Is Europe setting up clash between Muslims and the West? Via CNN : Europe and the Muslim world seem to be on a collision course that could have major political, economic and ideological ramifications
EU: ‘Being too Western’ reason for 71% of ‘honour’ killings Via the Irish Independent : Yes, it’s a cultural rather than a religious thing, stemming from some nasty tribal customs of South Asia and the Middle East, but though Hindus, Sikhs and the odd Christian might be perpetrators, the blunt truth is that honour killings are mainly Muslim-on-Muslim (91 per cent worldwide, 84 per cent North America, 96 per cent Europe).
Flanders: Minister proposes youth movements for immigrants Via brusselnieuws.be : Flemish minister Pascal Smet (SP.A) is considering starting a special youth movement for and by immigrants. This after the Council of Europe concluded that the existing youth movements are not succeeding in bringing together Flemish and immigrant youth. The Felmish youth movement are split on the issue.
A New Beginning for Muslims in Europe? Via the Boston College Chronicle : Western Europe hardly seems a model for harmonious relations between Muslim minorities and the non-Muslim societies in which they reside
Morocco: Sex for a European husband Via nieuwsblad (Dutch): Poor Moroccan girls are willing to do everything in order to get a European husband.
Europe: a Christian continent? Via Today’s Zaman : I think the biggest challenge for the future of Europe is to develop ways and forms of coexistence among the culturally and religiously diverse populations living on the continent. Instead of declaring multiculturalism dead, Europeans have to reinvent it
EU: Muslim antisemitism rooted in integration failure Via Latitude (NY Times): (…) But while incidents in the Middle East are relevant, the root cause of the problem between Jews and Muslims in Europe isn’t simply the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; it is primarily the failure of European states to integrate immigrants, Muslims in particular. (…) In fact, the real answer lies much closer to home: according to a position-paper by the Brookings Institution, if Muslim communities in Europe felt less marginalization and had more economic opportunities, they would resort less to misdirected violence.
EU: Radical right focuses on fighting Islam Via AP : (…) Yet many experts say the anti-Muslim groups have a greater potential to grow than traditional far-right extremists, who are struggling to boost their numbers. That realization has led some political fringe groups, like the British National Party and Belgium’s Vlaams Belang, to shift from blanket opposition to immigration to a focus on Islam
Greece: Radical Islam Passing through Via Defence Greece (h/t Jan Simonsens blogg ): Until now Greece does not seem to have a particular issue of Islamic fundamentalism. Nevertheless, as aptly described in a 2009 U.S.
France: “We can not stand unlimited social immigrants” Via Xinhua : Sarkozy made the remarks while delivering a speech on Europe and the eurozone debt crisis in the southern French port city of Toulon, the same city where he spoke in 2008 about the global financial crisis and the need to “re-found global capitalism.” “A Europe that applies the principle of free movement internally and does not control its external borders cannot last. The Schengen must be rethought,” Sarkozy said in the speech.