What advantages led some immigrants to settle in ethnic neighborhoods

Many immigrants settle in ethnic neighborhoods because they feel safer in the middle of people of their same culture, language and religion. It is a sort of social soft landing for people from distant countries. It´s a way to keep a link with their motherland. There are people who never leave these places, a fact that makes more difficult their assimilation in the USA mainstream culture.

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islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation. however, in the modern contexts of muslims minorities in non-muslim countries as well as secularised muslim states like turkey, indonesia and bangladesh, religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal shapes.

compared to religious leaders/clerics of the other abrahamic faiths, islamic clergy are said to resemble rabbis and not priests. unlike catholic priests they do not "serve as intermediaries between mankind and god",[1] have "process of ordination",[2] or "sacramental functions",[1] but instead serve as "exemplars, teachers, judges, and community leaders," providing religious rules to the pious on "even the most minor and private" matters.[1]