Burqa Park

A Sunday morning in April, Royal Park, Brussels. Burqa, Salafist and Joggers with dog.
If the appearance of a fully covered (hands, ankles, face), burqa clad human shape is shocking, even more stunning is the exquisitely casual way with which bystanders look away pretending not to have noticed any anomality.

Euro-Islam or Clash of Civilizations ? (E)

An excellent analysis of the position of religion in European society today is offered in Olivier Roy's contribution to Eurotopics.
Roy proposes a reconsideration of the problems related to the radicalization of muslims in the diaspora, as well as born-again christians.
Read the full article here