Islam and europe

Abstract

Islam, which claims to penetrate all aspects of the socio-political lives of its believers, continues its expansion in Eu countries, but this expansionism has sparked anxiety: nowadays, many Europeans have a baa opinion of Islam, and several countries have adopted legislations which regulate the declaration of the Islamic religion and authorise expulsion of radical imams. Having denied the wearing of all ostentatious religious signs, the French authorities assessed the integral veil, the burqa, not as a religious problem, but as a sign of enslavement. Is the Islamic threat a myth or a reality i If the majority of terrorists are Islamic, not all Muslims are terrorists, and besides, the majority of Islamic countries consider the fundamentalism ofAl-Qaeda a potential danger. Faced with this situation, enlightened minds ask for the opening of genuine inter-denominational talks and are pushing for connections between Islamic and Western civilisations, which, they insist, claim to represent cultural communal values. This implies a greater open-mindedness on the part of Europeans and the abandonment of unfounded Islamoohobia, and calls for real political and socio-religious reforms on the part of Islamic countries, the majority of which are struggling with profound economic difficulties, reconciling Islam's relationship not only with the member states, but also with the West.