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A Muslim activist in Italy goes to court to force the local public school to take down the crucifix from his son's classroom wall; when a judge rules in his favor, a wave of outrage sweeps the country. At a public high school outside Paris, two sisters are expelled...
(2 of 2) The ruling unleashed fury across much of Italian society, with some opponents of the decision suggesting that Italy's cultural foundations in Catholicism were being undermined by Muslims using secular arguments as cover. Smith lambastes such notions: "This is Italy's old Catholic fundamentalism coming to the...
The law supports, at least partly, the head-scarf cause. A 1989 ruling by the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest legal body, stated that outward manifestations of religious faith by students are not "incompatible with the principle of secularity." But the Conseil also noted that "ostentatious or militant" displays...
Last week, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad proved himself a vicious anti-Semite during a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. He pronounced proudly that “The Europeans killed six million Jews out of 12, but today the Jews rule the world by proxy�...
Caught in the Middle "Is Pakistan a Friend or a Foe?" that's a good question [Sept. 29]. The answer is complicated. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf is in a difficult situation. He must deal with both Islamic extremists of al-Qaeda hiding in the tribal lands of Afghanistan and...