"el Islam" in English

One point is obvious, paragraph 11(f), which refers to a Euro-Islamic university.

In fact, all this violence tends to result from the same causes.

We congratulate the Iraqi people on reaching this important milestone in the political process.

We also need to forget the simplistic notion that limiting privacy automatically promotes security.

If a Western man deliberately makes an anti-Islamic film with the aim of offending people, is he provoking an attack?

Mr Lambrinides, Mr Wiersma, Mr Barón Crespo and Mrs Roure – with her points about justice – are all correct.

However, at the end of all those talks, they all pleaded with us to open negotiations, those being the best guarantee of success for the reforms that are now taking place.

Without increased territorial autonomy for the Kurds, Hungary and the Hungarian Socialists will never vote for Turkey’ s accession.

Europe will be the first target for terrorism and will be a breeding ground for tension, and racism and islamophobia will only increase.

When these meetings take place, the minutes, recommendations and list of attendees must be available for public dissemination.

Over recent years, I have visited something like twenty Islamic states, most of whose people, along with their governments, want peace rather than a clash of civilisations.

In this connection, it has to be said that there are very many different fundamentalist trends in the world in connection with the Christian, Islamic and other religions.

I do not dispute that there are cultural differences between Europe, which is overwhelmingly typically Christian, and this part of Europe and Turkey, which is typically Islamic.

It is a perfect opportunity to ask the public for their opinion, and yet it is unlikely that a referendum will be held in any of the Member States.

We are, however, aware of the fact that parts of the resolution concern an area covered by Title IV of the EC Treaty and do not therefore apply to Denmark, cf. the protocol on Denmark’ s position.

As a former communist, President Niyazov has a great affinity with Sunni Muslims - he has already completed the pilgrimage to Mecca - and the Eastern Orthodox Church.

Reference is made, for example, to the Islamic religion having certain requirements of a legal order that would conflict with the European legal order in certain areas.

As far as information and research are concerned, the rapporteur would like to see a comparative study of the positions of Islamic and Muslim organizations in the Member States.