Long-established Muslim minorities can be culturally European yet still face violent conflict

Evidence

This acculturation did not by any means render them immune from conflicts with their neighbors, as the expulsion of Turks from communist Bulgaria and the recent and current tragedy in Bosnia amply demonstrate. But despite these troubles, it remains clear that the Bosnians are essentially Europeans, having far more in common with their non-Muslim neighbors than with their non-European co-religionists. — Bernard Lewis, From Babel to Dragomans, 696