Is Islam compatible with a secular Europe?
Secularism and Islam: The Theological PredicamentDoes the integration of Islam in Europe presuppose a prior ‘religious reformation’ that would make Islam compatible with so-called ‘European values’? And what are these European values? Are they Christian values or secular values? While all European constitutions and treaties stress the commitment towards ‘human rights’, ‘religious freedom’ and ‘democracy’, the status of ‘secularism’ is more complex. In this thought-provoking article, Olivier Roy introduces the concept of the ‘theological predicament’: the perceived connection between ‘