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Islamic radicalism is on the rise, especially in the second generation of young Muslims living in Europe. A Europe that has traditionally defined itself as Christian is being forced to address uncomortable questions. How do we want to live together? What are the limits of our tolerance? And on the other hand, how does it feel to be a Muslim growing up in Europe? To what extent is compromise possible?
We have put together a series of articles that try to answer these questions.
Tolerance for the tolerant
A combative response to Jutta Limbach's article on "Making multiculturalism work" by the Turkish-German lawyer and activist Seyran Ates.
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Making multiculturalism work
Should
Islamic schoolgirls be excused from gym class in German schools? Should
the Muezzin's call to prayer ring as loudly as the church bells in
German towns? Jutta Limbach, former President of Germany's
Federal Constitutional Court, sees multiculturalism on the wane in
Germany. In view of the growing terr orist threat, she makes a plea for
the protection of the rights of the minority, not the majority.
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Born again to kill
Islamic terrorism has nothing to do with tradition. It's a brand new direction in the faith. And it's rooted in Europe. By Olivier Roy
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Neither whores nor submissive
In
the fractured suburbs of France, young Muslim men are increasingly
acting as the guardians of public morals. Girls who don't conform to
Islamic behavioural codes are threatened with rape or death. Fadela
Amara's organisation "Ni putes ni soumises" ("neither whores nor
submissive") is fighting back. By Rebecca Hillauer
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Between the Sex Pistols and the Koran
In
the wake of terrorist attacks, people who plead for a dialogue between
religions are avoiding the key question: why do Muslims become
terrorists? By Zafer Senocak
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Islam in its new Habitus
The public face of Islam is changing. A new collection of essays tries to understand how and why. By Moritz Behrendt
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Dragan Klaic arrived in Skopje on the day that Greece vetoed Macedonia's bid to join NATO at the summit in Bucharest. He found a nation reeling from this unexpected slap in the face.
No-one knows what the anti-Koran film 'Fitna' by the Dutch right-wing politician Geert Wilders contains exactly. But fearing Muslim anger many are ready to make concessions regarding the fundamental freedom of expression. Gelijn Molier looks to nineteenth century philosopher John Stuart Mill for advice.
The deportation of Romanians from Italy in the wake of a murder committed by an ethnic Roma has caused a stir in Romania. Yet whereas Romanians object to this discrimination abroad, they fail to see that at home the Roma are treated with nothing but hatred and disdain, and neither the Church nor the state is doing anything about it. By Mircea Cartarescu
Since the 19th century Ukrainians have been dreaming of a return to the paradise lost of Europe. But Ukraine's rich and painful history remains a blank spot in the European collective consciousness, or a mighty underground river flowing out of Europe's cellar, littered with corpses. By Oksana Zabuzhko
The Amsterdam district of Slotervaart, where Theo van Gogh's murderer lived, continues to be plagued by outbreaks of violence from youths in the immigrant communities. Many of their parents have withdrawn from what they perceive as the hostile outside world, which they invariably blame when their children go astray. By Margalith Kleijwegt
The sexual revolution has run itself aground on the back of standardisation and banality. It's time to fight Hefnerism with radicalisation not restriction, declares Dylan van Rijsbergen 
No sooner were the fires put out reelected the government that bore the than Greek votersbrunt of responsibility for the tragedy. Did those who suffered so much learn no lesson from their distress? Crime writer Petros Markaris looks at why the Greeks have failed to find their way out of the political crisis rocking their country. 
The third anti-porn campaign of the women's feminist magazine Emma is absolutely necessary and, at the same time, hopelessly old-fashioned. You can't use the tools of the 70s to fight the pornographication of today's market - at least not if you want to win. By Iris Radisch 
Russian journalist and Putin critic Grigori Pasko talks with Tobias Goltz about the North Stream Pipeline, Russia's state-controlled media and how his like-minded colleagues are dropping off like flies. 
The elites of East Germany lack orientation, as only the West has left its imprint on the power structure. Roland Mischke talks with political scientist Gunnar Hinck about imbalances and incompetences among East German leaders.