Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: Across Europe, Worries on Islam Spread to Center (NY Times)

Un articolo assai provocatorio del NY Times, ma che meritoriamente cerca 
di fare il punto sul continente, piu' che sul singolo paese. 
Interessante la tesi, che l'Islamofobia si sta spostando dall'estrema 
destra al centro. 
Sull'Italia non c'e' nulla, ma tanto siamo forti in questo campo...
Am.
Across Europe, Worries on Islam Spread to Center 
By DAN BILEFSKY and IAN FISHER
Published: October 11, 2006
 BRUSSELS, Oct. 10 ‹ Europe appears to be crossing an invisible line 
regarding its Muslim minorities: more people in the political mainstream 
are arguing that Islam cannot be reconciled with European values.
łYou saw what happened with the pope,˛ said Patrick Gonman, 43, the 
owner of Raga, a funky wine bar in downtown Antwerp, 25 miles from here. 
łHe said Islam is an aggressive religion. And the next day they kill a 
nun somewhere and make his point.
 łRationality is gone.˛
 Mr. Gonman is hardly an extremist. In fact, he organized a protest last 
week in which 20 bars and restaurants closed on the night when a 
far-right party with an anti-Muslim message held a rally nearby.
 His worry is shared by centrists across Europe angry at terror attacks 
in the name of religion on a continent that has largely abandoned it, 
and disturbed that any criticism of Islam or Muslim immigration provokes 
threats of violence.
 For years those who raised their voices were mostly on the far right. 
Now those normally seen as moderates ‹ ordinary people as well as 
politicians ‹ are asking whether once unquestioned values of tolerance 
and multiculturalism should have limits.
 Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw of Britain, a prominent Labor 
politician, seemed to sum up the moment when he wrote last week that he 
felt uncomfortable addressing women whose faces were covered with a 
veil. The veil, he wrote, is a łvisible statement of separation and 
difference.˛
 When Pope Benedict XVI made the speech last month that included a 
quotation calling aspects of Islam łevil and inhuman,˛ it seemed to 
unleash such feelings. Muslims berated him for stigmatizing their 
culture, while non-Muslims applauded him for bravely speaking a hard 
truth.
The line between open criticism of another group or religion and bigotry 
can be a thin one, and many Muslims worry that it is being crossed more 
and more.
 Whatever the motivations, łthe reality is that views on both sides are 
becoming more extreme,˛ said Imam Wahid Pedersen, a prominent Dane who 
is a convert to Islam. łIt has become politically correct to attack 
Islam, and this is making it hard for moderates on both sides to remain 
reasonable.˛ Mr. Pedersen fears that onetime moderates are baiting 
Muslims, the very people they say should integrate into Europe.
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 Sull'Italia non c'e' nulla, ma tanto siamo forti in questo campo...
Fjordman da l'inizio di una "guerra civile" in Europa a causa dei
mussulmani per il 2011.
Io la davo per il 2009-10.
Ma pare che altri la prevedano per il 2008.
I soliti ottimisti.
Mirco
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 Yoda
Extropolitica
http://extropolitca.blogspot.com/index.html

 Mirco
Be' questo dipende molto dalla percezione se nell'Islam, in quello 
extraeuropeo, e in quello europeo, stia vincendo l'integralismo. 
Questa IMHO e' la questione a cui dare risposta nei prossimi anni. Le 
insurrezioni di Parigi sono un grosso avvertimento, ma anche noi non 
possiamo permetterci errori di percezione.
In questo senso un test di fedelta' ai valori repubblicani e' una misura 
che suona la fine del multiculturalismo ingenuo.
Questo pero' obbliga anche i cittadini indigeni ad un esame di coscienza 
nei confronti dello stato.
Am.

 nei confronti dello stato.
Ovviamente, la fedeltà vale per tutti.
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