Protect Muslims; suppress Islamists
“The secular state must equally guarantee freedom of religion for freedom loving Muslims and use its monopoly on the use of force to suppress those Islamists who are enemies of freedom of religion.”
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Against the Backdrop of growing religious Radicalization around the World, Christine and Thomas Schirrmacher call for stronger preventative Measures
60th General Conference of Military Chaplains on the Topic of “Violence within Religions” (Berlin, 24.10.2015) This General Conference held by all Catholic military and chaplains with representatives from many other European countries took place Berlin-Steglitz and […]
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Erdogan and Islamist seizure of power
Immediately after the attempted Putsch, an eye witness reported Erdogan’s first big appearance: “It felt like an eternity that Erdogan just stood there while the crowd chanted: ‘Here is the army! Here is the Commander, and ‘Just […]
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Expert Conference of the Hanns Seidel Foundation on the Topic of “Cyber-Jihad”
Under the title “Cyber-Jihad – Goals, Dimensions, Structures and Combating a Global Challenge,” the Hanns Seidel Foundation, in cooperation with the Central Council of Oriental Christians in Germany, invited participation in an international expert conference held at the Bavarian Wildbad Kreuth.
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Religion and Politics in a free society
(Bonn, 26.03.2015) Since the terror attacks in Paris at the beginning of the year, themes such as integration and Identity, the relation of foundational democratic values with religions, as well as religious fundamentalism and violence, […]
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“Turkey is a uniquely terrible disappointment.” Has Erdogan always been an Islamist, or has he returned to Islamism?
A question for naive politicians and religious leaders In an important article in the German newspaper, Die Welt am Sonntag, Boris Kalnoky described Turkey as a “uniquely terrible disappointment“ („Die Türkei ist eine einzige große […]
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Die NATO verteidigt die Türkei an der syrischen Grenze, während die Türkei Terroristen in Syrien finanziert
Dass die Türkei nicht nur allgemein Rebellen in Syrien mit Waffen und Hilfsgütern beliefert und sie finanziell unterstützt, sondern vor allem auch die berüchtigten Islamisten der Al-Nusra-Front, die der Al-Qaida nahestehen, ist inzwischen allgemein bekannt, […]