The German-Iranian author Navid Kermani has urgently appealed to the international community to end the war in Syria and Iraq. Given far more resolute diplomatic and possibly military steps were necessary, the 47-year-old orientalist said at the ceremony accepting the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade on Sunday in the St. Paul Church before nearly 1000 visitors.
“Can a peace prize winners to Calling the war I do not call for war on I would merely point out that there is a war? -. and that we too, as its nearest neighbors, must conduct ourselves to possibly military, yes, but above all much more resolute than before diplomatically and also civil society, “he said.
The biggest mistake is doing nothing
The war could not be ended alone in Syria and Iraq, he could complete only by the powers are standing behind the warring armies and militias. These included Iran, Turkey, the Gulf States, Russia and the West. Probably would made mistakes in a more resolute approach.
“But the biggest mistake we commit, if we continue to do nothing or as little against the mass murder against our European doorstep, the of the ‘Islamic State’ and the Assad regime, “Kermani, who was born as a son of Iranian immigrants in Siegen and now lives in Cologne said.
“An enlightened citizens”
The president of the Börsenverein booksellers, Heinrich Riethmüller, described the laureates as a role model, as human beings, give the orientation. “An enlightened citizen who Hölderlin and poetry loves, draws from the literature and from his religiosity, the suggestions, insights and power that we, in the face of a world that seems to be falling apart, all need.”
The Peace Prize of the German Book Trade is awarded since 1950 and is endowed with 25,000 euros. Among the previous winners include Amos Oz, Albert Schweitzer, Astrid Lindgren and Siegfried Lenz. Last year, Jaron Lanier had been honored.
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