February 2005How about peace?“In one word, peace.” – Bashar Assad, President of Syria. In an interview with ‘La Repubblica’ about Syria's conditions for withdrawal from Lebanon. 28 February 2005.
A bit of a fudge, really“The answer did not purport to be a summary of my confidential legal advice to government.” – Lord Goldsmith, UK Attorney-General. In a statement dealing with the controversy over a parliamentary answer presented to parliament (in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq) as his opinion on the legality of invading Iraq. 25 February 2005.
Maintaining social hierarchies“[The hijab ban reaffirms] a symbolic order…which we can call colonial, where certain people were considered sub-human primarily due to their Muslim identity, dedicated to remaining docile and invisible servants or targets and scapegoats.” – Pierre Tévanian, French philosopher. On the French law banning the wearing of religious symbols in state schools. Quoted February 2005.
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