The Securitization of Islam in Europe

This paper summarises the main hypotheses and results of the research on the securitisation of Islam. It posits that the securitisation of Islam is not only a speech act but also a policymaking process that affects the making of immigration laws, multicultural policies, antidiscrimination measures and security policies. The paper deconstructs and analyses the premises…

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Controversy follows Tariq Ramadan to Rotterdam

Controversy seems to follow Tariq Ramadan wherever he goes. In Rotterdam, where the Swiss philosopher and theologist has been asked to contribute to the multicultural dialogue, the gay community is up in arms over Ramadan’s statements about homosexuality and the role of women in society. A split tongue, is how French journalist Caroline Fourest described…

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Popular French television series features ethnic diversity

France’s most popular television series set in Marseille, France features the country’s ethnic diversity. The nightly soap opera, “Plus Belle la Vie,” that is watched by nearly a fifth of the French population. Some 13 million people tune in at least once a week to follow the fates of various families in the multicultural confusion…

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Secularisation & Secularism

Secularisation – the process of a dividing the realms of politics and religion – has been influencing national and worldly affairs for several hundred years. The idea of the desirability of such a division – secularism – is nowadays a given backdrop for public policy issues regarding education, family, gender, media, migration, personal integrity and…

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