religion

TeleSur | – – “The army came and burned down my house. I was inside the house at that time,” one survivor said. Rohingya refugees arriving at treatment centers in Bangladesh covered in burns have told of an increased wave of violence against Muslims by the government’s military offensive. “The army came and they burned […]

Feminism

Given Fundamentalist impact on Syria, Women’s Freedoms in Doubt

contributors

How can Hizbullah liberate women if it wants to segregate them?

Buddhism

Can Turkey’s Erdogan ride Rohingya Crisis to global Muslim Leadership?

Juan Cole

Turkey’s President has ambitions to lead the Muslim world

Elections

Can Iran keep its Influence in Baghdad?

Juan Cole

Divisions in the Da`wa Party and Iraqi Nationalism pose Challenges to Tehran

Buddhism

Burma Muslims: Dear Peace Nobelist Kyi, It’s too Late

contributors

Myanmar’s Peace Prize Winner will finally address issue of persecution of Rohingya

Colonialism

Why we should be wary of Calls for an “Islamic Reformation”

contributors

this demand for an Islamic Reformation functions to inscribe a narrative of Western civilizational superiority over backward, belligerent Islam

Antisemitism

Yair Netanyahu slammed for ‘Classic Anti-Semitic” Cartoon, liked by Nazis

contributors

IMEMC News Yair Netanyahu, who is reportedly behind much of his father’s social media stunts, recently published a cartoon portraying George Soros as the All-Powerful Jew who controls the world, according to 972mag. The cartoon shows Manny Naftali, the former superintendent of the Prime Minister’s Residence, who is at the forefront of the struggle to […]

Islam-hatred

Muslim-hating Heckler harasses Sikh Politician; he replies with ‘Love and Courage’

contributors

Brampton Focus | Jagmeet Singh | Rally Video | – – Jagmeet Singh, who grew up in Windsor, Canada, is a member of the Ontario legislature. His family is originally from India and belongs to the Sikh religious tradition, which mandates that men wear a turban. Sikhs, essentially a monotheistic reform of Hinduism, are often […]

Displaced and Refugees

Burma: Rohingya Describe Military Atrocities

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Human Rights Watch | – – Military’s ‘Unfinished Business’ Has Hallmarks of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ (New York) – Ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing Burmese security forces in Burma’s Rakhine State have described killings, shelling, and arson in their villages that have all the hallmarks of a campaign of “ethnic cleansing,” Human Rights Watch said today. Burmese army, […]