Friday, November 25, 2005

France and the Muslim myth / Mathaba, 13 Nov 2005

http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=436312
Jason Burke
"Analysts and commentators often seek to find evidence to support their well-established ideas in any given event. So while critics of the 'French social model' have gleefully seen evidence of its failure in the recent violence in France, its supporters have seen evidence of the damage done by right-wing policies in the country. But little compares with the extraordinary way in which the disturbances of the last two weeks have been hijacked by those who appear set on either finding, or creating, a 'clash of civilisations' between Islam and the West."