“…In fact there are crucial differences between a strict interpretation of Islam's prescriptions and the native European society that broadly accept the rule of human rights and the equality of sexes and genders (Inci, 2006; Mirzo, 2018). In this context Islam's teachings about sexuality, gender relationships (e.g., Arsel, 2018), girl's, and also boys' inexistent rights of self‐determination, not to mention the occasional female genital mutilation, and marked antisemitism are fundamentally incommensurable with a modern Western lifestyle and the rationality of science that effectively contradicts pivotal elements of Muslim identity and constitutes an ethical barrier to interaction with non‐believers (Arsel, 2018; Hopkins & Kahani‐Hopkins, 2004; Jones, Catto, Kaden, & Elsdon‐Baker, 2019; Sarica, 2018; Schiefer & Möllering, 2012).…”