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

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

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

Western countries in particular can today no longer be separated from Muslim societies, because they have them within themselves. They are themselves internally globalized.

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.

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

Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes.