The presence of increasing percentages of immigrants in the European social landscape has consequences for several social and cultural dynamics on multiple levels. The diverse quantitative indicators produce not only a quantitative change; together, they produce and create a qualitative change as well. The case of Islam—and particularly of Islam in Europe—can probably be considered the most visible example of this larger issue. Exceptionalism is a common but misleading way to interpret this phenomenon. Cultural conflicts—typically conflicts over Islamic symbols—are often the way differences emerge in the public space.