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Here you will find views on mosque-building in Europe and reports on planned mosques and the conflicts and discussions they have triggered in various European countries.

Europe

Report on protests against building new mosques in European cities
» The Economist (English)

Comparison of American and European attitudes to places of worship
» The Economist (English)

Survey of mosque-building projects in Europe and protests against them
» Cafebabel.com (German)


Britain

Critical report on the planned "mega-mosque” in London
» Daily Telegraph (English)

Critical report on the "mega-mosque” and the petition against it
» Libération (French)


France

Law on the separation of state and church causes difficulties for mosque construction
» Libération (French)

Dispute over the construction of a mosque in Marseille
» Le Figaro (French)


Germany

Discussion of the conflicts over mosque-building in Germany- Interview with social geographer Thomas M. Schmitt
» die tageszeitung (German)

Appeal for a visible Islam by Michaela Schlagenwerth
» Berliner Zeitung (German)

Debate between Imam Abdul Tariq and the representative of the Heinersdorf citizens' initiative Joachim Swietlik, on the construction of a mosque in Berlin-Pankow
» Die Zeit (German)

Debate between Mina Ahadi of the Central Council of Ex-Muslims and the former Berlin official responsible for foreigners Barbara John on mosque-building and Islam in Germany
» Internationale Politik (German)

Matthias Drobinski on the controversy over the Cologne mosque
» Süddeutsche Zeitung (German)

Salomon Korn on synagogues and mosques in Germany
» Frankfurter Rundschau (German)

Debate between Ralph Giordano and Bekir Alboga on the construction of the Cologne mosque
» Kölner Stadtanzeiger (German)

Sociologist Jörg Hüttermann on the conflicts over mosque-building as "pecking order conflicts”
» Deutschlandfunk (German)


Switzerland

Martin Beglinger criticizes the initiative for a "minaret ban”
» Das Magazin (Tages-Anzeiger) (German)

Hisham Maizar on the initiative for a "minaret ban”
» Neue Zürcher Zeitung (German)

Thomas Widmer on the symbolic significance of minarets
» Weltwoche (German)


Austria

Political scientist Oliver Geden on the minaret ban as a right-wing populist strategy imported from Switzerland
» Der Standard (German)

Mosque-building and protests against it in Austria
» Der Standard (German)

The "minaret ban” in Carinthia?
» Die Welt (German)

Petra Stuiber on the Islam discussion in Austria
» Der Standard (German)


Spain

Building mosques in Europe
» El Periodico (Spanish)

The dispute over a project to build a large mosque in Seville
» Cafebabel.com (German)

The controversy over Muslim worship in Cordoba's historic cathedral-mosque (report from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
» Quantara.de (German)


Greece

Discussion on building a mosque in Athens
» Deutsche Welle (German)


Architecture

A history of mosque-building
» The Guardian (English)

Interview with the architect of the Cologne mosque Paul Böhm
» Die Zeit (German)

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