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                <language>en</language><item><title>France  | Where Islam and the Republic get on (Le Monde, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/981731-where-islam-and-republic-get</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Mayotte-Islam-3.jpg" length="56028" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:01:08 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Europe-Syria | "Your silence is killing us" (Corriere della Sera, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/827221-your-silence-killing-us</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/STEPHFF-Syria_0.jpg" length="76899" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:28:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>France | Muslims increasingly devout</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/821611-muslims-increasingly-devout</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;More practicing Muslims than 20 years ago,&quot; headlines La Croix on the occasion of the first day of the Ramadan fast. The daily cites the [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/La-croix-01082011-100.jpg" length="38460" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 17:10:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Norway and after | Populism - handle with care (Trouw, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/797351-populism-handle-care</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Wilders-extremism_0.jpg" length="118964" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 18:16:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Geert Wilders, a Voltaire for our times? (Trouw, Amsterdam)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/743751-geert-wilders-voltaire-our-times</link><description><![CDATA[Geert Wilders&#039;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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/wilders-court.jpg" length="17974" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 17:08:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | Transatlantic populism (De Morgen, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/640521-transatlantic-populism</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/krauze-populism.jpg" length="15356" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 18:12:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Palestinian Territories | Italian activist murdered in Gaza</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/600961-italian-activist-murdered-gaza</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Stay human&quot; &ndash; leads Il Manifesto, reprising the phrase that Italian pro-Palestinian activist Vittorio Arrigoni used to sign off on his blogs. Arrigoni, 36, was [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110415ilmanifesto.jpg" length="9185" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:37:46 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Opinion | Burqa ban - a false move (The Independent, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/593051-burqa-ban-false-move</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/plantu-burqa2_0.jpg" length="108413" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:52:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Burqa ban | Islam in Europe - a real problem (Rzeczpospolita, Warsaw)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/593021-islam-europe-real-problem</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Burqa-France_0.jpg" length="86990" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 17:36:29 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Arab revolutions | Seven reasons to be hopeful</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/506771-seven-reasons-be-hopeful</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Arab revolutions: a chance for us.&rdquo; With a slight air of revenge after seven months of debate on the place of Islam in Germany, Die [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Die-Zeit-100.JPG" length="28529" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 16:04:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | Multiculturalism takes another hit (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/492351-multiculturalism-takes-another-hit</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/mutliculturalism-uk.JPG" length="174735" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:10:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EU-Middle East | Time to ditch the Arab stereotype (Der Standard, Vienna)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/491221-time-ditch-arab-stereotype</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/egypt.JPG" length="35086" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:50:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>France-Germany | Hostility to Islam on the rise</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/449951-hostility-islam-rise</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Islam and integration: French and Germans admit failure,&rdquo; headlines Le Monde, after a poll carried out in both countries by the international marketing firm IFOP. [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/110105lemonde.jpg" length="6762" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 10:05:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Integration | In the eighth circle of hell (Die Tageszeitung, Berlin)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/441011-eighth-circle-hell</link><description><![CDATA[Thilo Sarrazin&#039;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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/dante-inferno.jpg" length="47601" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>THE 10 DAYS OF EUROPE | 7 | When my daughter wears the burqa... (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/437131-when-my-daughter-wears-burqa</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Petra-Hulova.jpg" length="30643" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 10:00:00 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Populism | The fear peddlers hobbling Europe (Libération, Paris)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/376211-fear-peddlers-hobbling-europe</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/vlahovic-vote.jpg" length="20027" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:49:23 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Multikulti president contradicts Merkel</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/366121-multikulti-president-contradicts-merkel</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Danke, Herr Pr&auml;sident.&quot; Today&rsquo;s Tageszeitung leads with a big thanks to Christian Wulff. As the immigration and Islam debate rages through Germany after chancellor Angela [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/101020tageszeitung.jpg" length="5886" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:38:12 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | Mutti Merkel handbags Multikulti (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/364091-mutti-merkel-handbags-multikulti</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/germany-multikulti.jpg" length="34115" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2010 20:00:38 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debates | The birth of extremist Europe (Newsweek, New York)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/352441-birth-extremist-europe</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/europ-new-extrem.jpg" length="60805" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:04:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | A nation nice to Muslims</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/352031-nation-nice-muslims</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Wulff announces Islam is part of Germany,&quot; reports Berliner Zeitung. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the reunification of Germany on 3rd October, [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/04102010-Berliner-Zeit-100.jpg" length="10059" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 14:59:11 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Populism | Far-right, la nouvelle vague (EUobserver.com, Brussels)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/327961-far-right-la-nouvelle-vague</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/edl-protest.jpg" length="34506" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:47:48 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Libya | Gaddafi is pulling our leg (Corriere della Sera, Milan)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/327801-gaddafi-pulling-our-leg</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Kadhafi-Italy.jpg" length="51201" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:40:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Pakistan | Why is Europe so slow to react?</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/315381-why-europe-so-slow-react</link><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&quot;Umoved by this,&quot; reads the De Standaard headline over a photo of a young Pakistani half covered in mud. The report in the daily takes [&hellip;] (News in brief)]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 17:50:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Religion and State  | Burqa, the cross we must bear (Der Standard, Vienna)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/298191-burqa-cross-we-must-bear</link><description><![CDATA[ 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? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/niqab-cross-3.jpg" length="18109" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:10:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Spain | Barcelona bans burqa in public places</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/273201-barcelona-bans-burqa-public-places</link><description><![CDATA[Barcelona&rsquo;s mayor, Jordi Hereu, yesterday announced &ldquo;a decree to ban the use of the burqa and the niqab in public buildings&rdquo;, reports El Peri&oacute;dico de [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Periodico-15062010.jpg" length="47613" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:23:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Europe | How the burqa spoiled the party</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/262441-how-burqa-spoiled-party</link><description><![CDATA[Condemned as &ldquo;sinister, frightening, misogynistic and oppressive&rdquo;, nothing &ldquo;seems to provoke more suspicion of Europe&#039;s 15 million Muslims than the face veil worn by a [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/100531newstatesman.jpg" length="6132" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 13:11:57 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Religion | Half Europe for crucifix, against veil</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/240741-half-europe-crucifix-against-veil</link><description><![CDATA[According to a poll of 21,000 Europeans in 14 members states, only 28% of EU citizens are in favour of the wearing of Islamic veils [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/100428abc.jpg" length="6978" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 13:56:13 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>EUROPEAN OF THE WEEK | Necla Kelek, defending democracy (Der Spiegel, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/226512-necla-kelek-defending-democracy</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Necla-Kelek_0.jpg" length="99701" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 09:28:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>France | Banning the burqa anti-constitutional</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/221471-banning-burqa-anti-constitutional</link><description><![CDATA[France will not be able to impose a &ldquo;general and absolute&rdquo; ban on the wearing of the full-body veil in public because that would be [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/le-monde-31032010.JPG" length="33787" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 01:13:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Poland | Mosque provokes jihad fears in Warsaw</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/219591-mosque-provokes-jihad-fears-warsaw</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Mosque today, jihad tomorrow&rdquo;. The slogan could be heard in the Warsaw district of Ochota on 27 March, as 200 protested against the construction of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Gazeta-29032010.JPG" length="35222" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:26:28 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Denmark | EU must protect cartoonists from zealots</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/210891-eu-must-protect-cartoonists-zealots</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;The EU must stop the Muhammad affair,&quot; headlines the Berlingske Tidende, after conservative Danish justice minister Lars Barfoed&rsquo;s asked Brussels to amend the EU regulation [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/berlingske-16032010.JPG" length="39845" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:58:02 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Ireland/Sweden | Plot to kill Swedish cartoonist foiled</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/207121-plot-kill-swedish-cartoonist-foiled</link><description><![CDATA[Irish police have arrested seven people suspected of plotting to assassinate Swedish artist&nbsp;Lars Vilks&nbsp;over a&nbsp;series of drawings in which he depicted Mohammad with the body [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Dagens-Nyheter-10032010.JPG" length="39024" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:25:16 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Religion | Jewish and German, new generation (Die Zeit, Hamburg)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/186261-jewish-and-german-new-generation</link><description><![CDATA[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 (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/jewish-germany.jpg" length="116685" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:19:50 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Denmark | Somali community takes on Islamists</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/185491-somali-community-takes-islamists</link><description><![CDATA[In several Danish towns, efforts to integrate young Somalis into Danish society have been hampered by a coterie of fundamentalist compatriots. The latter seek to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/100208-politiken.jpg" length="7036" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:23:20 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Iraq War | Blair, blinded by the Enlightenment (The Independent, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/180531-blair-blinded-enlightenment</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/Tony-Blair-Iraq_0.jpg" length="74009" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:26:52 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Islam | Beyond the burqa (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/178051-beyond-burqa</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/interdiction-burka.jpg" length="52007" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:38:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Netherlands | Lunatic fringe Islam to defend Wilders</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/174001-lunatic-fringe-islam-defend-wilders</link><description><![CDATA[The trial against Geert Wilders opened in Amsterdam 20 January. The leader of the Dutch far-right Party for Freedom (PVV) is accused of incitement to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Image 6.png" length="29019" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:30:18 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Denmark | Few burqas, much fuss</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/172271-few-burqas-much-fuss</link><description><![CDATA[According to a survey commissioned by the Danish government last summer and conducted by the university of Copenhagen, the Danish population includes approximately 200 women [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Jyllands-Posten-19012010.jpg" length="35743" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:43:41 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>France | Banning the burqa isn&#039;t easy</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/168511-banning-burqa-isnt-easy</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;How should France go about banning the burqa?&quot; According to Lib&eacute;ration, the country&#039;s right-wing government is increasingly divided over the issue. On 12 January, to [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/Liberation-13012010.jpg" length="32852" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:54:14 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Debate | National identity is... (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/154491-national-identity</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/liberte-stone.jpg" length="42714" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:01:25 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Religion | Is Islam good for Europe? (El Mundo, Madrid)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/148911-islam-good-europe</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/religions.jpg" length="197496" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:06:17 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Switzerland | Populism storms the minarets (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/147481-populism-storms-minarets</link><description><![CDATA[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. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/switzerland-minaret.jpg" length="12126" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:00:01 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>European Union | Islam, top of a heap of prejudices</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/137921-islam-top-heap-prejudices</link><description><![CDATA[&ldquo;Every other European agrees with the statements &lsquo;there are too many immigrants in Europe&rsquo; and &lsquo;Islam is a religion of intolerance&rsquo;. 43% consider homosexuality immoral. [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/taz 161109.jpg" length="8546" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:50:54 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Germany | No country for Islamophobes</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/136231-no-country-islamophobes</link><description><![CDATA[On 11 November, the criminal court in Dresden found Alex Wiens guilty of murder, and ruled that he should serve the maximum possible sentence of [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/taz.jpg" length="8340" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:39:22 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>United Kingdom | BNP on Beeb endorses Churchill and KKK</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/123291-bnp-beeb-endorses-churchill-and-kkk</link><description><![CDATA[Last night, Britain was glued to its TV set as Nick Griffin of the British National Party (BNP) appeared on Question Time, a live debate [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/daily-telegraph-091023.jpg" length="7141" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:38:32 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Italy | Muslims not getting Christian treatment (La Repubblica, Rome)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/83911-muslims-not-getting-christian-treatment</link><description><![CDATA[With moves to ban kebab shops, burkinis, and public prayers, town councils throughout Italy are increasingly resorting to measures that are perceived as discriminatory by Muslims, who are now beginning to respond with court actions. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/islam-italy-balcony_3.jpg" length="25763" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:41:36 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Netherlands | More Tariq Ramadan controversy</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/77091-more-tariq-ramadan-controversy</link><description><![CDATA[Three political parties are demanding the resignation of a Swiss Islamologist, who is an &quot;integration adviser&quot; for the local government in Rotterdam and the&nbsp;visiting Professor&nbsp;of&nbsp;Identity [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/volkskrant-090814.jpg" length="7682" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:43:51 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>NATO | A new chief for a shaky alliance (Presseurop, )</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/68811-new-chief-shaky-alliance</link><description><![CDATA[On August 1st, former Danish PM Anders Fogh Rasmussen was formally invested as NATO’s new secretary general, declaring that resolving the war in Afghanistan would be his main priority. But what, wonders the European press, is the outlook for the western alliance, blighted by in-fighting and seemingly with no end in sight to its battle against a resurgent Taliban? (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/afghanistan-soldier-french.jpg" length="35275" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:07:37 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Religion | The Islamisation myth (The Observer, London)</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/64271-islamisation-myth</link><description><![CDATA[In the wake of the London and Madrid bombings, predictions proliferated in print and on web that Islam was entering a radicial and violent phase. Dire warnings of the imminent “Islamisation” of Europe have turned out, however, to be of little substance, reports the Observer. (Article)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/article/molenbeek-mannequin.jpg" length="37895" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:00:33 +0100</pubDate></item>
<item><title>Denmark | Hells Angels in race war with &quot;jackals&quot;</title><link>http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/49221-hells-angels-race-war-jackals</link><description><![CDATA[Over the last ten years, not much has been heard of Denmark&#039;s Hells Angels. But as daily Politiken now reports, the bikers are well and [&hellip;] (News in brief : cover)]]></description><enclosure url="http://www.presseurop.eu/files/images/briefcover/politiken-070709.jpg" length="12080" type="image/jpeg" /><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:09:58 +0100</pubDate></item>
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