Attributing immigrant violence to value differences leads to compatibility questions

Evidence

The problem of violence encountered by girls and women of immigrant origin is generally attributed to the different value systems of Muslim immigrants and Europeans. Once the situation is constructed in this manner, it is easy to ask, as French media have in connection with the wearing of the veil, whether being Muslim is compatible with being French. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 301

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Directly supports the immodesty moral-panic essay — the veil debate’s logic of asking whether a religious practice is compatible with national identity.