NY Times: The closing of the right's mind

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/opinion/the-closing-of-the-rights-mind.html?_r=0

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FLORENCE, Italy — The longstanding link between the political right and various Christian churches is breaking down across Europe. This is largely because the right, like much of European society, has become more secular. Yet this hardly indicates progress: Animated by an anti-Islamic sentiment, the right’s position is endangering freedom of religion, as well as secularism and basic democratic traditions.

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