December 15, 2004

The New York Times > International > Letter From Europe: A Continent Watching Anxiously Over the Melting Pot

Assimilation is not possible when the religion is fundamentally different. In the U.S., by and large, the immigration was from Europe or at least from Christian/Catholics countries, which made assimilation easier. This is not so in Europe and the author fails to make that point strongly. The Muslims will not likely to assimilate because with their high birth rate there are so many of them they don't have to.

Serious problems are ahead for Europe, given the extraordinary Muslim immigration.

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