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They may now seek a deeper connection to their Muslim identity, but, having learned to question authority, they are unlikely to accept rigid parental or Islamic traditions.
Where there were traditions of civil society, pluralism, tolerance, independent civic institutions, and the ability to develop a coherent multi-party system – for example, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – transitions to democracy succeeded; where these traditions did not exist, as in Russia and Ukraine, neo-authoritarian regimes took over.
Rather than losing touch with its own culture and traditions, however, Japan merged the two, moving forward without losing sight of the past.
Comparative epidemiologists have repeatedly noticed something remarkable about these illnesses: only Western countries (or, more precisely, societies with monotheistic traditions) – particularly prosperous Western countries – are subject to prevalence rates of this magnitude.
The army's British colonial traditions were slowly Americanized during the Cold War.
Finally, moderate Muslims must explore Indonesia's vibrant and indigenous Islamic traditions.
Imagined communities, patriotic traditions, religious feelings were either secondary or unreal concerns.
But some North Koreans, perhaps many, might genuinely believe in the cult of the Kim Dynasty, which, like all cults (or indeed religious faiths), is made up of bits and pieces taken from other cultures, beliefs, and traditions.
Traditions are jealously guarded, like precious heirlooms, to be passed on as long as those dreams persist.
Finally, with the opportunities that Turkey's Islamic traditions, regional contacts, resources, and geography provide, the EU will be much better placed to exert a stabilizing influence on a region that will affect Europe's security in any case.
Even countries with some of the world’s most robust democratic traditions have been cracking down.
But, while machines work everywhere, managers must abide by local traditions and belong to indigenous social networks.
One must hope that the experience of recent decades – including the tension of the last two and a half years – will induce a broad range of Egyptians to seek an answer based on respect for plurality of ideas, frames of reference, and traditions.
They also argue that migrants dilute the recipient country’s culture and traditions – a claim with an emotional pull that economists often underestimate.
At the end of July, another Lega Nord MP, Paola Goisis, proposed in Parliament that teachers from Italy’s south should not be allowed to teach in northern schools unless they are well versed in the history, traditions, and dialects of the area where the school is located.
A paragraph of the Declaration toward a Global Ethic of the Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago in 1993 reads as follows:“In the great ancient religious and ethical traditions of humankind we find the directive: You shall not steal!
How, then, can one respect both traditions?
The new Polish constitution gives an elegant answer: It acknowledge both traditions: " We, the Polish Nation - all citizens of the Republic, both those who believe in God as the source of truth, justice, good and beauty, as well as those not sharing such faith but respecting those universal values as arising from other sources, equal in rights and obligations towards the common good …"A similar solution should be found for the European Constitution.
Internet access would also bypass the problem of illiteracy, building on the oral traditions that are strong in many rural cultures and enabling communities to create self-help groups and share their problems with peers in other villages.
In order to secure a working majority in the House of Commons after last year’s disastrous snap election, British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservatives made a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, which has its roots in the more extreme unionist traditions.
When it comes to values, any attempt to divide the American and the European traditions is misguided.
Sri Lanka’s Buddhist traditions and historic links with Burma, Thailand, Cambodia and Laos makes it easy for it to be a future member of ASEAN, which Sri Lanka should try to join as a means of anchoring its economy in the wider region.
There has been particular interest (most specifically in the case of Islam) as to whether specific religious traditions are compatible with the institutions and values of liberal democracy.
Many believe that prewar democratic traditions are responsible for Czech exceptionalism.
The perceived threat of mass inflows of migrants and refugees from poor countries with very different cultural traditions aggravates identity cleavages that far-right politicians are exceptionally well placed to exploit.
But even in the more liberal West – let alone in countries with less liberal traditions, such as Japan – culture comes to the rescue of the powerful more often than it protects the weak.
In a society of immigrants, people come from a wide variety of traditions and faiths, with very different views of sex and the treatment of women.
Old societies have customs and traditions; new ones have courts and legislatures.
For the rest of us, the question remains: Will it still be a country with a tolerant and plural society, proud of its institutions and its constitutional traditions, and admired for its values throughout the world?
A more decentralized monetary authority would align better with America’s democratic traditions and economic reality.
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