Minorities are the majority in 22 of the 100 largest U.S. metropolitan regions. The Washington area is one of eight newcomers (in bold below) to the list since 2000.
Source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/minorities-are-the-new-majority/2011/08/30/gIQAWwHeqJ_graphic.html
In Malaysia, even Iranians are finding it attractive...
"The Iranian influx is small but growing fast. At present, there are about 60,000 Iranians, studying, working or waiting for visas in this relatively easygoing, multiethnic Muslim-majority country. Iranians hold shares in an estimated 2,000 Malaysian businesses and occupy about 15,000 spots in Malaysian universities. Tourist arrivals from Iran jumped 14.3% to 116,000 last year. And, observe new arrivals, words of Persian origin, such as dewan for hall and anggur for grapes, have long been part of the Malay language. Most Iranians in Malaysia bask in the comforts of a life free from ideological pressures and from, in one exile's words, "bribing the police every time you want to have a party." Malaysia has become the base for frequent "Persian disco nights" and glitzy concerts by famed singers — in one performance earlier this year, during the Iranian New Year in March, there were singers calling for the overthrow of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; it was not part of the program."
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2090301,00.html#ixzz1XJrrYsUy
This is a drop, compared to this...
2.3 million foreign workers registered in Malaysia
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/2-3-million-foreign-workers-registered-malaysia-103004221.html
Meanwhile...in UK...
The Archbishop of Canterbury and The Royal Commission for Political Correctness announced today that the climate in the UK should no longer be referred to as 'English Weather'.
Rather than offend a sizeable portion of the UK population, it will now be referred to as:
'Muslim Weather' (Partly Sunni, but mostly Shi'ite)
Get the drift?
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