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INTERVIEW islam : Simon Wheatley – ‘Photography helps me be a simpler person’

Simon Wheatley – ‘Photography helps me be a simpler person’

Life through the lens: the Magnum photographer, 37, on snapping European youngsters, the decline of local communities and fearing Islam

by lam thuy vo // 23/03/07

islam, london, photography, simon wheatley, brunch, interview, youth

FEATURE islam : From imam to businessman

From imam to businessman

Sausages without pork - a Turkish businessman tries conquering the EU

by jutta sommerbauer // 05/03/07

islam, food, bulgaria, economy, internal market, shumen, central and eastern europe

islam : Erri de Luca, Neapolitan, generation '68

Erri de Luca, Neapolitan, generation '68

Winner of the 2002 Prix Fémina for Foreign Writers for his splendid Montedidio – written in 'very Neapolitan Italian' – Erri de Luca reflects on Europe, the Mediterranean and the passing of generations

by adriano farano e fernando navarro // 09/02/07

islam, italy, nato, bosnia and herzegovina, communism, left-wing, naples

ANALYSIS islam : Milli Görüs: wolves in sheep’s clothing

Milli Görüs: wolves in sheep’s clothing

The Islamic Association of Milli Görüs is Europe's largest 'radical' Islamic religious association, monitored by the Office of the Protection of the Constitution

by srebrina bognár // 07/02/07

islam, germany, discrimination, cologne, turkey, netherlands, europe

islam : Marjane Satrapi: 'the Iraq war was about nothing but oil'

Marjane Satrapi: 'the Iraq war was about nothing but oil'

We spoke to the Iranian graphic novelist, 37, in January, after she shot to fame with her black-and-white comic book ‘Persepolis’. It's currently hitting movie screens in its animated French version

by inga pietrusiska // 27/01/07

islam, cinema, feminism, asia, angouleme, comics, iran islamic republic of

INTERVIEW islam : Baskin Oran: ‘It is down to secular Turkey to foot the bill for ‘Islamic terrorism''

Baskin Oran: ‘It is down to secular Turkey to foot the bill for ‘Islamic terrorism''

‘Dialogue of the deaf’ between Ankara and Brussels - Turkish political scientist, Baskin Oran shares his criticisms

by françois skvor // 13/12/06

islam, human rights, islamic terrorism

FEATURE islam : Rocky ride from Jerusalem to Mecca

Rocky ride from Jerusalem to Mecca

Interfaith forums uniting Muslims and Jews have mushroomed in the United Kingdom following escalation of international conflicts. Are these more than a kneejerk reaction to the pressure put on faith communities?

by clea caulcutt // 01/12/06

islam, jezreel, mecca, islamophobia, integration

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Who is Right?

Newcomers are lining up on the right, while voters steer to the left

by philip ebels // 22/11/06

islam, right-wing, geert wilders, netherlands, society, integration, politics

OPINION islam : The pope bars Europe’s door to Mohammed

The pope bars Europe’s door to Mohammed

Benedict XVI speech in Regensburg set forward a Christian vision of Europe which excludes Turkey

by Martin Schneider @ // 21/09/06

islam, history, religion, islamophobia

DEBATE islam : Education and Islam: keeping the faith

Education and Islam: keeping the faith

Are state faith schools a viable solution to integration problems in Europe?

by chris reynolds // 18/09/06

islam, united kingdom, france, education system, nationalism, multiculturalism, islamic terrorism

INVESTIGATION islam : Squabbles and wrangles in the Muslim world

Squabbles and wrangles in the Muslim world

Despite a population of 15 million Muslims in Europe, stereotypes are still strong: Islam = terrorism. Muslim organisations fail to tackle the identity crises that destabilise their communities

by Prune Antoine @ // 13/09/06

islam, identity, underground, future of europe, violence, education system, nationalism

islam : Walking naked into a mosque: nationalism in Kosovo

Walking naked into a mosque: nationalism in Kosovo

What is kosovar national identity? Migjen Kelmendi, editor of the weekly Java, opens the debate with a recently published book Who is Kosovar?

by chris keulemans // 08/09/06

islam, kosovo, development, defence, corruption, democratisation, nationalism

islam : Muhammad cartoons: humour or hate?

Muhammad cartoons: humour or hate?

This week freedom of expression has taken up an inordinate amount of column inches in the European press. But where do the boundaries lie between freedom of expression and causing offence?

by chris yeomans // 03/02/06

islam, satire, denmark, journalism, world affairs, europe, religion

FOCUS islam : Turkish intellectuals and Europe

Turkish intellectuals and Europe

Europe represents a slippery and elusive object of desire for Turkey, but Turkish intellectuals are wondering whether it might not be best to define Europe before beginning to covet it.

by françois skvor // 08/09/03

islam, secularity, mustafa kemal atatürk, ideology, candidate countries, akp, books

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Turkey and the EU: “In varietate concordia”

The opposition to Turkey’s EU membership is often based on the country’s vast population, their wrongly publicized religion, their unconsolidated economy, their uncertain politics, their critical geographical location and their stereotyped culture. I argue that those, with few exceptions, must be seen as dynamic, thus prone to inevitable ...

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CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS DIALOGUE: THE CASE OF THE "UNIVERSITIES FOR PEACE OF LOURDES".

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Soviet Union announced the end of a bipolar world in which two ideologies opposed each other: Soviet communism versus capitalism. As in nature, voids in geopolitics are soon filled; as a result, new divisions appeared and others reappeared. They ...

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"Schism" vs. "Fitna"

In response to Geert Wilders anti-Quran movie “Fitna”, several movies have been created displaying the bible as a work inciting violence which use the same methods as Wilders uses against Islam. However, their goal is not to inflame hatred against Christianity, but to reveal the manipulations affected by “Fitna”.

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The mirage of Dutch Carnaval

During Carnival even the most sensitive subjects are ridiculed. This year right-wing politician Geert Wilders and the influx of Poles are objects of scorn. Christiaan argues that this can have a purifying effect. By Christiaan Buijnsters

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Each one his own parallel society

Not only migrants seek to separate themselves from the rest of society, but this society itself is divided into numerous subcultures, each one living in its own world. Divided between discounter and delicates shop, the fight for existence and existentialism, the idea of a society united by one culture is ...

Common-Man-In-Europe by Common-Man-In-Europe on islamineuropa