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...there are 20 to 30 million Muslims in the European Union. This means that we already have to manage religious pluralism. My hope is that Islam in Europe will be a combination of European citizenship and attachment to the fundamental values of European societies and a religious identity as a Muslim...
...Alex W., who emigrated from Russia in 2003 and was granted German citizenship because he had distant ethnic roots in the country, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted of murder and attempted murder. Prosecutors say he was motivated by deep-rooted racism. "He stabbed [the couple] out of pure hatred against non-Europeans and Muslims. He wanted to kill them," prosecutor Frank Heinrich told the court Monday...
...help lay the foundation on which America was built,” as President Barack Obama stated this Columbus Day—his legacy gave Italian Americans a powerful reminder of their people’s contributions to this country, at a time especially when their citizenship and patriotism was so unfairly and maliciously impugned. Each Columbus Day, our nation participates in what is now a 150-year-old tradition of honoring Italian contributions to American society, which began with Christopher Columbus...
This information suggests that young people increasingly see public service as an important part of their identities and as a central component of citizenship. At the same time, they are actively expanding the definition of what it means to serve. Public service work ranges from teaching to military service, from addressing poverty issues to generating government solutions to shared problems. It means working for a foundation like Gates or Rockefeller or serving in the Peace Corps. It means founding a nonprofit, like Project HEALTH, started by Rebecca Onie ’97 as an undergraduate and continuing today...
...around Kolkata," Bhattacharya says. "This creates a very special bond which is beyond technical claims. Nobody cares where Norman Bethune was born. He lived and died for China." It's time perhaps to rewind to how the Mother herself felt about it: "By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian," she once said. "By faith, I am a Catholic nun. As to my calling, I belong to the world...