As a political scientist with a background in cultural studies, I happened to experience the so-called ‘culture shock’ in a familiar setting for a Muslim – a mosque, yet in different context and conditions. Having been in…
Rafaela M. Dancygier. Dilemmas of Inclusion: Muslims in European Politics. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017. 264 pages. $29.95 paperback | Reviewed by Brian Van Wyck. Since the early 1980s, the presence of Islam in…
Post-war De-Nazification Post-war Germany is a success story in many ways. The Americans amongst others tried hard – with the Marshall Plan – not to let Germany become a Nazi regime again. The US thus…
The forming of a coalition between the Social Democratic Party (SPD) and Christian Democratic Unions (CDU & CSU) relieved many, who believe in the European Union, that one of Europe’s most important countries will have…