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...former Socialist party official, Besson is considered the consummate traitor by the left after defecting from the 2007 presidential campaign of Ségolène Royal over strategy differences and throwing his support behind Sarkozy, the conservative candidate. Since then, he's embraced his new right-wing faith with the zealousness of a convert, making many long-time conservatives uncomfortable. Chief among his more hard-line moves has been the decision to hold an ongoing series of town hall meetings across France to define the French national identity. Some say the forums are already being used by disgruntled right...
...hope our presence would be a sign of good faith on our part of our engagement,” Faust says...
...that “if you truly believe that you are carrying out divine will, then there is no need for restraint—no need to spare the pregnant mother, or the medic, or the Red Cross worker, or even a person of one’s own faith.” Yet in closing, he declared: “Let us reach for the world that ought to be—that spark of the divine that still stirs within each of our souls.” The line between these two views...
...despite such variations, the report reveals one common thread: Muslim citizens have much the same outlook as non-Muslims in Europe. Like their neighbors, they care about everything from education and housing to cleaner air and safer streets. And they want the same rights and opportunities. "Communities, regardless of faith, have largely the same concerns," says report director Nazia Hussein. "Where they differ is how they are treated and viewed...
...attempt at seeking respectability: joining the United Methodist Church in the late 1960s and giving up the rootlessness of his evangelism. The Methodists, however, would later condemn his methods. For a while, his hospital and academic empire helped make him a pillar of Tulsa society. But the kind of faith he espoused was made of constant appeals to his audience to prove it to him - at $100 or less a pop. His old-time religion crumbled because it was built with small change...