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Denmark: ‘Danish Muslims encouraged to join the holy war in Syria’
1 March 2013515PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
Denmark: ‘Words are met with bullets’
6 February 2013264PresseuropBerlingske Tidende -
EU-Middle East: Europe flees from “Arab Winter”
19 September 201214454 La Repubblica Rome -
France-Belgium: Protests against anti-Islam film reach Europe
19 September 20123631PresseuropDe Morgen, Le Figaro -
Media: Getting angrier
17 September 201240 -
Religion: Why circumcision hurts
20 July 201213934 Die Zeit Hamburg -
France : Where Islam and the Republic get on
23 September 2011133 Le Monde Paris -
Europe-Syria: “Your silence is killing us”
2 August 20112892 Corriere della Sera Milan -
Norway and after: Populism – handle with care
26 July 20113156 Trouw Amsterdam -
Debate: Geert Wilders, a Voltaire for our times?
27 June 201130912 Trouw Amsterdam -
Debate: Transatlantic populism
6 May 20111444 De Morgen Brussels -
Terrorism and democracy: Bin Laden's demise occurred long before his death
2 May 2011PresseuropBlog -
Palestinian Territories: Italian activist murdered in Gaza
15 April 2011PresseuropIl Manifesto -
Opinion: Burqa ban — a false move
11 April 20111119 The Independent London -
Burqa ban: Islam in Europe - a real problem
11 April 20111752 Rzeczpospolita Warsaw -
Arab revolutions: Seven reasons to be hopeful
17 February 20111PresseuropDie Zeit -
United Kingdom: Multiculturalism takes another hit
7 February 20112063 Presseurop -
EU-Middle East: Time to ditch the Arab stereotype
4 February 20115323 Der Standard Vienna -
France-Germany: Hostility to Islam on the rise
5 January 2011PresseuropLe Monde -
Integration: In the eighth circle of hell
3 January 2011874 Die Tageszeitung Berlin -
THE 10 DAYS OF EUROPE | 7: When my daughter wears the burqa…
30 December 20101655 Presseurop -
Populism: The fear peddlers hobbling Europe
3 November 20101723 Libération Paris -
Germany: Multikulti president contradicts Merkel
20 October 20101PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Germany: Mutti Merkel handbags Multikulti
18 October 20101021 Presseurop -
Debates: The birth of extremist Europe
5 October 2010170 Newsweek New York -
Germany: A nation nice to Muslims
4 October 2010PresseuropBerliner Zeitung -
Populism: Far-right, la nouvelle vague
1 September 2010412 EUobserver.com Brussels -
Libya: Gaddafi is pulling our leg
31 August 2010762 Corriere della Sera Milan -
Pakistan: Why is Europe so slow to react?
13 August 2010291PresseuropPresseurop -
Religion and State : Burqa, the cross we must bear
21 July 201030114 Der Standard Vienna -
Spain: Barcelona bans burqa in public places
15 June 2010PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya -
Europe: How the burqa spoiled the party
31 May 20101PresseuropNew Statesman -
Religion: Half Europe for crucifix, against veil
28 April 2010PresseuropABC -
EUROPEAN OF THE WEEK: Necla Kelek, defending democracy
16 April 201015 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
France: Banning the burqa anti-constitutional
31 March 2010PresseuropLe Monde -
Poland: Mosque provokes jihad fears in Warsaw
29 March 2010PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Denmark: EU must protect cartoonists from zealots
16 March 2010PresseuropBerlingske Tidende -
Ireland/Sweden: Plot to kill Swedish cartoonist foiled
10 March 2010PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Religion: Jewish and German, new generation
9 February 2010162 Die Zeit Hamburg -
Denmark: Somali community takes on Islamists
8 February 2010PresseuropPolitiken -
Europhrenia: The world last week
4 February 2010PresseuropBlog -
Europhrenia: Burqa barbarous, but a ban is wrong
3 February 2010PresseuropBlog -
Iraq War: Blair, blinded by the Enlightenment
1 February 2010131 The Independent London -
Islam: Beyond the burqa
27 January 2010366 Presseurop -
Netherlands: Lunatic fringe Islam to defend Wilders
21 January 2010PresseuropDe Volkskrant -
Denmark: Few burqas, much fuss
19 January 2010PresseuropJyllands-Posten -
France: Banning the burqa isn't easy
13 January 2010PresseuropLibération -
Debate: National identity is...
11 December 2009111 Presseurop -
Religion: Is Islam good for Europe?
2 December 2009191 El Mundo Madrid -
Switzerland: Populism storms the minarets
30 November 2009284 Presseurop
The anti-Western demonstrations in Arab countries and the turn the "Arab Spring" is taking in several countries are shouting out a challenge to Europe. But Europe, looking inward to its economic and institutional crisis, prefers to shirk its responsibilities in the Mediterranean and to rely on the – helpless – United States. 
Ever since a German court declared circumcision of a minor a punishable offense Germany has been debating religious freedom. As with the headscarf or the crucifix, the anxiety shows that German society is becoming ever more fearful of religion. 
On 31 March, the Indian Ocean island of Mayotte became the 101st department of France. For most of the local population, which is 90% Muslim, there is no conflict of interest between their religion and the principle of secularity much cherished by the French state. Le Monde reports. 
In the wake of 9/11, the West demanded that Arab populations embrace democracy. In countries like Syria, they are now risking their lives to do just that, while Europeans stand back as though they were incapable of dealing with problems beyond their borders. The founder of the Community of Saint Egidio sets the record straight. 
Although Anders Breivik was solely responsible for the atrocities in Norway, his far-fetched ideas clearly owe much to a culture of populism. A Dutch historian argues that the events which took place on 22 July ought to be considered in the context of political trends in Europe.
Geert Wilders's acquittal on hate speech charges may open up a new trend in Europe. Now that governments have stopped defending multiculturalism, critics of Islam can come back out into the open, writes a Dutch intellectual pleased with the decision. 
The rise of populist parties on the Old Continent seems to echo the success of the Tea Party in the United States. But the two movements have different histories, writes the Boston correspondent for De Morgen. The result, though, is the same: governments threatened with paralysis. 
Wearing the burqa in public places is now forbidden in France. For the Independent, the new law is a piece of electioneering from an embattled Nicolas Sarkozy, and will worsen the condition of Muslims in Europe. 
The debate about secularism organised in France by the ruling right-wing UMP party has been decried by the Muslim community as a brutal attack on Islam, while the Left has seen it as a disguised attempt to curry favour with the supporters of the National Front. But no debate at all is a victory for extremism, argues a Polish editorialist. 
A few months after Angela Merkel controversially argued that the multicultural society in Germany had “utterly failed”, David Cameron’s 5 February speech echoing the Chancellor’s sentiments has revived the debate about national identity in the British press. 
The revolutionary spirit sweeping the Middle East has provoked as much fear as joy in the West. Der Standard questions why is it that we doubt that Arabs have the will or the ability to be the masters of their own destiny. 
Thilo Sarrazin's controversial book on the dumbing down of Germany has ignited the debate on immigration. Russian emigré writer Wladimir Kaminer now joins the fray to warn against the dangerous habit of dividing society up into the strong and weak, productive and non-productive. Like it or not, he says, we stand or fall together. 
Magazines tell us that women are the future of Europe, but exactly what kind of future do they mean? Czech novelist Petra Hůlová offers her tragicomic vision. 
The new far right not only exerts a growing influence on national governments, it is also organising at a European level and could soon weigh heavily on the very workings of the EU, warns French columnist Bernard Guetta. 
In the debate on the role of foreigners and Muslims in Germany, Angela Merkel has called into question the model of integration which has held sway for several decades — a new position, which the German press believes is indicative of a shift to the right in Berlin. 
Nationalists and immigrant-baiting parties are fast entering the European political mainstream, and even traditionally centrist parties are now trying to play their game, notes British Labour MP and former Minister for Europe Denis McShane. 
Anti-Muslim group the English Defence League, that includes Sikhs, Jews and gays in its ranks, is federating with other European movements that are part of a new wave far right. In October, they plan to march in Amsterdam, in defense of their hero, the immigrant baiting Geert Wilders.
When it comes to foreign policy, national interests will sometimes trump lofty moral principles. But the Libyan leader’s latest provocations and blackmail attempts beat all. 
The ban on the burqa in Belgium and France, now spreading to Spain, the UK, and even to universities in Egypt and Syria, points up the hypocrisy and double standards of Western Christian culture, writes German philosopher Andrea Roedig. If the burqa is an instrument of oppression, isn’t the cross we worship really a morbid fascination with torture? 
The Turkish-German writer Necla Kelek is a vehement defender of democracy. Her criticism of Islam has sparked controversy amongst many German intellectuals. Der Spiegel wonders whether she is unjustly vilified by her critics. 
The Jewish community in Germany, estimated at 200,000, faces its greatest postwar upheaval, what with the immigration waves from the former Soviet republics and a new generation for whom the Holocaust and Israel are faraway matters, writes Die Zeit 
At the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair expressed no regrets over his decision to join the war in Iraq. Bruce Anderson in the Independent argues that he was driven by a typical delusion of Enlightenment thinking, that it is possible to reshape human nature and the world in the West’s image. 
A French parliamentary commission recommends banning the burqa in certain public places. Though the issue is hotly contested in Denmark as well, the European press seems leery of actually outlawing the full Islamic veil. 
The national identity debate started up by the French government – in sync with the referendum to ban new minarets in Switzerland – has caused no end of controversy. After all, admonishes the press, European societies have a proven penchant for turning against immigrants. 
The Swiss referendum on minarets has re-ignited the debate about Islam in Europe. While Muslim philosopher Tariq Ramadan stresses Muslims’ cultural contributions to Europe, journalist Arcadi Espada argues that religion is not a desirable calling card in Europe. 
The ban on building new minarets on mosques approved by Swiss voters on 29 November is an “in-your-face” attack on Muslim residents. But it also points up a socio-political problem that concerns every country on the continent, opines the European press. - 1 of 2
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