Why does North America have fewer radical Muslims than Europe?

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From time to time I see that in Europe there are attacks by radical Muslims while in the US you rarely see these (although there have also been but less than in Europe)

[Incal]

Muslims to Europe are like the mexicans and cubans (now venezuelans too) to the US: they are poor, uneducated, brutal and can cross the borders just by walking or sailing.

[Tooting Carmen]

Muslims to Europe are like the mexicans and cubans (now venezuelans too) to the US: they are poor, uneducated, brutal and can cross the borders just by walking or sailing.

I was about to say something along those lines. Most Islamic immigration that does exist in the US - whether from the Middle East or South Asia - is of the middle-class, educated and (relatively) secular kind.

N.B. I would have said Mexicans, Central Americans and now Venezuelans in the US rather than Cubans - compared to the others, the Cuban immigration has been a lot more socially varied.

[Incal]

I was about to say something along those lines. Most Islamic immigration that does exist in the US - whether from the Middle East or South Asia - is of the middle-class, educated and (relatively) secular kind.

Just the mere fact of being able to pay a plane ticket to the US and be granted a visa means someone is at least decent.

N.B. I would have said Mexicans, Central Americans and now Venezuelans in the US rather than Cubans - compared to the others, the Cuban immigration has been a lot more socially varied.

I agree. But I wanted to highlight the sailing part.

[Ruggery]

Just the mere fact of being able to pay a plane ticket to the US and be granted a visa means someone is at least decent.




I agree. But I wanted to highlight the sailing part.

It is assumed that to enter Europe you also need a visa or well that was the case for some countries, I think France is more permissive with some countries that were its former colonies of which many are Muslims, strange as it may seem many of those countries hated France .

[Tooting Carmen]

It is assumed that to enter Europe you also need a visa or well that was the case for some countries, I think France is more permissive with some countries that were its former colonies of which many are Muslims, strange as it may seem many of those countries hated France .

(1) There is a lot of illegal immigration. (2) Even much of the legal immigration from the MENA and South Asia is low income, whether to do with employment, family reunion or seeking asylum.

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(1) There is a lot of illegal immigration. (2) Even much of the legal immigration from the MENA and South Asia is low income, whether to do with employment, family reunion or seeking asylum.

I think some former French colonies have their people eligible for citizenship, Algeria at least.

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Ilhan Omar is not radical?

[Tooting Carmen]

I think some former French colonies have their people eligible for citizenship, Algeria at least.

Only those born before 1961.

[Tooting Carmen]

Ilhan Omar is not radical?

Not in a violent sense, no.