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From
London to New Zealand, from Libya
to the Vatican, public expressions
of solidarity with and concern for
the people of Gaza ...
... while in France,
protests violate a city wide
ban on pro- Palestinian
demonstrations, and peaceful
demonstrators were met with "
teargas and Tasers"; while some
were injured, others were arrested
...
... and Nelson Mandela's 1990
remarks remind us that the root
problem is apartheid, "We identify
with them...because we do not
believe it is right for the
Israeli government to suppress
basic human rights in the
conquered territories" ...
... and the Hamas chief says, "the
US president and his
administration’s officials have
tied their own hands with
illogical laws that prevent them
from having direct contacts with
Hamas, which hasn’t made any act
of aggression against America.
Those laws don’t serve America’s
interests":
A survey conducted by the Pew
Project using a "feeling
thermometer" to see Americans
feelings towards the different
religious groups, where Muslims
and Atheists ranked in " The cold
area" :
Islam recognizes the importance of
equality between all humanity,
without any distinctions,
including rights to life, women's
rights and individual's rights:
In Burma, about "140,000 minority
Rohingya Muslims who have been
forced to live in camps where
disease and despair have taken
root" are underrepresented in the
media:
An immigrant Muslim- Moroccan
girl scores the highest marks
on examinations, is named France
top high school student:
"What
is being done by the Daesh
terrorist gang against our
Christian citizens in Ninevah
province, and their aggression
against the churches and houses
of worship in the areas under
their control reveals beyond any
doubt the extremist criminal and
terrorist nature of this group"
...
...
"the order was issued after
Christian leaders failed to
attend a meeting called by" IS
in a letter saying "that
Christians must either convert
to Islam, pay a tax on
non-Muslims known as jizya, or
give up their possessions and
leave the city. Failure to do so
would result in a death penalty,
'as a last resort'" ...
... meanwhile, the UN issues a
report accusing IS (a/k/a ISIL) of
crimes against humanity, "focused
on a range of violations committed
against civilians":
Muslims fro Tulsa to Singapore are
feeding the hungry during their
month of fasting:
" Assets of Islamic banks grew at
an average rate of 17% per year
between 2008 and 2012... However,
usury or riba is also prohibited
under sharia law so in principle
banks cannot charge fees or
interest for money lending":
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