European Muslim integration will enrich rather than harm Europe

Evidence

Just as diverse Jewish communities were eventually integrated into Europe’s social fabric; so too will European Muslims be. This integration will not bring negative impacts for Europe, but will instead enrich European nations in a variety of ways, and build on their history of tolerance and pluralism. Whipping up fear of nonspecific terrors that Muslims will supposedly bring with them might be good for getting elected in the short term, but it bears no correlation to the vibrant and diverse future which awaits the Europe of the future. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 562

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 562
• XREF: connects to: Muslim visibility in Europe paradoxically increases perceived non-integration — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 708; Perceived Muslim rejection of secularism eroded European faith in multiculturalism — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 359; Islamophobia remains Europe’s one tolerated and even encouraged racist ideology — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 486 (+3 more)

Related

• Perceived Muslim rejection of secularism eroded European faith in multiculturalism (similarity 0.85)
• Muslim visibility in Europe paradoxically increases perceived non-integration (similarity 0.84)
• Islam’s public visibility in Europe challenges secular assumptions that govern public life (similarity 0.83)
• European Islamophobia has moved from the far right into the political mainstream. (similarity 0.82)
• European bigotry presumes Jews and Muslims have somewhere else to go. (similarity 0.82)
• Islamophobia rests on a false notion of European ethnic purity (similarity 0.81)
• European terror attacks justify US proposals to ban and intern Muslims (similarity 0.81)
• Islamophobia remains Europe’s one tolerated and even encouraged racist ideology (similarity 0.80)
• European hostility toward Muslims exceeds even hostility toward other immigrants (similarity 0.80)
• European Muslim populations would keep growing even with zero immigration (similarity 0.80)
• Europe’s Muslim population share far exceeds that of the United States (similarity 0.80)
• Anti-Semitism secured pure nation-states while Islamophobia preserves European civilization. (similarity 0.80)
• Radicalization anxieties drive integration discourse despite Muslims being integrated. (similarity 0.80)
• Both Jews and Muslims have been racialized by majority populations in modern Europe. (similarity 0.80)
• Islam served as Europe’s constitutive outsider against which its civilization defined itself (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• European terror attacks justify US proposals to ban and intern Muslims #contradicts (0.80)
• Concrete data show Muslim-majority nations integrating modernization and pluralism #corroborates (0.70) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 691
• Perceived Muslim rejection of secularism eroded European faith in multiculturalism #complicates (0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 359
• Islamophobia remains Europe’s one tolerated and even encouraged racist ideology #complicates (0.50) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 486
• Fighting Islamophobia need not stifle legitimate criticism of Muslims #expands (0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 696
• Muslim visibility in Europe paradoxically increases perceived non-integration #qualifies (0.40) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 708