EU: Assimilation demands worsen ethnic tensions

EU: Assimilation demands worsen ethnic tensions

Via news24:
Demands that Muslim groups do more to assimilate in Europe are worsening ethnic tensions and aggravating the problems they are meant to solve, a top human rights official said on Thursday in a veiled warning to Germany and the Netherlands.

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"The diverse groups of Muslims are now blamed by politicians in some countries for not 'assimilating'.

"However ... anti-Muslim bigotry has in fact become a major obstacle to respectful relationships," Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner Thomas Hammarberg wrote.

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