Europe’s Muslims face broad discrimination

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http://www.khaleejtimes.ae/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/December/theworld_December430.xml§ion=theworld

VIENNA - Europe’s Muslims face deep-seated discrimination in education, housing and jobs that can alienate them from the mainstream, but say they could do more themselves to connect with wider society, an EU report said on Monday.

The study by the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia is the first to cover Muslims across the European Union and coincides with growing scrutiny of EU Muslims spurred by terrorism and increased immigration from the Islamic world.

Entitled “Muslims in the European Union - Discrimination and Islamophobia”, the 115-page report was accompanied by interviews with mainly young Muslims describing experiences of being marginalised even if they were European-born EU citizens.

“A question I have heard many times is, ’When are you going back?’ I say, ’I was born in Rotterdam so where would I go?’ It’s a really painful question and makes you feel like a foreigner..., accept that you are a foreigner at some point,” a Dutch Muslim woman said in the survey.

[BushOut06]

1. Yep, and this is being encouraged by right-wingers here in the States

You routinely hear dire warnings from the right about how "white" European birth rates are declining, whereas Muslim birth rates are increasing, and within 20-30 years, all of Europe will be Muslim. Therefore, anything that can be done to stem this "Muslim invasion" is probably justified in their eyes.

[maxsolomon]

2. remember back when the soviets used to point at america

and say our race problems were evidence of our societal decadence & impending collapse?

turns out that we do a pretty good job of practicing tolerance considering we have about 100x as many immigrant groups as europe.