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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10488
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) ep/tunisia

Buzek says politics and religion are two separate spheres

Brussels, 03/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - During his visit to Tunisia on Sunday 30 and Monday 31 October, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, speaking after the victory of the Islamist party Ennahda in the elections to a constituent assembly on 23 October, said that politics should be quite separate from religion. “I firmly believe that politics and religion are two autonomous spheres. Islam and democracy are not incompatible. Just like Christian Democrats in Europe, there can be Islam...

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