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A comment relating to the YouTube video ‘The Age of A.I.’
Having watched the video, I am deeply disappointed. There are examples of the use of AI, including a recreation of two existing persons. I will refer to avatars in this…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, October 2020 (I/II)
The 25 most-consulted LinkedIn posts on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, first half of October. In descending order. Since mid-2017, we have filed more than 13,000…
Dispute over a Study on Racism Within the German Police | GermanPolicy.com
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, September 2020 (II/II)
The 25 most-consulted LinkedIn posts on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, second half of September. In descending order. Since mid-2017, we have filed more than 13,000…
Will Further Sanctions Stop the Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline? | GRI
by Thorsten Koch The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea is intended to transport natural gas from Russia to Europe, mainly to Germany. There are only 150…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, September 2020 (I/II)
The 25 most-consulted LinkedIn posts on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip, first half of September. In descending order: UNODC Launches Technical Guide on Preventing Violent Extremism…
Digest of P/CVE LinkedIn Posts, August 2020 (II)
The 25 most-consulted posts on LinkedIn on the topic of counter-extremism by Thorsten Koch, MA, PgDip (second half of August). In descending order:
Sufism and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge in Muslim Networks | Policyinstitute.net
Sufis are known by the generic terms dervish and faqir (mendicants). Generally, scientists derive the abstractum “Sufi” from the Arabic words suf, meaning wool, or from safaa, i.e. virtue or…