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...fire for being staged just weeks after the failed terror attacks in London and Glasgow. Protestors launched a petition on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street website that urges Brown to "condemn the tasteless portrayal of terrorism and its victims" and adds: "The idea of making light of Muslim extremism is extremely offensive, most especially for its victims." Brown has not commented publicly about the petition or the musical...
...Neither the writers nor the producer behind the musical are Muslim. Therefore, they say they took great care to avoid offending Islamic religion and culture. Zoe Samuel, co-author of the musical, says that several Muslims attended test performances and were amused by the show's content. She also says that the script distinguishes between everyday people and extremists. "We're not satirizing innocents. We're satirizing terrorists, neocons and apologists - people who exploit other people's beliefs to shore up their own power...
...schools the very individuals to whom the Republic ought to reach out the most might not be such a good idea in the long term. As Ali el-Baz, a North African labor leader, was quick to point out in an interview last month, the French-born children of Muslim immigrants don’t want to stay separated from the rest of the population, but their path to l’intégration is blocked by the very policies intended to nudge it along. “I believe in French values and that all citizens are equal...
...touchy-at-best subject of identity, French staunchness contrasts sharply with Americans’ cautious sensitivity. But here on the quiet streets of Paris’ suburbs, where Muslims are, in some places, the majority, and where Muslim women wearing headscarves shuffle along their daily routines undisturbed, the France imagined by legislators seems more than just a métro ride away...
...Another element of the Indonesia model is the recognition that the words of militants matter more to other potential militants - say, young men thinking of joining a terror group - than some sermon from Muslim moderates. Yudhoyono has enlisted not just prominent clerics but militants themselves to combat extremist ideas; to cite one example, contrite former terrorists appear on television and admit how they shed Indonesian blood. It's a strategy that could work in other countries where there is already some public anger at terrorists. In Sri Lanka, for example, the government could play on the disgust many moderate Tamils...