Islamistischer Terrorismus

[ThomasWach]

Ich packs mal hier mit rein...

Zuerst ein Artikel, der aus offizieller Sicht der saudischen Regierung mehr Engagement für einen Friedensprozess im Nahen Osten fordert.

Peace for the Mideast
How Our Plan Could Aid Barack Obama's Efforts


RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- President-elect Barack Obama is about to inherit not just a nation entrenched in two wars but a world of instability and an entire Middle East that is sick with discord. While disputes in this region may seem eternal, there are reasons to be optimistic. If Obama joins with forces for peace and stability and acts boldly, his presidency could have a marked impact on world affairs.
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Stabilizing the Middle East will require patience, determination, tough diplomacy and empathy. The effort, however, will be well worth the result. As the late Indian diplomat Vijaya Lakshmi Nehru Pandit said: "The more we sweat in peace, the less we bleed in war."

Quelle:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con...00666.html

Hier ist ein Artikel, der sich mit der politischen Dimension und der Reformbarkeit des Islams beschäftigt. Einer der Autoren, Olivier Roy, ist als Experte hoch geschätzt (auf jeden Fall mehr als so ein dahergelaufener Prof. Flaig...)

How to Win Islam Over


December 21, 2008 —
During the presidential campaign, Barack Obama said he would convene a conference of Muslim leaders from around the world within his first year in office.
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This idea of trying to reconcile Islam and the West is well intentioned, of course. But the premise is wrong.

Such an initiative would reinforce the all-too-accepted but false notion that “Islam” and “the West” are distinct entities with utterly different values. Those who want to promote dialogue and peace between “civilizations” or “cultures” concede at least one crucial point to those who, like Osama bin Laden, promote a clash of civilizations: that separate civilizations do exist. They seek to reverse the polarity, replacing hostility with sympathy, but they are still following Osama bin Laden’s narrative.
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The page he should try to turn is not that of a supposed war between America and Islam, but the misconception of a monolithic Islam being the source of the main problems on the planet: terrorism, wars, nuclear proliferation, insurgencies and the like.

This will be an uphill battle, since this view of a monolithic, dangerous Islam has gained wide acceptance. Whether we’re talking about civil war in Iraq, insurgency in Afghanistan, unrest in Kashmir, conflict in Israel-Palestine, nuclear ambitions in Iran, rebellion in the Philippines or urban violence in France, people routinely — but wrongly — single out Islam as the explanation, rather than nationalism or separatism, political ambitions or social ills. This in turn reinforces the idea of a global struggle.
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Quelle:
http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2008/1...aisse.aspx