Well, I don't know if you actually live in Denmark or the US now, but it seems like you'd be the one that would also have trouble 'assimilating' to US culture, given that the very first part of the first amendment of the US constitution states:
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"
Until there's enough support to cancel the 1st amendment of the US Constitution - the one guaranteeing freedom of speech and religion, I think it's actually you who is in the minority thinking that there should be no separation of church and state.
What's funny is that you - as a Christian (I'm assuming) express far more anti-American (and anti-Western) views than any Muslims I know. I served with Muslims in the US military, so your claims that Muslims don't assimilate are absurd when I literally stood alongside them in defense of values that you don't even claim to believe in.
Also, I've never been, but according to this, Denmark isn't actually a particularly religious country. I wonder how your extreme religious views of establishing all countries' governments based on religion would be viewed in Denmark - a country that is perhaps even more free, progressive, and Democratic than the USA.
Or, maybe you do live in the USA now because you're no longer interested in integrating with Danish culture either. I don't know.
I oppose Israel's current military operations - as do many Christians. I am not Muslim. Opposing or supporting Israel is not the litmus test of US citizenship or loyalty.
According to your preposterous metric, I'm also failing to integrate with US society (which is comical considering that I was soldier in the US Army). Many military veterans oppose not only the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but also the US military aid to Israel.
You know who else is critical of Israel? The former Israeli defense minister:
Yes, Jews and Israelis are critical of Israel and Israel's policies as well.
Ilhan Omar happens to be my representative in Minnesota. I voted for her last month in the election (as did a MAJORITY of the voters in my district given that she was re-elected). So, I guess in that regard, I'm not in the minority. I think voting in the US is largely a sham exercise because our democracy is really a corrupted plutocracy at this point, but Omar is one of the last remaining representatives that acts with principles and has a backbone. I don't agree with her on everything. I am not Muslim, yet a voted for her (as did many Christians and non-Muslims).
You see, many Americans just aren't as obsessed with defining things along strictly religious lines or identities as you seem to be. Many of us are still willing to judge someone by the content of their character, not just dismiss them for being this or that religion.
Maybe you are Danish living in Denmark, so don't know much about the US after all. I'm not sure.
What's funny though is that if you do live in the US, you are doing the same thing you accuse the Muslims of: Maintaining a 'foreign' identity as a Dane while living in the US.
I for one don't mind that. I think living in a country with many different cultures makes life interesting and my city vibrant. But apparently if I thought like you, I would be whining about the smug Europeans who are not 'integrating' with US culture and instead insist on being and acting more Danish/European rather than American.
The reason people have trouble integrating is because of provocateurs like you who stir up conflict and divisiveness and try to insist that it can't be done, and that we must return to some archaic era from the 1400s where we organize ourselves into warring religious sects and clans or some such nonsense.
You're the reason the US is more divided, whether you actually live here, or are just some foreigner trying to agitate and stir up drama and incite racial and religious tensions.
Yeah sure, Muslims create their own communities in the US. So what? So do the Irish, and the Italians, and the Latinos, and the Amish, and the Jews, and the Mormons (the religion I was raised in). Why shouldn't the Muslims?
Most Muslims believe that they are called to convert the world to Islam. Many through violent Jihad.
Most? Uhh, no. There are around 1.9 billion Muslims in the world. Only a very small percentage of them are actually terrorists, or jihadists or fundamentalists who practice an extremely literal version of the religion. The vast majority of Muslims condemn terrorism, because it makes their lives harder, and most aren't obsessed with trying to convert you to their religion. They just want to be left alone.
Same with Christians. Not ALL Christians believe it is their calling to throw firebombs at doctors, or execute gay people. Some do. They're not the majority, but rather a very fringe minority and not representative of ALL Christians.
There are a lot of evangelical Christians in the US however, that seem to choose to spend their weekends yelling at you on street corners and accosting you in various public places. There was immense pressure on me growing up in the Mormon church to become a missionary for 2 years and go door-to-door proselyting and preaching 'the gospel' (I did not). But, in my experience, it is these evangelical Christians that are FAR more invasive and obnoxious in terms of believing that it is their mission to convert you to their religion.
I don't think I've ever had a single Muslim acquaintance ever be 'pushy' about religion or get in my face about it. Many have kindly answered my questions about their beliefs. But I have yet to have a Muslim knock on my door at 7:00Am on a Saturday morning asking if I've found Mohammad, then give me an hour lecture about how I'm going to burn in hell if I don't go to their bible study and get baptized.
One evangelical Christian wrote that I was violating his 'religious freedom' by not converting to his particular brand of Christianity, because his belief was that his salvation was dependent on the souls he saved. And since I was refusing to let him 'save' me, I was dooming him to eternal damnation and thus violating HIS rights.
That, IMHO, is completely bonkers.
