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Old 30th August 2002 | 11:46
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MarkD

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"European muslim organisation"

Lou Scannon:

indeed it would, the problem being that as the Economist recently pointed out, virtually anyone can set up shop in Western Europe, declare themselves an imam, set up a mosque and start teaching anti-Western hatred.

It is much more difficult for the Islamic moderates to claim to be the mainstream as they are only now getting to grips with secular lobbying processes. The same article called for Western governments to assist [except in US for constitutional reasons] the setting up of Islamic theological colleges as most imams are currently taught in the Arab world and take on that political worldview prior to immigrating to the West.
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