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Secularism anno 2016 : the place of religion in Europe today : the need for more open societies
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Middle East Directions (MED); Policy Briefs; 2016/05
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ROY, Olivier, Secularism anno 2016 : the place of religion in Europe today : the need for more open societies, Middle East Directions (MED), Policy Briefs, 2016/05 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/44507
Abstract
The contemporary debate on Islam both hides and reveals a deeper debate on the meaning of religion in a secular Europe. In fact, the more or less conflictual relationship with Islam compels Europeans to make explicit what “European values” they “oppose” to Islam. And herein begins the problem: are these Western values secular or Christian first?