Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

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We are living in a world that is beyond controllability.

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You could say that we are living in an internally globalized country.

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And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.

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The basic assumption of the secular society is that modernity overcomes religion.

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Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.

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Global conditions are far too complex to be able to imagine that they could ever be really controlled by one power.

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Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

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In the final analysis, terror is also another proof of the fact that the superpower is not really a superpower. It was vulnerable.

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