Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Muslim immigrants

Esther Duflo wrote on Vox that Muslims immigrants were assimilating (identify themselves as British) as much as other immigrants in England and that they had the same core values (freedom of speech, freedom of thoughts, freedom of religion, right to be treated fairly and equally, right to free education etc…).
So if religion does not explain neither assimilation nor core values, Huntington is wrong about the clash of civilisation, claiming that Muslims’ values are not compatible with Westerns ones.
It is Western society’s racist reactions that cause the fuss, not the values of Muslims immigrants.

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