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...should a religious symbol like a crucifix be acceptable in a public school - as Italians overwhelmingly say it should be - while a head scarf worn by a young girl is not? Why should one kind of head scarf be permitted, and another outlawed? For non-Muslims, the rulings challenge long-held views about the relationship between Europe's Christian traditions and official state secularity. For Muslims, they are stark evidence of the difficulties they can face when trying to observe their faith. And for all of Europe, they are a reminder of how far society still has to go before...
...pundits agree that Sharpton, who heads the civil rights group National Action Network, has in recent years adopted a more serious platform in the hopes of strengthening his credibility with voters outside his long-held black audience...
...prediction was better than mine. France's view on the current situation--that the Islamic world will more easily accept the new reality in Iraq if political authority is vested in the U.N. and then rapidly handed over to Iraqis--is entirely in line with France's long-held principles. That position may be mistaken, for conventional wisdom holds that nation building can't be hurried, but it is not self-evidently absurd or anti-American. So why the new round of Paris bashing...
...prediction was better than mine. France's view on the current situation - that the Islamic world will more easily accept the new reality in Iraq if political authority is vested in the U.N. and then rapidly handed over to Iraqis - is entirely in line with France's long-held principles. That position may be mistaken, for conventional wisdom holds that nation building can't be hurried, but it is not self-evidently absurd or anti-American. So why the new round of Paris bashing...
...sink to the challenge” of arguing against Gladden Pappin’s philosophical arguments, and then proceeds to argue against them himself. Perhaps Weaver feels justified in doing this because he believes himself, unlike Pappin, unbiased by any kind of “long-held personal views,” which he seems to think are wrong by virtue of their being long-held...