Yes, it’s Tony Blair when asked whether he prayed with George Bush when he visited the White House. A quick quip. What did he mean by this answer? No he and George W. don’t share religious practise, or is it simply not in his brief to discuss his religious views. In the US for better or worse, religion is suddenly *very* publicly avowed. Whether this religion is one of public appearance or whether it is a deeply held belief, they certainly *do* something professing to be God in the US these days.
I was was intrigued by an article carried in the Toronto Star today claiming that `Islamophobia’ makes integration tough for the continent’s 15 million Muslims. Interesting thought. What I find most fascinating is the charge that Europe has become a vast sea of secularism and that the US is in fact a more hospitable host to muslim immigrants. Is racism more endemic in europe than in North America? Is this a phenomenon stemming from the French Revolution? Interesting points to ponder.
