And it also became clear that these conditions of inequality and historical injustice have given rise to a feeling of hate in the world - a deeply felt hate that cannot easily be overcome with a few good words.

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.

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

Europe itself is an embodiment of this diversity.

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

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible.

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