In light of both

• the Swiss referendum-based ban on further building of minarets on mosque edifices in Switzerland
• the European Human Rights Court’s ban on displays of the crucifix in Italian public schools

I think that it is time to highlight the growth of an strong pan-European movement of anti-triumphalism and laicite, one that doesn’t ignore any religious or spiritual belief system in its wake. Furthermore, I would also recommend to the Europeans (and even the Turkish people, if Kemal’s legacy is to be continued in that country) a further logical expansion of a further pervasive regulation of religious triumphalist displays in public:

• church bells and bell towers
• stripping explicit references to unique churches or religions from constitutions and other public documentations

But ultimately, the argument in the Global North over the clash between the religions of Christianity and Islam (and Islam vs. Judaism) and secular Humanism is cultural, as the ideas of law and custom which are embedded within the cultures whose members also subscribe to the religions tend to widely differ on their views (or their capability to modernize their views) regarding concepts of rights and liberties.

I’ve come to the conclusion that multiculturalism – a well-intentioned idea – is very much pinned, in its current implementations, between the rock of social progression and the hard place of cultural integrity/sovereignty. Multiculturalism, as it stands, has not been engaged in a significant attempt at demonolithization that let’s at least one school of multiculturalist ideology try to remove itself from attempting to actively embrace claims to cultural integrity or sovereignty.

I think it would be better to say that multiculturalism respects the rights of multiple cultures to exist, but does not respect the right of a culture to make claims or moves for "integrity" or "sovereignty" against those – within or outside the culture’s main grouping – who syncretize with other cultures or interpretations. Instead, those who do syncretize should also receive the same support and standards of judgement as any other culture if they so apply for such treatment.

Hence, I agree more with Anne Phillips’ book Multiculturalism without Culture, particularly in its feminist angle (since feminist and LGBT organizations have had the hardest time with current multiculturalist models).