[–] PeaceLoveAndRamen 4 points 2 points 6 points (+6|-4) ago
I mean, with every immigrant group, you'll have some who stick to their old culture and don't want to integrate into their new country's society. But they are usually outnumbered by the ones who make a genuine attempt to integrate into their new country's culture, and their children won't be much different culturally than most Europeans.
I'm of Nepali Sherpa descent and I was born in India. I've lived the vast majority of my life in Canada and the US and I honestly don't consider myself anything other than just American. I've seen a lot of Indians who want to create themselves little microcosms of language, dress, religion, food, and social structures. And those people won't adapt whatsoever and I'd assume that it's the same deal with immigrants to European countries. But as I said before, it's their children who'll be the ones the adapt.
[–] Super_Kapowzler ago
If you consider yourself American, I'm quite sure you'd agree that a football is a pointy-oval.
[–] PeaceLoveAndRamen 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I play and coach soccer. I disagree.
[–] Jivatman 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago (edited ago)
It's not the Asians, Indians, South Americans people complain about like this. Except for some people that get mad about competition for jobs. Problem is Islam is both a backwards and deeply political religion. Dharmic religions are highly non-exlusionist by nature and see all paths to god as having some validity. Christianity is exclusionist but Jesus was a pacifist and inherently saw faith as personal and attacked its politicization or control by the state. Islam is strongly the opposite.
India and Pakistan were one country in 1947. Only difference is religion. Look at the difference in directions the countries are going.
If I were head of a country I would consider accepting non-Muslims or perhaps those that renounce Islam, though of course people could lie, and you get into issues of freedom of conscience to do something about it...