ABSTRACT
Interrelations between journalistic coverage and religious issues have become more complex than ever in the light of intense media proliferation. The attention given to the public exercise of commissions addressing questions of religious diversity and management has allowed a targeted, comprehensive and revealing analysis. The discussion includes The Future of Multi-Ethnic Britain Report, commonly known as the Parekh Report; the work of the French Commission for Reflection on the Application of the Principle of Laïcité in the Republic, usually called the Stasi Report; as well as the respective reports for the Belgian Commission for Intercultural Dialogue (CID) and the Round Tables on Interculturalism (RTI). Reference will also be made to the Quebec Bouchard–Taylor Commission, but without offering a detailed analysis of this report, which came from a single province of Canada. The proposals of the RTI regarding the wearing of the headscarf in compulsory schooling and the modification of calendar of public holidays drew much attention in the Dutch sector.
