Kenan Malik: journey of an ex-anti-racist
June 1, 2009
Kenan Malik’s latest book From Fatwa To Jihad: the Rushdie affair and its legacy distorts anti-racist history and plays into the hands of today’s anti-Muslim politics.
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Settlers, leftists clash near West Bank village of Safa 31 MAY 2009
May 31, 2009
Clashes erupted on Saturday between settlers and left-wing activists who were trying to help Palestinians with agricultural work near the village of Safa in the West Bank.
Obama offers olive branch of respect to Middle East
May 31, 2009
PRESIDENT Barack Obama will offer his personal commitment to “change the conversation” with the Muslim world in a long-awaited speech in Cairo this week.
Hijab wearing Mahinur Ozdemir joins Christian DemocratsBelgium Muslim finds Christian Party compatible
May 31, 2009
A young Muslim veiled woman has joined the Christian Democratic Party in Brussels to become the first and only veiled Muslim in a Christian political party with the likelihood of entering parliament, Al Arabiya TV reported Saturday.
Germany joins calls for Israel to end settlement construction
May 30, 2009
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has demanded that Israel put an end to all settlement building in the Palestinian territories, in a newspaper interview published Saturday.
Amnesty International 2009 Human Rights Report on Afghanistan
May 30, 2009
Many regional officials and militia commanders continued to perpetrate human rights violations with impunity.
Forwarded Alert: Western Sahara/Morocco – After 46 day-hunger strike, Yahya Mohamed Elhafed suspends his hunger strike
May 27, 2009
The Moroccan authorities have accepted to inaugurate a face to face dialogue with the Sahrawi human rights defender Yahya Mohamed Elhafed.
Medical aid convoy stranded on Gaza border
May 25, 2009
A convoy bringing medical aid to Gaza is stranded at the border with Egypt, after most of the activists and volunteers with it were denied entry.
