Sarah Bienkowski (Rutgers): Has France Taken Assimilation Too Far? Muslim Beliefs, French National Values, and the June 27, 2008 Conseil D'Etat Decision. From National Review, should France ban the burqa? A symposium. Why France is banning the veil: The legislation is only the latest move in a centuries-old grapple between the French state and organised religion. After a series of books established him as a world-famous analyst of radical Islam, Gilles Kepel decided to start mapping a renaissance in Gulf-Europe relations. The battle for a European Islam: In an effort to better assimilate Muslims into its society, Germany seeks to incorporate the education of imams into the country's universities. An interview with Ruprecht Polenz: "Turkey belongs in the EU". Not about prejudice: EU members have good reason to be cautious about Turkish accession. From NPQ, a special section on Islam in Europe. The burqa and the body electric: The clash between religious liberty and the state goes back centuries. Walter Laqueur on Europe's long road to the mosque. An interview with Ian Buruma, author of Taming the Gods. A review of Nomad: From Islam to America by Ayaan Hirsi and The Flight of the Intellectuals by Paul Berman (and more and more). A review of The New Vichy Syndrome: Why European Intellectuals Surrender to Barbarism by Theodore Dalrymple. Culturalism and culture as political ideology: More unites Left and Right in the fierce debate on multiculturalism.
