laws and expectations.

In the end, you have to define what integration is. I know many Muslims that practice their faith and you'd have no idea they were foreigners or Muslims. I know others that are the opposite. Of course, your such a highly intellectual person that you can't fathom to understand the difference though.