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Muslims as an ethnicity The problem with Islam is that it creates a sort of "subculture" reminiscent of the USA's concept of "Hispanics". I think it's best to separate Muslims from Non-Muslims because it would help fight racism better - I am increasingly finding that Non-Muslims are being...

Muslims have historically self-identified as a separate ethnocultural group in countries throughout Asia. I think there's something about Islam/Muslims that makes them not integrate into the external culture around them, and therefore I think it's only right that Muslims are considered to be...

It depends on which Muslims you're talking about. I would at least categorize Muslims as a separate ethnocultural group (I'm gay) because their simply too culturally different - they haven't integrated in Europe, India, or across most of Asia. I think the region around North-West India is...

I like Sikhs. They're generally good people. They haven't had the problems with integration, anti-social behavior, poverty and educational attainment, and other problems causing agony for westerners. They're literally like Hindus in terms of educational values and niceness. I think that there...

Are you SIkh? I like to think of Sikhism as being on the edge of Indian culture. It's not an integral core aspect of Hinduism like Buddhism or Jainism, but it's still tolerable under the concept of "Hindu Democracy". I think Sikhs would need to integrate ever so slightly since they've been...

I wonder if we could refine it better to create a more harmonious environment: Buddhists and Sikhs should be considered "wings" of Hinduism; obviously not the core of Hinduism, but culture quirks that are an integral part of Hinduism. The western religions should be considered to be foriegn...

Germany's interior minister - and remember that youth and sexual minorities are happily voting right-wing in Continental Europe - recently proposed that the government imposes the concept of Leitkultur on the people of Germany, which would force the migrants to assimilate into local culture...