Poor Ties to Host Countries

The respondents were asked whether or not they considered Europe to be their home

Concurrent with the launch of European Muslims, a survey was released to find out the feelings of patriotism and integration of Muslims living there. Nearly 90 people took part. The majority of the respondents were male (63) and aged from 20 to 30.

Home Away From Home

The respondents were asked whether or not they considered Europe to be their home.

• Nearly 36.6 percent said no.
• 33 percent were female.
• 67 percent male.
• 63.4 percent said yes.
• 29.8 percent were female.
• 70.2 percent were male.
• Of those who said no, 90.1 percent said that they did not consider the people of Europe to be their own.
• Of those who said yes, 47.4 percent said they didn't consider the people of Europe to be their own.

Respondents were also asked if they felt happy when Europe was successful.

• 33.7 percent said that they did not feel happy.
• Of those, 66.6 percent said they did not feel that Europe was their home.
• Nearly all the people who said they did not feel happy when Europe is successful said that they also did not consider Europeans to be their own people.
• 66.3 percent said that they felt happy for Europe 's success.
• Of those, 78 percent said they felt Europe was their home.

Command of a European Language

• 86.7 percent of the respondents said that they had a good command of the language of the European country in which they reside and are able to communicate with it.
• Of those, 66.7 percent said they considered Europe their home, a possible indication of their desire to learn how to communicate in their countries of residence.
• Of the 13.3 percent who said they had no command of the language, 58 percent did not consider Europe their home.

Having command of the language, however, did not seem to reflect on their considering European people to be their own.

• Of those who said they did have the command of the language, only 37.2 percent said that they considered European people to be their own.

There was a high correlation between the command of the language and the engagement with local media.

• 47.8 percent said that they engage with local media.
• Nearly all (90.7 percent) of those who engage with local media said they had a good command of the language.

While this may seem like a logical correlation between the two variables — that is, communicating with the media because of having a good command of the language — the results of those who did not communicate with the media were not in accordance.

• Of those who did not communicate with the media, a large percentage (almost 83 percent) said they did have a good command on the language.

Patriotism in Question

Respondents were asked the hypothetical question: Would they come to the defense of Europe if it were attacked?

• Almost half of the respondents answered no to this question.
• Of those who said no, 55.6 percent said they did not consider Europe their home.
• 91.1 percent said they did not feel Europeans were their own people.
• Almost half of the respondents answered yes to this question.
• Of those, 84.1 percent said that consider Europe their home.
• 66 percent of them said that they consider Europeans their own people.

When it comes to participating in their country's political life, the results were almost split in half.

• 54.4 percent say they don't take part, and the remaining say they do.
• Those who do not take part in local politics also tend not to engage with the media (73.5 percent).
• Those who do take part tend to engage with the local media (75 percent).

Finally, readers were asked if they worked for the well-being of Europe .

• 68.2 percent said they do.
• Of those, nearly half said they felt Europeans were their own people.
• 76.7 percent said they consider Europe their home.
• 86.7 percent said they feel happy when Europe is successful.
• 31.8 percent said they do not work for the well-being of Europe .
• Most of those said they did not feel that Europe was their home (64.3 percent).
• 78.6 percent said that they did not feel happy when Europe is successful.