# Cummulative identity and failed assumptions on multiculturalism

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The piece argues that British multiculturalism failed through symbolic exclusion that channelled young Muslims' political identity into radicalism.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 29 January 2007

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 29 January 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: multiculturalism, social-identity, religion, politics.

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