Tariq Modood - openDemocracy

Brexit means less hope for multiculturalism in the EU

The UK didn’t need the EU to enjoy multiculturalism – quite the reverse

By Tariq Modood

/ 9 Nov 2022

Brexit means less hope for multiculturalism in the EU

What is the fate of religion in Europe?

Can Europe’s traditional norms of secularism be applied to an extra-Christian religious diversity that the continent has not known before?

By Tina Magazzini, Tariq Modood, Anna Triandafyllidou and Thomas Sealy

/ 21 Apr 2020

Rethinking secularism : Can Europe integrate its Muslims?

A new understanding of secularism represents Europe’s best chance for finding a way forward.

By Tariq Modood

/ 3 Feb 2020

Rethinking secularism : Can Europe integrate its Muslims?

Terrorism not in my name

How should one respond to terrorism carried out in one’s name?

By Tariq Modood

/ 27 Oct 2019

Multicultural Nationalism

Does multicultural nationalism represent the political idea and tendency most likely to offer a feasible alternative rallying point to monocultural nationalism?

By Tariq Modood

/ 13 Aug 2018

Multicultural Nationalism

Does multicultural nationalism represent the political idea and tendency most likely to offer a feasible alternative rallying point to monocultural nationalism?

By Tariq Modood

/ 13 Aug 2018

Muslims and European multiculturalism

How prevalent is the discourse that describes Muslims as making unreasonable demands on European society? Why do we so often hear Muslims described as 'them' instead of 'us'? [Reposted form openDemocracy, May 2003]

By Tariq Modood

/ 28 Sep 2015

Multiculturalism and the nation

The proclaimed ‘failure’ of multiculturalism suggests the breakdown of a single process of integration. In fact, it is the term's capacity to overcome precisely this logic that reveals its continuing relevance in the process of nation-remaking.

By Tariq Modood

/ 20 Dec 2012

Moderate secularism: a European conception

The question of religion’s place in modern secular societies is intellectually contested and politically divisive. Here, the scholar Tariq Modood argues that European experience and institutional development can favour an accommodative model that respects religion yet goes beyond both toleration a

By Tariq Modood

/ 7 Apr 2011

Multiculturalism, Britishness, and Muslims

The idea of multiculturalism has been subjected to greater criticism in recent years, especially on the grounds that it is divisive and undercuts other solidarities of society, class or nation. But a fuller understanding of the context in which the arguments for multiculturalism arose and evolved

By Tariq Modood

/ 27 Jan 2011

Multicultural citizenship and the anti-sharia storm

An intense public debate and media controversy was triggered in Britain after a lecture delivered by the Archbishop of Canterbury - the spiritual head of the Church of England -

By Tariq Modood

/ 14 Feb 2008

Multiculturalism’s civic future: a response

I thank the six commentators who offered me some comments on my original openDemocracy article ("Multiculturalism, citizenship and national identity", 17 May 2007) and on the book whose

By Tariq Modood

/ 20 Jun 2007