How Widespread is this Point of View?

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The Jews are not a reasonable example.

They are the worlds most notable exception to assimilation. America and Europe(this would be Europe when it had a fair amount of poplation movement probaly 1000 years ago) are full of far more examples of assimilation.

They are a good example and that's one of the things that makes the article so distasteful. Consider the similarities - some Muslims wear Burkas; some Jews wear skullcaps. British-born Muslim suicide bombers killed commuters in London. British-born Zionist terrorists killed British troops in Palestine.

Is the suggestion that immigrants should shed their religion any different from the mentality that led the Inquisition to forced conversion of Jews and burning recusants at the stake?

Assimilation does not mean you abandon your religion, just that you adopt the host country's culture. Most Jews are assimilated. Most Muslim immigrants are too, at least here. But they keep their own religion just as other immigrants mostly do.

[Edit: corrected 2 typos]