Oded Ben-Hur, the Israeli Ambassador to the Vatican called Muslim immigrants a serious threat to peace and democracy in Europe. “(Muslims) have a different agenda, and are beginning to be a real serious menace to democracy and peace in Europe,” said Ben-Hur during a speech at the American University of Rome. The ambassador also criticized…
More than 400 Muslim groups gathered in Brussels to sign a ‘charter of values’ at the European Parliament, pledging tolerance and respect for the laws of the countries in which they live. “The charter amounts to a code of good conduct for Muslims in Europe which commits them to taking part in building a united…
Miguel Angel Moratinos, the Spanish foreign minister, stressed the importance of Muslims in European countries and the sharing of a multitude of values, urging a joint fight against discrimination of Muslims in Europe. The head of the Spanish diplomacy stressed in a latter to the director of the Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO),…
In an October meeting with Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in Paris, Nicolas Sarkozy shocked listeners with a long anti-Muslim complaint, stating that there are too many Muslims in Europe. Sarkozy also discussed his disdain concerning discussion of Turkey’s entrance into the European Union. According to the French news agency _L ib_ration, the French president…
Gema Mart_n, director of Casa Arabe, believes that the use of terms Islamic terrorism or Islamist to qualify the acts of groups such as Al Qaeda has contributed to the growth of intolerance towards Muslims in Europe. As an alternative name, Gema Mart_n suggests alqaedist terrorism and also defends the need to promote seminars that…
