Are all problems caused by Islam? by arabist dr Koenraad Elst in The Brussels Journal In the blog magazine Dagelijkse Standaard, Joost Niemöller writes (15 december 2012, “Het Marokkanenprobleem is geen islamprobleem”, “The Moroccan problem is not an Islam problem”) that the reduction of all problems to Islam is stupid: “Look, this kind of thinking is not just dumb, it is also dangerous. Whoever can only think of Islam as the root of all evil, moves … Read entire article »

新年快乐 Bonne année frohes neues Jahr Ευτυχισμένη η Νέα Χρονιά felice anno nuovo С наступающим Новым Годом happy new year … Read entire article »

The Dynamics of the Crisis in Syria. Conflict Versus Conflict Resolution. (Part 1) – Dr. Christof Lehmann. – After 19 months of violent conflict in Syria a feasible solution seems farther removed than ever. The influx of fundamentalist Salafist or Wahabist fighters which have been streaming to Syria since the failure of two major Free Syrian Army assaults on Aleppo in June and July 2012 made it increasingly difficult to build a coherent and credible Syrian … Read entire article »