Muslims' behaviour in developed nations.

[Rwandrall]

Pretty simple question: in developed nations (Europe, South-Eastern Asia, North America), are there any numbers indicating that Muslims are, because of their faith and because of that factor alone, more prone to crime or violence than the rest of the population ?

The question is of importance, because if they are not it means that the religion itself, given the right context, can be peaceful, and it is the countries and cultures that are built around it that are flawed.

As such, it would mean that Islam is not more violent or primitive than Christianity, or any other belief system.

[Rwandrall]

hopeless BUMP since this is a really interesting question for me.

[Anomalocaris]

......are there any numbers indicating that Muslims are, because of their faith and because of that factor alone, more prone to crime or violence than the rest of the population ?

The question is of importance, because if they are not it means that the religion itself, given the right context, can be peaceful, and it is the countries and cultures that are built around it that are flawed.

As such, it would mean that Islam is not more violent or primitive than Christianity, or any other belief system.

Inappropriate metric for what you are trying determine. Since none of the developed countries of the world (there is none in South-east Asia, BTW) is either currently majority Muslim or has had any long tradition of major endogenous Muslim minorities, such Muslim population as is in developed nations likely represent a social and economically distinct and relatively poorly integrated recent minority. Poor social and economic integration is often strong reasons for discontent and criminal violence in themselves. So it would be difficult to distinguish whether it is Islam or poor social and economic integration that is responsible for any distinctive tendency to crime or violence on the part of such a minority.

[corndog36]

interesting question, but I don't think statistics are going to be helpful for the reasons that Chuck stated. Examining historical instances of other religions being used to incite populations to violence might be instructive in understanding what is going in some parts of the Muslim world now.

[Minimalist]

More to the point would be an examination of the role Islam plays in preventing assimilation by newcomers.

[Anomalocaris]

More to the point would be an examination of the role Islam plays in preventing assimilation by newcomers.

Islam no doubt played a strong role in hindering assimmulation. But christianity would no doubt play the same role where situation is reversed. Both are religions that rewards the debasement of rationality by inculcating a infantile sense of conceit. Infantile sense of conceit is not condusive to assimulation.

More to the point is whether Islam played any direct role in hindering Muslim from attaining such education and professional competence as to provide an alternative means of offseting some of the consequences of non-integration.

[HeyItsZeus]

Simple Answer: No.