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Austria against political manipulation of Islam

11 June 2018

Enforcing the law on Islam adopted in Feb 2015, the Austrian Minister for Internal Affairs (to the right in the photo) has proceeded to close down 7 mosques and to expel 40 Imams (some of the 260 Imams that are present in the country).
Specifically, the Austrian authorities have reproached (…)

The Austrian President’s Proposal to Fight Islamophobia: Wearing the veil

29 April 2017

Reacting to a recent law that prohibits women from wearing a Burkha (a complete veil), the Austrian President, Alexander Van der Bellen has expressed his wish that all Austrian women would all wear the veil on one day, marking resistance to Islamophobia.
Contrary to what President Van der (…)

“Not going into a religion war”

by Heinz Fischer

19 July 2005

Peace is resolving the issues without violence or ignoring the conventional rules. The Rule of Law is a life in common based upon well-defined rules of the game. This is applicable at the national level, but it should also be so at the internationally. The survival of the fittest should not (…)

“The seeds have started to slowly germinate”

by Walter Posch

19 July 2005

Europe has been the target of terrorist groups for a long time. We don’t know how related structures are, though. We must think of Al Qaeda as a company with exemption and not as a closed organization. Registered trade mark Al Qaeda has become attractive. It is hard to believe that it is formed (…)

“The old south of Tehran talks”

by Bert Fragner

4 July 2005

I will start by quoting The Economist : “Those who try to understand Iran are ill-informed. The results of the elections showed once again that Tehran is one of the most unpredictable countries from the political point of view. Frustration is big; the political parties originally under Jatami (…)

“There is no longer an order in the world”

by George Soros

30 June 2005

I think Europe is closer to chaos than the United States. I do not make long term statements; I am Keynesian. In the long run, we will die, that was what he used to say. Anyway, in a short run, the United States has built a strong State. A group of radicals or extremists have taken control of (…)

“Europe, an actor of world magnitude”

by Benita Ferrero-Waldner

29 June 2005

The turmoil in the European Union regarding the European Constitutional Treaty (ECT) and the future of its funding, has led our partners to wonder the real capacity of Europe to become an actor of world magnitude. They fear the creation of a drawn up Europe. But, the present Summit between (…)

“Europe, take a deep breath please”

by Ursula Plassnik

29 June 2005

We did not give a good image at the European Council. For weeks, there was the impression that it was simply an accounting period. Who could save more? At the end and after the meeting, disappointment was obvious. The summit was a failure, not only in terms of the finances of the European Union (…)