Re: British Muslims call for ban on extremist rally at mosque in Ramadan
Agree here.
The amount of racism/bullying/hatred/discrimination in Britain schools and in general is very high. Not seen in North America.
The reason could be many but main reason which comes to mind is North America is built on different theme, mainly on immigration. No one claims the country is his or her. All (except few) are proud to be from somewhere else. Even those who had their ancestors came and landed on North America centuries ago.
Most of Europeans believe they own the land and immigration is not good.
We all have seen in world wars and Bosnian wars their attitude.
Also, there are about 8 million muslims in North America. ( About 7 in USA and one million in Canada)
But in a smaller land of Britain muslims are about 2 million. Most of them live in few towns…concentrated. Perhaps they are forced to live in certain areas due to being unaccepted. I am not sure. May be you know that better. Hence they get MP’s politicians elected with majority votes from certain areas.
The case in North America is different. Majority Muslims in North America is spread around various parts and has not much of concentration. Not enough to elect many politicians. But there is a house representative who is muslim and perhaps Detroit had deputy Mayor as muslim.
Muslims are well accepted and integrated in any areas in North America.
Moreover, muslim population like anyone else in North America is mobile and changes jobs and residence far more commonly than perhaps people in Britain.
If interested please see these sites or document
AMERICAN MUSLIM DEMOGRAPHICS - MUSLIM AMERICAN POPULATIONS OUTREACH PROGRAMS