ABSTRACT
Unless and until native Europeans gain clarity on who they are and aspire to be, they cannot develop suitable strategies for relating to Muslim minorities. Everybody, including Muslims, stands to benefit from viable terms of engagement. The Indian experience provides helpful clues but, ultimately, Europeans must develop their own raison de civilisation, with ‘civilization’ understood not so much in terms of what defined them in the past but rather in terms of the values they hold for the future.
