Richard Alba

Richard Alba is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at the University at Albany, State University of New York.

Can It Happen Here?

September 29, 2005

With religious school vouchers and public displays of the Ten Commandments on government monuments, the United States is following Europe's path to a melding of Christianity and the state. That's no way to instill loyalty among Islamic immigrants.

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