Thursday, September 16, 2010

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- Spetember 16, 2010


Will Efforts To Train Homegrown Muslim Leaders Fail? -- Andrea Brandt and Maximilian Popp, Spiegel Online


The German government plans to enlist imams educated at German universities to improve the integration of young Muslims in the future. The program, however, threatens to create a conflict between Germany and Turkey and with Muslim organizations.

The man with the moustache and neatly ironed shirt raises his eyebrows. With which names does he associate Germany? "Ballack, Hitler," he replies.

Ahmet Aktürk, 35, is standing in front of a mosque in Istanbul's Maltepe neighborhood. Men are hurrying into the prayer room. He has been an imam in the Turkish city for the past six years, leading prayers, delivering sermons and listening to his congregation. His people will miss him, he says -- and he will miss them.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

A ruthless sister risks becoming North Korea's next ruler -- Yuriko Koike, Daily Star

Turkish Move More Evidence That Iran Sanctions Are Futile -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary Magazine

Moral bankruptcy in Iran
-- Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer

Hezbollah: The Party of God -- Roy Keyes, Small Wars Journal

Why foreign investors still shun Kenya -- Allan Ngugi,Daily Nation

Be more frugal, America, but realise what that will cost you -- Michael Young, The National

Pax Americana (1949-2010) -- James Lewis, American Thinker

Japan-U.S. Alliance Is Worth Preserving -- Michael Auslin, Real Clear World

Not a New START, but a bad START
-- Peter Brookes, China Post

A vote on gay rights: The Senate's chance to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell' -- Washington Post editorial

The terrorist next door: American Muslims go overseas and log on to recruit attackers here -- Tony Blankley, Washington Times

Why the EU has been unable to create jobs -- Hamish McRae, The Independent

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