Muslim immigrants in the U.S.
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- September
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An interesting article in the German magazine “Der Spiegel”:http://www.spiegel.de:80/international/world/0,1518,druck-505573,00.html
on Muslim immigrants to the United States and how they seem to make a place for themselves in society more easily here than in Europe.
I’m sure there is discrimination, especially after the Sept. 11 attacks.
But here’s one point that the article makes, appropriate today on Constitution Day.
“The United States, the land of religious refugees, is more open to religion than secular Europe. Debates over headscarves or mosques are less likely to ruffle feathers in the United States. And while America has 250 Islamic schools, Great Britain has less than half as many, France has only three and Germany has none at all.”
PHOTO: Sara Said Alkhulaidi, originally from Yemen and now living in Brooklyn, holds a sign as Rabbi Michael Feinberg, executive director of the Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition, speaks during a demonstration in support of the Khalil Gibran International Academy on Monday, Aug. 20 in New York. The New York city public school opened this month and offers instruction in Arabic and Arab culture. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)
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