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July 13, 2005
Many Britsh Muslims Came From Former British Colonies
Jocelyn Cesari, a "professor of Islamic Studies at Harvard University and a specialist on Muslim minorities in Europe and the U.S," notes, according to the Financial Times "that at least in parts of Europe like France and the UK, Muslim immigrant families came from countries that were under colonial rule, a troubled memory that has delayed integration into European societies. The colonial past is not erased from memory, she says," according to The Times.
See "Disaffected youths find identity in fundamentalism" for more.
Posted by Munir Umrani at July 13, 2005 10:32 PM
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