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Radical Islam in Europe
- Source :
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Orbis . Jan2010, Vol. 54 Issue 1, p46-60. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Abstract: Europe now faces three related but different challenges: how to respond, in a time when “native” European populations are shrinking, to the growing presence of Muslim minorities; how to avoid having its relationships with its Muslim communities controlled by Islamists who seek to replace Western civilization with Islamic government based on sharia law; and what to do generally about this Islamist threat. Thus far, the European responses to these challenges have been shaped by four factors: accumulated civilizational exhaustion; the inability to grasp the challenge posed to European national identities by the allure of the global Caliphate; weakness arising from degraded security capabilities, including the impact of the continued drive to “build Europe” by adopting the Treaty of Lisbon; and the preference for appeasement of Islamist demands. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00304387
- Volume :
- 54
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Orbis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 45693045
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orbis.2009.10.005