Religion shows a Janus-face in almost all cultures. It tries to appease poltical conflicts, but on the other hand instigates them because of different values, and so sometimes causes open quarrel. Can we develop a peaceful common basis for all religions?
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The fallen Islamic Republic
“Neda, stay with me! “, the man cries. But it was of no use: On the very
same day, the video of the dying Neda Agha-Soltan was shown on Youtube.
Up to now, at least 80 people had fallen prey to the brutality of the
regime’s militia. Some members of the opposition were already threatened with
capital punishment. Neda’s death isn’t a sing …
WHAT DOES OSAMA STAND FOR?!
Religious terrorism is terrorism performed by groups or individuals, the motivation of whom is typically rooted in the basic tenets of a faith. Terrorist acts throughout the centuries have been performed on religious grounds with the hope to either spread or enforce a system of beliefs, viewpoints or opinions. Religious terrorism does not …
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Really a habitual situation: Sunday evening, the news on RTL: A habitual scheme of the European press, everybody is hacking on issues like Israel.
“No wonder, if you make yourself some target like they do”, critics say.
But has Israel really made itself a target of the press? Aren’t there other states in this world bargaining wrongly, …
What to tell a Turk in a suit
When Berlin’s minister for the interior presented the 2002 police statistics, he introduced a new feature: from then, the statistics differentiated between German and non-German offenders and as in youth criminality there was always a difference between these two groups, this decision appeared to be very sensible. In 2005, one in eight …
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