Just as diverse Jewish communities were eventually integrated into Europe's social fabric; so too will European Muslims be. This integration will not bring negative impacts for Europe, but will instead enrich European nations in a variety of ways, and build on their history of tolerance and pluralism. Whipping up fear of nonspecific terrors that Muslims will supposedly bring with them might be good for getting elected in the short term, but it bears no correlation to the vibrant and diverse future which awaits the Europe of the future.

XREF: Connects to historical patterns of minority integration in Europe, echoing the parallel drawn between Jewish and Muslim communities. SEED: Could anchor an essay comparing past European minority integrations to contemporary Muslim integration debates.

XREF: Parallel to earlier generations of Jewish integration into European society as a comparable historical precedent.

Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Gl…, loc. 562