Islamophobia Is A Complex Phenomenon.

Food Prices Are Often Kept Artificially High. The Result Is That The Millennium Development Goals Set Out By The United Nations At The Start Of The New Millennium Are Not Being Reached. Fine Words Have Not Yet Been Turned Into Deeds.

When Everything That Matters Can Be Bought And Sold, When Commitments Can Be Broken Because They Are No Longer To Our Advantage, When Shopping Becomes Salvation And Advertising Slogans Become Our Litany, When Our Worth Is Measured By How Much We Earn And Spend, Then The Market Is Destroying The Very Virtues On Which In The Long Run It Depends.

Values Are Tapes We Play On The Walkman Of The Mind: Any Tune We Choose So Long As It Does Not Disturb Others.

Which European Leader Today Would Not Relish The Wonder-working Powers Of A Moses? Budget Deficit? Unpopular Cuts? How About Just A Little Miracle, An Overnight Increase In Gold Reserves, A New Oil Field, Or The Next World-changing Communications Technology? Surely That's Not Too Much To Ask.

The Faith Religious Believers Have In God Is Small Compared To The Faith People Put In Politicians, Knowing How Many Times They Have Been Disappointed In The Past But Still Insisting That This Time It Will Be Different.