You see the same with immigrants in Europe. (descendants of) Turkish and Moroccan immigrants are more fundamentalist and repressive than in those countries. Thi

You see the same with immigrants in Europe. (descendants of) Turkish and Moroccan immigrants are more fundamentalist and repressive than in those countries. This is because a lot of people are explicitly trying to not fit in with Western values that are frowned upon, while in their native countries nobody feels that pressure. "We" always assumed they would eventually adapt to our lifestyle within a few generations but the opposite is actually happening. There is no clear reason why this is specifically happening with them and not to earlier waves of immigrants like Spanish, Italians or Greeks. But also the Islamic world as a whole was much more modern 40 years ago. Photos of pretty girls in mini skirts in Kabul or Teheran really look alien now.