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Patrick Weil and 7 other scholars resigned from the Cité nationale de l’Immigration’s board

Euro-Islam17 years ago01 mins

The historian Patrick Weil and 7 other scholars announced that they will resigned from the Cit_ Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration’s board (CNHI – French National Museum of the History of Immigration) as a way to protest against the creation of a ministry of immigration and national identity, recently instaured by France’s new president Nicolas…

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In Germany, Citizenship Tests Stir up Muslims, and Public Debate

Euro-Islam18 years ago01 mins

Brahms, beer and Beethoven are German, but can a Muslim head scarf be German too? Islamic communities throughout this country are beginning to wonder. What it means to be German is an excruciating riddle, not something casually broached in a cafe. But efforts to sharpen national identity through new citizenship tests have caused a furor…

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