WP 10 : Securitization and Religious Divides in Europe after 9/11

This section's articles

• Muslims in Europe and in the United States: A Transatlantic Comparison

  27 February 2007, by Cesari Jocelyne
  Recently, however, the convergence of European and American political discourse posits an automatic correlation between the war on terrorism, internal security measures, and immigration policy. Such a correlation increasingly invalidates the distinction between international and domestic policy, and has consequences not only for the status of Muslim minorities, but also for more general issues of secularism and multiculturalism in the democratic nations concerned.

• Muslims In Western Europe After 9/11: Why the term Islamophobia is more a predicament than an explanation

  22 November 2006, by Cesari Jocelyne
  The principal aim of this report is to highlight the multi-layered levels of discrimination encountered by Muslims. This phenomenon cannot simply be subsumed into the term Islamophobia. Indeed, the term can be misleading, as it presupposes the pre-eminence of religious discrimination when other forms of discrimination (such as racial or class) may be more relevant. We therefore intend to use the term Islamophobia as a starting point for analyzing the different dimensions that define the political situation of Muslim minorities in Europe. We will not to take the term for granted by assigning it only one meaning, such as anti-Islamic discourse.

• WP10: Securitization and Religious Divides in Europe after 9/11

  7 March 2005, by Cesari Jocelyne
  The 9/11 terrorist attacks have modified the traditional dilemma of balancing security and civil liberties in liberal democracies. Since the attacks, security has been defined as the main priority at both the national and European levels. The increased political focus on danger and the necessity of protecting citizens has made many concerns about freedom and civil liberties secondary.

• Securitization and Religious Divides in Europe after 9/11

  30 November 2004, by Cesari Jocelyne
  The 9/11 terrorists attacks have modified the traditional dilemma between Security and Civil liberties since the former is now defined as the primary liberty to defend nationally as well as at the European level. The political insistence on danger and the necessity to protect citizens has made secondary concerns on freedom and civil liberties.