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The Iconoclast

Monday, 1 December 2008

Political party founded to defend Christian Europe

An Egyptian-born writer who was baptised by Pope Benedict XVI last Easter after converting to Christianity from Islam has announced that he has founded a political party to "defend Christian Europe" which would field candidates in next June's European elections.
Magdi Cristiano Allam, 56, said the party, "Protagonists for a Christian Europe", would work to defend Europe's Christian values, which were threatened by secularism and moral relativism to the point where Europe risked "committing suicide". The party would be open to people of all faiths. An outspoken critic of Muslim extremism and a supporter of Israel, Mr Allam is under armed guard because of death threats.
The party symbol bears the twelve stars of the EU round an Italian flag, with the words "Truth and Liberty", "Faith and Reason", and "Values and Rules".

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1 Dec 2008
Hugh Fitzgerald

The word "protagonista" is used all the time in Italian, but unlike in English, which keeps it close to its original use in dramaturgy, the word is used to describe the "chief actors" in some political or social movement. The translation into English -- "Protagonists For A Christian Europe" -- makes perfect sense in Italian, and sounds most awkward, alas, in English. No better are any of the obvious alternatives -- "chief actors," "main proponents," and so on. I don't have a solution and Magdi Allam may want to successfully english the title by moving away from the Italian, to something more demotic and democratic as "People For A Christian Europe."

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