Why Does The New York Times Love Hamas?

by Steven Emerson Editor’s Note: This article originally was published by The Daily Beast. See the original here: http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-01-06/why-does-the-times-love-hamas The paper of record refuses to call them terrorists, extols the groups’ humanitarian efforts, and whitewashes its behavior during the now-broken ceasefire. In the past week, the Fourth Estate’s Hamas cheerleaders have stripped away any pretense [...]

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Did Jesus play cricket?

Cricket is supposed to have originated some 300 years ago in England, but it is just possible that the game venerated all over the British Commonwealth, is older than currently thought. The story, told me by the distinguished Kaghakatzi Armenian professor Dr Abraham Terian, was first released online by the Australian Associated Press, and has [...]

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Sri Lanka Seeks to Strangle Non-Buddhist Religions

The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) www.persecution.org has just learned that Buddhist monks have once again introduced an anti-conversion bill to restrict conversions in Sri Lanka. The Jathika Hela Urumaya (National Heritage Party), which is led by Buddhist monks, introduced the bill under the title “Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion [...]

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POPE RECALLS THE PASTORAL ACTIVITIES OF CARDINAL PIO LAGHI

VATICAN CITY, 13 JAN 2009 (VIS) – In a homily pronounced at the end a funeral Mass for Cardinal Pio Laghi, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education, the Holy Father recalled the career of the late prelate, who died on Sunday 11 January at the age of 86, following a long illness. The [...]

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POPE RECALLS THE PASTORAL ACTIVITIES OF CARDINAL PIO LAGHI

VATICAN CITY, 13 JAN 2009 (VIS) – In a homily pronounced at the end a funeral Mass for Cardinal Pio Laghi, prefect emeritus of the Congregation for Catholic Education, the Holy Father recalled the career of the late prelate, who died on Sunday 11 January at the age of 86, following a long illness. The [...]

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GAZA: CEASE-FIRE AND A RETURN TO NEGOTIATIONS

VATICAN CITY, 13 JAN 2009 (VIS) – Made public yesterday afternoon was an address by Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi C.S., Holy See permanent observer to the United Nations at Geneva, delivered during the ninth special session of the Human Rights Council, on “the grave violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territory, including the [...]

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Mallaun Na Manush

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Minority groups fear violence in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh, January 05 — A group of armed and drunken supporters of Bangladesh’s Awami League party attacked a Hindu minority supporter of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Dec. 30, 2008. This has led to fears of a communal backlash and violence in Bangladesh. Nitto Lal Das, age 55, was attacked around 2:30 a.m. last [...]

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Philippines jails human rights lawyer

Manila, Philippines — The jailing of human rights lawyer Remigio Saladero by the Philippine government last week has caused an uproar among members of the legal profession and the human rights community. Saladero was arrested on Oct. 23 at his law office in Antipolo City, in Rizal province. The arresting officers used a 2006 warrant, [...]

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Pragmatic, not political, education policy

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia-In line with the Malaysian government’s goal of developing quality human capital through lifelong learning, more learning opportunities should be offered in English, as it is both a universal language and the language of commerce. The end product of a broad-based education is basically to churn out students with effective communication skills, the [...]

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