By IQRA ANUGRAH Special to The Japan Times BEPPU, Oita Pref. — The relationship between the West and the Islamic world is worrisome. Recent events in Western and Muslim countries show the tension between these two civilizations. Last year the Swiss People’s Party, backed by a popular referendum, proposed a construction ban on mosque minarets. [...]
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Lifesaving dialogue past due between Islamic world and West
Posted: Oktober 5, 2010 in Philosophy and Religion, Reflection, ReviewTag:intercivilizational dialogue, Islam, the West, tolerance
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How (not) to drop the Bomb
Posted: Oktober 5, 2010 in Activism, PoliticsTag:dialogue, nuclear, the West
How (not) to drop the Bomb The Obama administration recently has just restarted the process toward nuclear warheads reduction in the world. Following his speech last year in Prague, Obama tried to put his commitment against the threat of nuclear weapons into action by organizing the Nuclear Security Summit last week. With the introduction of [...]
The Decline of the West, the Rise of the Rest?
Posted: Oktober 4, 2010 in PoliticsTag:Asia, Mahbubani, the West
Book Review: The New Asian Hemisphere by Kishore Mahbubani By Iqra Anugrah, APS3, 2011 Looking into our daily life, it seems that world is moving very fast. The winner today might be the loser tomorrow. Since the future is always uncertain, the dominator has always to be careful because the other may catch-up the position. [...]
