2017 will either be the year in which governments decide to stop genocide in the Middle East or allow these atrocities to be normalized.
2017 will either be the year in which governments decide to stop genocide in the Middle East or allow these atrocities to be normalized.
Until the masses are continually led to believe that the honor of Islam is theirs to protect, legislation will not solve extrajudicial killing.
Although NGOs have pushed to help Yazidis, it has been extremely difficult to get governments to even acknowledge the ongoing atrocities.
It is not unreasonable to think that all minorities will be wiped out of the Middle East very soon, simply because of our lack of interest.
Niger remains a source, transit, and destination country for men, women and children trafficked into various forms of modern day slavery.
The current American presidential election has placed Islam and Muslims on the center stage of a nasty campaign politics.
The discovery of unpaid seamen trapped on an offshore oil supply vessel highlights the links between forced labor and the formal, legal global economy.
The social contract outlines the responsibility of a government to keep their citizenry safe and healthy within reasonable measures.
The sentiment of anti-migration scapegoating, amplified by demagogues in Western societies, has diverged their citizens’ attitudes towards migrants.
“It would be my greatest sadness to see Zionists do to Palestinian Arabs much of what Nazis did to Jews.” -Albert Einstein
A couple of weeks ago, Pakistan’s Council of Islamic Ideology issued its proposed amendments to the Protection of Women Against Violence Bill of 2015. They recommend husbands to “lightly beat” their wives in certain circumstances.
It seems as if every speech has already been given and every opportunity has already presented itself to urge solutions to these problems.
Contrary to what ISIS, al-Shabaab, Boko Haram might preach, the core values of Islam enhanced in Ramadan are meant to be universal.
Naming genocide something else does not make a difference to the victims. Indeed, why anyone would want to re-label a crime against humanity?
The current arrangement is not a long-term solution. More work is needed to develop a system to accommodate those fleeing violence in hopes of a better life.