The nexus has given rise to incidents of terrorism, complications in integrating the European Union and a rethinking of foreign policy.

Encounter with Islam
Diane Wolff/Orlando Sentinel Original Article

The Europeans have discovered they, too, have a terrorism problem, which is exacerbated by demographics and geography.Europe is having a new encounter with Islam, in domestic politics and foreign affairs. However, it's not the first; the two have had 13 centuries of ups and downs.The new European-Islamic nexus has given rise to incidents of terrorism, a shift of some traditional European political parties to the right, complications in integrating the European Union and a re-thinking of foreign policy.Immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, Europe stood shoulder to shoulder with America.