Muslims assimilate better in the US than in Europe

WHEN Osama bin Laden was planning to attack the United States he decided not to recruit Muslim Americans for the terrorist mission. Instead, the attacks by Al Qaeda in New York and Washington on Sept 11, 2001, were planned in Germany and carried out by a group of non-American Muslims who were residing in Europe at the time.

Indeed, bin Laden recognised that many Muslims in Europe were feeling alienated from, say, German, French, and British societies, were drawn to radical Islamist ideas and activism and could therefore serve as a potential support group for the Islamist terrorist…