state of emergency declared in sri lanka

While the absence of justice and political reforms may rankle Sri Lanka's Tamil and Muslim communities, the inaction has also sent message to Sinhalese that they need not worry about being reined in by the authorities.. ... This means delivering on the promises made including at United..

monthly review

The steering committee groups included AWAAM, CIF, Brooklyn for Peace, Muslim Consultative Network, Greater New York Labor-Religion Coalition, and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. ... We held a number of community events with educators, social justice activists, and with..

alito has proved a friend to religion

During his 15 years as an appellate judge, President Bush's Supreme Court nominee has written decisions in favor of Muslim police officers in Newark, N.J., who wore beards, an American Indian from Pennsylvania who raised sacred black bears, and a Jewish professor who said she was pushed out..

rising restrictions on religion

In Canada, for instance, an Ontario Superior Court judge ruled in May 2009 that Muslim women do not have a blanket right to wear a face-covering veil (the niqab) while testifying in court, saying judges should decide this on a case-by-case basis. ..

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