Wake up, people! Muslims by definition cannot assimilate by Lawrence Auster

This is from Rod Dreher's important article on the Hirsi Ali interview with Reason (previously discussed here):

She says passing constitutional restrictions on Muslims is going to happen because the problem of Islamic extremism is not going to go away, and in fact is going to get worse--though sensibly, she acknowledges at length that there are some pretty strong reasons why America doesn't have the same problem as Europe (e.g., Muslim immigrants to America want to assimilate, there's not a welfare system for them to grow dependent on, white guilt is different in the US, etc.).

It's not clear whether the idea that, unlike Muslims in Europe, Muslims in America want to assimilate, comes from Ali or from Dreher. In any case it is a widely believed notion today and it cannot be allowed to pass.

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