Islam in Europe: perception and reality

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You can say a culture is generally one thing without tarring everyone within said culture.

Culture? What culture? I thought it should be pretty clear that there is no such thing as one culture. Unless you didn't read or understand what I wrote before.

Sure cultures are always changing, yet they differ by region. Where do you live, and how old are you? I live in the US, state of Wisconsin and am 34 years old myself. I only ask because I'd like to understand your life experience. From you posts, I'm thinking you are quite young and haven't experienced the real world yet. Still live at your parents house?

In the US we have a lot of micro cultures. Kind of known as the melting pot, and for the most part it's enjoyable sharing the best part of various cultures, even if they become Americanized. Food for example. At the same time within local smaller communities there are shared cultures by those that live there, that don't always match other communities. To each their own seems to work. It's when outsiders come in and stir the settled pot that conflict starts. Often people adopts parts of it if it's beneficial, however, some parts of a foreign culture are destructive and not welcome. Evolution happens over time so people adapt. However with millions of Muslims from war torn countries coming in and not adapting to the culture of the host nation, and instead creating their own culture in the middle of cities demanding that the locals adopt it instead of adapting to the culture they moved to is going to cause conflict.

You seem to be saying Europe doesn't have a culture, and correct me if I'm wrong. Do you prefer migrants assimilate, or do you think your culture is ethnocentric, and that you should adopt the culture of the migrants, or at least sacrifice parts of your culture to integrate the migrants?