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How has September 11 changed the world in your view?

For many people, the attacks changed their lives in big or small ways.

What impact did they have on your life? Did they give you another perspective on the world? Or did they change the way you thought about travel?

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What really happened on September 11, 2001?

This content was published on swissinfo.ch spoke to three Swiss specialists who have sifted through the official and unofficial versions. “When I saw the second plane – indicating that it was a terrorist act – I immediately thought it was al-Qaeda, as I had been working on that issue for a number of weeks,” recalled Xavier Colin, a TV producer-journalist…

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Understanding freedom post-September 11

This content was published on Ten years after the attacks in the United States, swissinfo.ch asked three experts what they saw as the main consequences. Afghanistan was the first target after the 2001 attacks, in an immediate reaction by a wounded America and its allies. Then it was the turn of Iraq, for reasons that are still being debated. Officially,…

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Swiss Muslims deal with 9/11

This content was published on Muslims suddenly found themselves being regarded with suspicion as potential terrorists in many countries and their religion denigrated. Like most people who saw the attacks on television, Swiss citizen Nezhda Drissi remembers the day well. “My first reaction was that Muslims are incapable of doing something as terrible as that,” she told swissinfo.ch. Drissi, who…

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How immigrants become “Muslims”

This content was published on The National Research Programme 58 study into religious pluralism says immigrants from predominantly Muslim countries have been singled out even though this group has no reason to be suspected as fundamentalist. The research, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, was led by Patrik Ettinger and Kurt Imhof of Zurich University. The authors point out…

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US warned to expect al-Qaeda revenge attacks

This content was published on Albert Stahel, a professor of strategic studies at Zurich University’s Institute for Political Science, added that a secret deal was probably reached with Pakistan over bin Laden’s capture linked to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Bin Laden, the elusive mastermind behind the devastating September 11, 2001 terror attacks, was killed in his hideout in Pakistan…

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Swiss New Yorkers reflect on 9/11

This content was published on On September 11, 2001, Beat Baudenbacher was at his office early when his colleagues began streaming in with news that the twin towers had been hit by two passenger planes. He left his office, and saw the second tower collapse. “There were other planes in the sky and that was scary. I remember thinking for…

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