This volume provides the most comprehensive picture of Turks in Europe and offers cutting edge ideas, analyses and recommendations on a wide range of challenges that modern European societies cannot avoid paying closer attention. Drawing on original research, Turks in Europe brings together sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists and experts in educational and cultural studies to…
French specialist of religion and Islam, Bruno Étienne has passed away in Aix-en-Provence, France. In 1980 Étienne became director of the CNRS (National Centre of Scientific Research), holding the chair in the Muslim World and became Professor at the Institute of Political Studies in Aix-en-Provence. In 1985 he founded “Observatoire du fait religieux” (Observatory of…
Islam’s relationship to liberal-democratic politics has emerged as one of the most pressing and contentious issues in international affairs. Nader Hashemi challenges the widely held belief among social scientists that religious politics and liberal-democratic development are structurally incompatible. While there are certainly tensions between religion and democracy, the two are not irreconcilable. Liberal democracy requires…
Prime Minister Christian Wulff of Lowez Saxony – a federal state of Germany, said he is planning to establish a Centre for Islamic-Christian Dialogue in the city of Osanabruck, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported Tuesday. Wulff from the Democratic Christian Party said that the Centre will be a major one in Germany and the neighbouring…
By CORNELIA DEAN In the United States, opposition to the teaching of evolution in public schools has largely been fueled by the religious right, particularly Protestant fundamentalism. The book says that creatures today are just like creatures that lived in the fossil past, so evolution must be impossible. Now another voice is entering the debate,…
