| | Islam and the West : Individual freedom should be respected unless causes trouble - Balladur :: moroccoTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30) |
 | | Former French PM Edouard Balladur called for Islam and the West to chase their fears, as both cultures are “neighbours and share part of their history.” |
 | | In an interview with the French magazine VSD, Balladur, who is also the head of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the French National Assembly, rejected the possibility of a conflict starting between Islam and the West, adding that Islam and Christianity are branches from the same tree. |
 | | Balladur, who is also the author of the book entitled “La fin de l'illusion jacobine” (The end of the Jacobite illusion), said he was favourable to government support in the financing of mosque building in France. |
| www.moroccotimes.com /news/article.asp?id=3938 (389 words) |