Author : Raphael Israeli
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
ISBN 13 : 1948858622
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (488 download)
Book Synopsis Retreating from the Mirage of Multi-Culturalism? by : Raphael Israeli
Download or read book Retreating from the Mirage of Multi-Culturalism? written by Raphael Israeli and published by Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency. This book was released on 2018 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Government strategies for immigration in the Western world are changing. This follows decades in which the West enthusiastically embraced a policy of multiculturalism, hoping to integrate the critical mass of Muslim immigrants arriving in Europe. Some have come in search of economic opportunity; others are legitimate political refugees fleeing tyranny, oppression, and persecution. Multiculturalism, however, became an ideology so deeply and wholly adopted by certain Western governments, as to trigger processes of separatism instead of integration, while efforts to accord citizenship and facilitate assimilation have instead created undercurrents of revivalist Islam. The resulting policy has deteriorated into anger and frustration, leading some new immigrants to support terrorism against their host countries, and to participate in planning and initiating acts of violence in Britain, Spain, France, Germany, and Belgium. In view of this, some host countries have begun to rethink the benefits of multi-culturalism, adjusting to a new policy seeking the integration of Muslim minorities, not through recognizing and cultivating their separate identities, but through imposing the dominating culture of the adopted country. Case studies include Holland, Britain, and Israel.