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ussing the present crisis of identity in the West. Specifically in Europe, there is a crisis of the nation state, because of globalisation and European integration. What does it mean now to be Dutch, French or British? We are confronted with the crisis of national identity, and we tend to blame Islam.’
Where would we be without sociologists?
One part of Roy’s thesis, if I understand the interview correctly (and if Josie Appleton understands Roy correctly), seems to suggest that Islam now attracts the sort of types that would have been Baader-Meinhof or Red Brigade types thirty years back, and that this is fortuitously connected to the religious tradition of Islam. Isn’t there something to this?
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Ian – yes you’re right, there is an interesting point trying to get out of the article, underneath all the blather about “the Other”.
Weren’t the Red Brigades mostly unemployed sociology graduates though?
I wonder how traditional or nominal Muslims feel about this kind of convert. Be interesting to know – some, I suppose, would present it as evidence of the superiority of their faith. Hopefully there are enough thoughtful types who see that it brings major trouble for them. Outlaw conversions, I say!:)
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