Post-War Immigration in Europe.

HIS 102 Western Civilization IIKara Heitz

Left: 2011 British censusRight: 2010 US census

Populations in European countries born outside their current country of residence (2010 data)

Turks in Germany

South Asians in Great Britain

Black British

Left: the British ship “Empire Windrush” arrives in Tilbury, England on June 21st, 1948, bringing immigrants from the West Indies.Right: notable Black Britons

Muslims in France

Muslims in Europe

City Country % Muslim

Amsterdam Netherlands 19%

Birmingham UK 19%

Blackburn UK 28%

Brussels Belgium 19%

Copenhagen Denmark 10%

Haskovo Bulgaria 20%

London UK 10%

Malmo Sweden 20%

Manchester UK 16%

Marseille France 26%

Milan Italy 10%

Oslo Norway 10%

Paris France 13%

Roubaix France 20%

Stockholm Sweden 20%

Vienna Austria 10%

Muslims in Europe

Ethnicity in France

Muslims in France

Muslims in France

Historical Context: Muslims in France

• Laïcité

• French Revolution & Napoleon

• 1905 Law

– Dreyfus Affair

• North African Immigration

– Algerian War (1954-1962)

– Banlieues

• 2004 Headscarf ban

• 2015 Attacks (Charlie Hebdo, Paris)

Banlieues