News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
Italy stated that it was pulling out of a UN conference on racism, a blow seen by many Western governments as marred by Muslim attempts to attack Israel and shield Islam from criticism. Italian foreign minister Franco Frattini also decided to postpone a trip to Iran in protest over remarks by Tehran’s leadership against Israel
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, the Somali-born Dutch activist facing threats from her controversial criticism of Islam, will receive national protection anywhere in the European Union, said a top justice official in Brussels. Franco Frattini, the European commissioner for justice and home affairs said that Hirsi Ali and others who face threats for their opinions or writings
Brussels (dpa) – The EU is to grant a fast-track admission procedure and a decent salary to highly-qualified foreign workers wishing to relocate to Europe, a top EU official said Thursday. The initiative, which includes a future “Blue Card” – the EU’s equivalent to the Green Card in the US – is designed to counter
The vice-president of the European Commission Franco Frattini has said Europe can only respect Muslim traditions if they do not contradict the bloc’s own basic values, such as freedom of speech or equality between men and women. “We are not governed by sharia, after all,” he said in an interview with the Italian daily La
Il terrorismo purtroppo non e’ sconfitto. Lo ha detto Franco Frattini, vice presidente della Commissione europea, intervistato oggi nel corso della trasmissione radiofonica “Baobab” in onda su Radiouno. Frattini ritiene che sia necessario l’impegno delle comunita’ islamiche affinche’ “contribuiscano a sradicare l’estremismo”. Queste premesse sono “assolutamente indispensabili” per “togliere l’alibi ai violenti e alle frange