Thursday, January 26, 2006

The Muslim News - Turkey in EU: Tugs of war

"Turkey in EU: Tugs of war

By Elif Aydin

It’s been a rough twelve months for European Muslims. The close of 2004 with the decision of the European Council to agree on the opening of accession negotiations with Turkey, though deferring the actual date of the opening to October 3, 2005, was heralded as a new chapter for the future of Europe and its largest Muslim neighbour and a spectacular debunking of the ‘Clash of Civilisations’ thesis. "

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