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The Basilica of Saint Peter has recently seen the inauguration of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City 16 days after the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
More than twenty-five articles in the Arabic newspapers are dedicated to the issue of eliminating religious signs in French schools and its relationship to secularism. President Jacques Chirac?s speech on this issue has provoked contradictory reactions, not only inside the French community,...
The brutality of the attacks of September 11 made Europe and America disclose their true feelings against Arabs and Muslims, who were accused right away after the attacks. These real feelings show the West, which claims to be democratic and considerate about human rights is not. The whole issue is...
The German Chancellor Gerhard Schrِder called for the necessity of banning the veil in German schools. Yet, he believes that wearing a veil may be allowed elsewhere. On another level, The German Minister of Interior Otto Schily announced that the German government will start a new policy...
Although the operative constitutions and laws in Europe and the US guarantee the freedom of expression and manifestation, still they are circumscribed. A manifestation must be nonviolent and cannot keep people from assuming their affairs, hinder the traffic flow, or ruin public property.
Washington raised the issue of the Armenian massacre at the hands of the Turks in 1915. This led to a real conflict between America and Turkey regarding religious prosecution. Beside recounting the story of the massacre, the article tries to answer the question of " Why does America arouse this...
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