The author explains why he thinks the arguments aren&#x27;t relevant. You might not agree with his explanation, but you can&#x27;t just dismiss them as PC because you don&#x27;t agree.<p>&gt; (From the article) But this is a straw man argument, producing a caricature of “us” that fails to account for the wide variety of opinions on matters of inclusion and tolerance to be found across Europe. In equal fashion, his construction of a Muslim “other” is a caricature devoid of nuance.<p>Just take the fact that many, if not most, terrorists before becoming radicalized are secular second generation immigrants. That is what makes them easy to recruit, because of their search of a sense of belonging and not already having conflicting views on religion. If you want to talk about e.g. honor killings those attitudes might be relevant, but they aren&#x27;t relevant enough when talking about these recent events to be the single focus.