Why some groups addressed as an alleged ethnic-religious collectivity?

If all citizens are individuals with the right to self-determination, why are some groups addressed as an alleged ethnic-religious collectivity? If the Social Affairs Minister wants to see integration and emancipation, why, when it comes to questions of religion and integration, does he speak with foreign governments or their representatives? If he is to take his own words seriously, he shouldn’t be pursuing an ethnic-religious policy but a policy of integration. Integration policy begins with self-determination and with ceasing to cooperate with ethnic-religious interlocutors who are precisely the people who stand in integration’s way.
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