A free society is a moral achievement. Without self-restraint, without the capacity to defer the gratification of instinct, and without the habits of heart and deed that we call virtues, we will eventually lose our freedom. https://t.co/uhkjsfFLSQ via @Inoreader
.” On Europe’s crisis of refugees, Tibet’s Buddhist spiritual leader added: “Receive them, help them, educate them … but ultimately they should develop their own country.” https://t.co/fy4PuHwZNH via @Inoreader
"Secularity," in the proper sense, does not mean excluding God but rather means limiting both the Church and state to their proper spheres, to learning by mind and experience what belongs to what and why. https://t.co/yrBQhJS35z via @Inoreader
Nothing can claim to be true or right "in every time and every situation." Multiculturalism and tolerance--the acceptance of everything and the exclusion of nothing--are the only remaining virtues https://t.co/yrBQhJS35z via @Inoreader
. If "secularity" by definition excludes any philosophical or religious contribution to the public order, what follows is that the world, the polity, must develop its own thought, morals, politics, and ethic. No other source but itself is allowed https://t.co/yrBQhJS35z via @Inor
For Chinese officials, it should be remembered that the word “sovereignty” is interpreted as a license for governments to do whatever they wish within the territories under their jurisdiction. https://t.co/cSQK18gGJi via @Inoreader
the world faces multiple crises “with the potential to devastate our communities, including the threat of climate change and the risk of nuclear war https://t.co/3GSrhHDJf0 via @Inoreader
The ayatollahs in Iran have established a vast network of mosques and other organizations across Europe to export and organize their nefarious activities. https://t.co/E7gqs7Tf29 via @Inoreader
. Under the rubric of the advent of a "liberal" pope, we have, in fact, the desire that the authority of the papacy to credibility be itself eliminated. This is what is at stake in the election of a pope. We should not doubt it https://t.co/Qpd5YQ0EUI via @Inoreader
afeguarding Europe’s security, including its determination to fight against extremism, it needs get real with Turkey and its malign activities. In order to do so, the EU needs to hit Turkey where it hurts the most: the customs union https://t.co/IKZT54wR6W via @Inoreader
If anyone is in need of a health check, it is Erdogan himself. Ankara has been seeking to expand its hegemony over Arab countries as well as interference in Europe by funding Muslim Brotherhood organisations and their affiliates https://t.co/IKZT54wR6W via @Inoreader
Stealth Jihad is the Islamic version of Gramsci’s “long march through the institutions.” It aims to influence and even co-opt key social institutions such as schools, media, courts, corporations, big tech, and political parties. https://t.co/b10lUc13KV via @Inoreader
modern-day Islamic “terrorists” are simply putting into practice the instructions and example found in the Koran, the Hadith (oral traditions associated with Mohammad), and the Sira (biography of Mohammad recognized as authoritative by Muslims) https://t.co/b10lUc13KV via @Inore
. Securing social cohesion while being confronted with rising inequality is the challenge for liberal democracies in the 21st century https://t.co/2WlIRbtwJX via @Inoreader