Building a New Universal
In order for Islam to bring peace to humanity, it is vital for Muslims to create a new definition of universal and avoid corrupting the religions universal message.
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Oil Price Plunge: Conspiracy or Market Failure
So, while market-based explanations try to present historical dynamics and highlight various aspects of a complicated development, conspiracy theories offer clear simplicity and elegance.
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PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West, or Patriotische Europäer gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes, in German) finds a cover for rightist extremist racism in Germany and reaches out to masses through this cover.
What we desperately need at this point are inclusive policies to curb the influence of radical interpretations of religion.
The Paris attack seems like a strategic strike aimed to sharpen the existing polarization both in France and Europe in general.
The attack in Paris signals a potential dangerous escalation, which if not contained could play a very destabilizing role in Europe.
PEGIDA and the Rise of Fascism in Germany
While PEGIDA marches continue, thousands of people have repeatedly gathered for counter-rallies to protest PEGIDA.
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Q&A: Syrian Refugees Caught Between Asylum and War
In the shadow of on-going discussions about the integration and legal status of Syrians living in Turkey, Yavuz Güçtürk, a researcher at SETAs Law and Human Rights Department, made an assessment on the current position of Syrian refugees who have preferred forced displacement over war.
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Simply being anti-Recep Tayyip Erdoğan cannot account for the toxic blend of anger and disempowerment that those who expect so-called social explosions, such as the Gezi Park protests, in the new year.
Entering the last two years of the Obama administration, it is not very difficult to say that foreign policy has not been its strongest point.
Tensions in the Asia-Pacific region and the absence of effective mechanisms to resolve the differences among the actors, demonstrates that there is always a danger that tensions will escalate and to turn into a major crisis.
The business elite in TÜSİAD circles never saw the AK Party governments as a natural partner with whom they could forge a long-term and strategic developmental alliance.
