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Vatican cardinal: Pope Benedict’s Regensburg address was ‘prophetic’

Mon, 14/11/2016 - 07:46
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Mon, 14/11/2016
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran


BY ROBERT SPENCER 

In his 2006 Regensburg address, Pope Benedict cited the 14th-century Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus regarding the preaching of violence in a religion, stating:

“Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached…”

The new, level-headed Trump

Sat, 12/11/2016 - 08:12
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Sat, 12/11/2016
New, level-headed Trump


Ron Ben-Yishai

Analysis: Forget about the election campaign’s provocateur and chatterbox. The US president-elect’s victory speech made it clear that he feels the full weight of responsibility hanging on his shoulders. So in what direction does he plan to navigate America, and where do Israel and the Palestinians come in?

US elections as a symptom of Western fracture

Thu, 10/11/2016 - 09:18
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Thu, 10/11/2016
Fracture


Ben-Dror Yemini

Op-ed: Western democracies are struggling with questions of national identity, solidarity, a shared ethos, the place of religion, etc. In European countries, the battle is between an old, corrupt and rotten establishment and populist and demagogic politics. In other words: Clinton vs. Trump.

Turkey's domestic policy losing its foreign friends

Wed, 09/11/2016 - 09:14
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Wed, 09/11/2016
Erdogan alienates all


Author Semih Idiz

Upon assuming office in May, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim promised that he would “increase the number of Turkey’s friends and reduce the number of its enemies.” Today, however, Ankara is losing friends rapidly, especially in Europe where there are calls for sanctions against Turkey. 

Hillary Could Drag Us All Into A Catastrophic War

Fri, 30/09/2016 - 09:39
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Fri, 30/09/2016
Hillary Clinton Nuclear Doom

 

By Peter Hitchens

“I cannot quite work out how the good, sane impulse that gave birth to the USA could possibly have led us to this nightmare choice between two equally horrible outcomes.”

World Population Trends Signal Danger Ahead

Mon, 07/04/2014 - 07:27
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Mon, 07/04/2014


By Barry Mirkin

The United Nations has released population data confirming the continuation of long-term global demographic trends and a larger global population than previously projected.

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