Burma Muslims Homeless & Stateless

“There are elements of genocide in Rakhine with respect to Rohingya . . . . The possibility of a genocide needs to be discussed. I myself do not use the term genocide for strategic reasons.” – Tomás Ojéa Quintana, United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights, London Conference on Decades …

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REPORT ON THE FILM JERUSALEM

” ” In late 2013 Laura Everett, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, met with members of the Islamic Council of New England Interfaith Committee and with Father David Michael of the Archdiocese of Boston to plan various interfaith activities for the upcoming year. The objective was also …

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When critique of Islam goes too far

Regarding “An honor rescinded at Brandeis” (Letters,April 15): Brandeis University rescinded an invitation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali to receive an honorary degree not because she was critical of Islam, but because some of her views on Islam are virulently hateful. Hate speech is still free speech and is thus protected. …

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Bosnia Floods

  “The consequences…are terrifying”   According to a Reuters news report yesterday, Bosnian Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija told a news conference. “The physical destruction is not less than the destruction caused by the war.” Lagumdzija said more than 100,000 houses and other buildings in Bosnia were no longer fit to …

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