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Hungarian Prime Minister envisions clash of civilizations against Muslims

1 week ago
When Prime Minister Victor Orban recently spelled out his vision of Hungary's frontiers, he joined a club of expansionist leaders such as Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Jinping, and members of the Indian power elite who define their countries’ borders in civilisational rather than national terms. By James M. DorseySpeaking on Romanian territory in the […]
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Anti-liberal backlash as Christian nationalism sweeps USA

2 weeks ago
By Liz Theoharis In the 1989 Webster v. Reproductive Health Services case, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Missouri law restricting the use of state funds and facilities for abortion, an early attempt to eat away at Roe v. Wade.  Since then, the agenda of right-wing U.S. leaders, of which abortion is only a part, has become clear: […]
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BREAKING NEWS - Hezbollah clashes in Rmeish alleviated by swift army intervention

3 weeks ago
Hezbollah members clashed overnight with residents of the southern border town of Rmeish, prompting the army to intervene to contain the situation. During the clash, residents of the town reportedly urged UNIFIL forces to protect them from “gunmen surrounding the town.” According to media reports, the incident started when a Rmeish resident was chopping wood […]
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Dune 2021 in Perspective: A Tale of Lofty Intentions buried under somebody else’s Sandcastles -- PART II

11 months ago
By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD ... There are problems with costumes too and makeup and hairdos. The Harkonnens here are all bald, in emulation of the Baron. But in the original novel they are bronze blonds and have big lips, and in the old movie they are redish blond and have a distinct haircut, and […]
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Dune 2021 in Perspective: A Tale of Lofty Intentions buried under somebody else’s Sandcastles -- PART I

11 months ago
By Emad El-Din Aysha, PhD A number of factors worked against me enjoying this movie. I’m a fan of both Frank Herbert and the 1984 David Lynch movie, am hypersensitive about Hollywood politics and I’d recently watched two stunning movies that upped my expectations to breaking point. A wonderful fanedit[1] of the Lynch movie and […]
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Facebook forced to release anti-Rohingya propaganda

11 months ago
A US federal judge has ordered Facebook to release records of accounts connected to anti-Rohingya violence in Myanmar that the social media giant had shut down, rejecting its argument about protecting privacy as “rich with irony.” The judge in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday criticized Facebook for failing to hand over information to investigators seeking to […]
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Mynmar rebels make first military victory against coup

1 year ago
Ethnic Karen guerrillas said they captured a Myanmar army base Tuesday in what represents a morale-boosting action for those opposing the military’s takeover of the country’s civilian government in February. A spokesman for the Karen National Union, the minority’s main political group seeking greater autonomy from Myanmar’s central government, said the group’s armed wing attacked […]
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Pope headed to city of Ur, birthplace of Prophet Abraham

1 year ago
Pope Francis is due to hold an inter-religious prayer service at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Ur when he visits Iraq next week - an event local archeologists hope will draw renewed attention to the place revered as the birthplace of Abraham. Popular with Western visitors in the 1970s and 1980s, Ur is scarcely visited […]
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UN issues verbal warnings for military crackdown in Maynmar

2 years ago
Protesters opposed to Myanmar’s military coup blocked train services between Yangon and a southern city on Tuesday, hours after a U.N. envoy warned the army of “severe consequences” for any harsh response to the pro-democracy demonstrations. Despite the deployment of armoured vehicles and soldiers in some major cities on the weekend, protesters have kept up […]
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China installing QR codes on Uighur Muslim homes as part of mass security crackdown

4 years ago
China is installing QR codes on the homes of the Uighur Muslimcommunity in order to get instant access to the personal details of people living there, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). The development comes as part of a mass security crackdownon minorities in Xinjiang province, the charity said, which includes arbitrary detentions, daily restrictions on religious practice and “forced […]
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Reuters Journalists In Myanmar Convicted, Sentenced To 7 Years

4 years ago
A court in Myanmar sentenced two journalists to seven years in prison Monday for illegal possession of official documents. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, both Myanmar nationals and journalists for the Reuters news service, were arrested for violation of the country's Official Secrets Act, which dates back more than 90 years to […]
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‘Punish a Muslim Day’ letters shock UK communities

4 years ago
The anonymous letters arrived this weekend in plain white envelopes with second-class stamps, and were sent to people in at least five communities in England. Inside was a message so hateful that it has sent ripples of alarm across the country and prompted a national counterterrorism investigation. The message says that April 3 will be […]
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Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel: A ‘Fifth Column’?

4 years ago
by Munshi Zubaer Haque   Introduction: The creation of State of Israel in 1948 resulted in the formation of an ethnic and religious minority of Palestinian Arabs in the new country, who eventually became citizens of this nascent nation.70 years on, this involuntary minority within a Jewish majority is often referred to as the ‘Fifth […]
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Reuters report alleges murder, arson by Myanmar's military

5 years ago
Reuters has published details of an investigation into a mass grave in Myanmar's Rakhine State that led to the arrest of two of its journalists and potential charges under the Official Secrets Act. The report quotes a retired Myanmar Army soldier who claims he helped dig a mass grave for 10 Rohingya Muslims who were […]
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Trump ready to apologize for retweeting anti-Muslim videos from far right British group

5 years ago
President Trump said he was ready to apologize for retweeting anti-Muslim videos from a far right British group and reiterated that he was not a racist, in an interview with Good Morning Britain on Friday. Piers Morgan, the presenter, pushed him about the November retweet of three videos by Britain First that caused outrage in […]
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