On another note, the Syrians are OK. Syria is a secular state to begin with. Or was…who knows what it is now.
Hence the refugees.
There’s plenty of Syrians in the US and they assimilate pretty good. Keeping their own cultural identity in the process.
Which is good. That’s what the US is all about.
The Irish celebrate St Pats, The Germans celebrate Oktoberfest, the Greeks celebrate their thing etc etc etc…
Now women walking around the streets in black robes with just an eye-slit…
Or communities that center everything around their temple, church, or mosque is another thing.
Private enclaves that shield their children from the US and it’s rich, vibrant culture is not good.
This includes new arriving muslims, or homegrown 5th generation Americans.
Refugees who arrive here and can’t fit in because of their own religious prejudices or cultural barriers don’t belong here.
They begin to harbor bad feelings and contempt for the place that they wanted to come to in the first place!!!