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Europe is failing its Muslims

23 Feb 2010

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Has Europe fallen into an "us vs them" mindset? Have Europeans nurtured the perception that Islam is alien to the continent? Do they know what to make of people who don't conform to their Enlightenment values?

Or do Europeans have good reason to associate Muslims with violence? Perhaps it's opposition to fundamentalist Islam which is really anti-fascist. Perhaps Islamophobia is just a constructed model designed to protect Islam from criticism, rather than individuals from discrimination.

The debate "Europe is failing its Muslims" took place on February 23rd at Cadogan Hall in London, in association with BBC World News and the British Council. Arguing in favour of the motion were Tariq Ramadan and Petra Stienen; against the motion were Douglas Murray and Flemming Rose.

Chapters

• Introduction: Europe is failing its Muslims

  Zeinab Badawi

  1 min 25 sec

• European Muslims face class discrimination and segregation

  Tariq Ramadan

  8 min

• There is a failure of leadership among Muslim leaders

  Douglas Murray

  8 min 18 sec

• Questions: Europe is failing its Muslims (Part 1)

  13 min 18 sec

• Europeans regard Islam as a Trojan Horse

  Petra Stienen

  7 min 17 sec

• Muslims use Islamophobia to protect Islam from criticism

  Flemming Rose

  8 min 35 sec

• Questions: Europe is failing its Muslims (Part 2)

  34 min 44 sec

• Summations: Europe is failing its Muslims

  13 min 50 sec

• Final vote: Europe is failing its Muslims

  1 min 42 sec

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