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Monday, August 28, 2006

Spotlight on Why Muslims Will Not Assimilate Into American Society

The theory goes that Muslims in America are more assimilated into American society, so that the hatred and rage of European Muslims against the governments in the countries they live in does not and will not happen here.

One reporter looked into the "facts" behind this theory, and found them to be pure bunk. Muslims in America are not assimilating - in fact, they are becoming more Muslim, more radical, and more intolerant of American society. In short, the danger they pose grows each day.

America's Muslims Aren't as Assimilated as You Think

If only the Muslims in Europe -- with their hearts focused on the Islamic world and their carry-on liquids poised for destruction in the West -- could behave like the well-educated, secular and Americanizing Muslims in the United States, no one would have to worry.

So runs the comforting media narrative that has developed around the approximately 6 million Muslims in the United States, who are often portrayed as well-assimilated and willing to leave their religion and culture behind in pursuit of American values and lifestyle. But over the past two years, I have traveled the country, visiting mosques, interviewing Muslim leaders and speaking to Muslim youths in universities and Islamic centers from New York to Michigan to California -- and I have encountered a different truth. I found few signs of London-style radicalism among Muslims in the United States. At the same time, the real story of American Muslims is one of accelerating alienation from the mainstream of U.S. life, with Muslims in this country choosing their Islamic identity over their American one.


This idea has to be laid down to Muslims in America: you need to be part of American society, and learn American values. If you cannot, or do not wish to assimilate, then you need to pack up and move to a country where you will feel more comfortable - and, to be honest, where Americans will feel more comfortable not having you around our country.

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