Globalization and the conflict between Christian and Muslim society

9. Why do you think globalization is connected to the conflict between Christian and Muslim society? Considering the integration of Muslim immigrants in Europe, what do you think is the main problem to be solved now? Do you have any experience with this minority (Muslim immigrants) making demands and the perception of it in official places?

Answer by Jana Hybášková:

I never admitted the globalization is connected to the conflict between Christian and Muslim society. There is no connection what so ever.

Muslims in Europe are not a unified group. We can not generalize their situation. Situation of Moroccans in the Netherlands differ from situation of Algerians in France, Kurdish situation in Sweden differs from Turks in Germany. Among themselves we find huge religious, legal and ethnic differences. Any equalization is already a mistake. We have to be informed about their social, economic situation. We have to try to avoid their social exclusion, as we do now with Roma population in have to support by all means their inclusion in our society - our country. We have to support by all means their inclusion in our society. The key issue is education, language. They should have equal opportunity to gain skills, habits, norms, education as our children do. Than, they can be more close to find more equal opportunity to enter labor market, to improve their social position. Then, if they are confident and satisfied citizens, I am sure they will keep their customs and manners, knowledge of Islam as additional culture capital, not as the confirmation of social exclusion. The issue than is to design proper systematic way of social inclusion and equal chance.

The important political issue is the way, how many EU states interfere in Muslim s religious affaires, often with disregard towards differences between Sunnis and Shiites, between Turks and Kurds and Arabs, among Malikis, Hanbalis, for instance. We should be much more sensitive to our approach to The Muslim Councils, for instance in Germany. Neglecting one group because of other does not help.