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Shifts in Muslim Culture and Identity
As Islam religion becomes more established in the western world, according to The Economist, "Western Islam is fragmenting into myriad interpretations." Bassam Tibi, a refugee of Syrian origin and an academic at Gottingen university in Germany, believes that third-generation Islam immigrants in the western world will blend into a form of "euro-Islam," which has roots in the principles of the enlightenment and Renaissance. The premise of this shift in attitude is the fact that Islam in the western world is becoming more dynamic and fluid. Within each country and amongst different social groups, Islam is fragmenting into a more eclectic variety of interpretations that tend to be more open, tolerant and diverse in their interpretations. As a cohesive trend, this is blending different cultures together to create a more progressive and adept Islamic religion within the western world.

This shift in Islamic culture represents a sociological paradigm into the future of Islam in Europe. Where Islam is becoming more tolerant and holistic as it pervades throughout Europe, it uniquely provides insight into negative sentiment expropriated from radicalism. According to Kubra Gumusay, a German Muslim writer, when Muslims in Europe turned to radicalism, "religious identity was often used by native-born Muslims as a tool to dissociate themselves from the ethnic identities of their parents." Second-generation Muslims in Europe were vulnerable to radical religious identities as a way to rebel against their parents, society and Western doctrines that left them alienated. Radicalism in Europe tends to be driven by alienation from society; third-generation Muslims are more open and are forming more inclusive niches within Islam. As Muslim immigrants continue to enter Europe, the effects of both trends will compound as Islam in Europe becomes more holistic and fluid.