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Interview with Burhan Ghalioun"Preparing the Region for the Isolation of Iran"
The Syrian intellectual Burhan Ghalioun considers President Bush's first visit to the Middle East to be an attempt to isolate Iran and contain its increased influence by reaching out to other players in the region. Rashid Butayb spoke to Burhan Ghalioun
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US-President Bush in the Middle East
German Expert: Bush Waited Too Long With Mideast Trip
As US President George W. Bush embarks on a multi-country tour of the Middle East, a prominent German expert says that his chances to achieve something are fairly slim
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Roger Garaudy
Myths and Confusion
Roger Garaudy, the French philosopher, Holocaust denier, and convert to Islam, still enjoys great popularity in the Arab world. A new book now traces his ideological and religious transformations. Bernhard Schmid reports
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The Case of "Serkan A."
Law and Order Populism
An attack in the Munich subway, says Robert Misik, has led to a discussion which shows how the issue of youth criminality in Germany is turning into a debate about ethnicity
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Pakistan after the Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Musharraf Is Abusing the "War on Terror"
Since September 11, Pakistan's President Musharraf has been considered one of the USA's most important allies in the war on international terrorism. According to Thomas Bärthlein, the reality is very different: Musharraf is in fact bringing the struggle into disrepute
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Islam in Germany
Alevi Muslims Enraged by Incest Link in German TV Show
Around 20,000 Alevi Muslims rallied Sunday, Dec 30 in the western city of Cologne against a public television detective show whose storyline featured a plot involving incest within an Alevi family. Ole Tange reports
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America's War on Terror
What Went Wrong?
The failure of the United States's global policy since 9/11 can be measured in the chasm between the dreams of 2001 and the reality of 2007. A stock of six years of "war on terror"
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9/11 Anniversary
The Wrong Strategy against Terror
Four years after 9/11 and the declaration of the "War on Terror" militant Islamism is not on the retreat, and the US have since fulfilled the cliché of the merciless superpower, fuelling further anti-Western sentiment. Peter Philipp comments
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Assassination of Benazir Bhutto
Democracy in Pakistan Needs Western Support
The tragic assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto highlights the central crisis of Pakistani society: Democratic change in the country still needs the support of the West, says Thomas Bärthlein
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EU Accession Talks
Membership Process under Pressure
This week two new chapters in Turkey's EU membership negotiations were opened, but with the French taking over presidency of the EU for the second half of the year resistance to Turkey's entry looks set to increase in 2008. Daniela Schröder has the details
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Europe and Human Rights
Sarkozy's Devalued "Diplomacy of Values"
During last year's presidential campaign, Nicolas Sarkozy made a lot of noise about the new course he intended to steer; a course based on a "diplomacy of values". Since his election, however, the credibility of his concept has been eroded by a series of events. A commentary by Michaela Wiegel
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The Saudi Arabian Legal System
Firm Alliance between Rulers and Scholars
When a woman who had been raped was sentenced to imprisonment and strokes of the lash in Saudi Arabia in November, the Saudi leadership found itself confronted with a wave of criticism. But how realistic are demands for reform? The Islam scholar Guido Steinberg examines the Saudi legal system
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