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The German Interior Ministry's Controversial Poster Campaign
Encouraging Prejudice and Paranoia
Sometimes good intentions are just not enough: a new campaign by the German interior ministry, says Robert Misik, only contributes to the widespread paranoia about "the Muslims" – and thus encourages the very radicalism it wants to fight
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The Shia-Sunni Conflict
The Most Deadly Religious War of our Time
Preachers like the Sunni legal scholar Yusuf Al-Qaradawi or the Shia Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati are propagating sectarian hate and exacerbating the divide between Islam's two major denominations. In this essay, Stefan Buchen explains how the religious war they have helped to unleash within Islam is having a catastrophic effect on the Greater Middle East
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The Documentary ''Generation Kunduz''
The War of the Others
"Generation Kunduz" is a documentary film that portrays the stark reality of life for people in the province of Kunduz. "I did the most banal thing there is," says director Martin Gerner on the subject of his film. "I went to the people." A review by Marian Brehmer
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Salafi Muslims
Doctrinaire Severity
Despite their doctrinaire severity, Salafi Muslims have never developed a coherent system of beliefs nor sustainable organizational structures. They have always been a divided community. Rudolph Chimelli provides background information
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Salafists in Germany
Heading for ''Urban Terrorism''?
Until now, German public perception of the Salafists placed the phenomenon firmly on foreign soil. Recent events involving followers of this radical school of Islamic thought such as the distribution of copies of the Koran in German cities and violent clashes with police have raised some concerns, but how dangerous are the Salafists in reality? Answers from Albrecht Metzger
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Christians and Muslims Ten Years after 9/11
Hated, Feared, Misunderstood
The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington a decade ago have deepened the gulf between Christians and Muslims – but since the events of that day, the dialogue has become more sincere. By Matthias Drobinski
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Ten years after 9/11
God's Uprooted Warriors
In his essay, the well-known Iranian religious intellectual Hasan Yousefi Eshkevari describes the reaction to 9/11 in Iran, highlights some of the root causes of terrorism and suggests how it can meaningfully be countered
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Commentary on the Death of Bin Laden
A Little Help from a Foe
The reactions following Bin Laden's death are a disaster. A person's death may sometimes be good news. But somebody's assassination never is. A commentary by Stephanie Doetzer
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Islamists in Somalia
Fears of War on the Horn of Africa
After 15 years of anarchy in Somalia, Islamists have taken control of large parts of the country. But the growing influence of the Union of Islamic Courts and the rise to power of extremists threaten to embroil the entire region in war. By Marc Engelhardt