* Statistical Indicators of Integration

* Compared: US vs. Europe

* Muslims - 1% of population in the United States

                - 5 % in UK & Germany

* UK & Germany have become more part of Continental Europe

                ^ Closer

                ^ Made countries become borderless

                ^ Countries are smaller

                ^ US - 4-5 times bigger

                ^ Colonialism

* Geographic diversity very important to US but not in European countries

* Shared language, heritage in European countries

* Less of shared heritage in US

                 ^ Just share religious tie

* Europeans: More cohesive

* US: Less cohesive

* US Muslims: More tolerant group, as a whole: maybe less extremism

* European Muslims: Less tolerant, as a whole: extremism

* American Muslims better off overall

                 ^ Likely to report a household income of $100,000 or more in America

* American Muslims: more affluent people

* European Muslims: poorer

* America: Less labor restrictions/regulations

* Europe: More labor regulations

* Attitudes surveyed