Muslim Mobs Insult Muhammad’s Legacy
David Liepert, Canadian Muslim Leader Whether or not it turns out (as I expect it will) that Middle-Eastern Muslim mobs were duped by jihadist radicals — provoked by an old, fringe video to provide...
View ArticleMother Agnes Mariam and “Mussalaha” the movement for reconciliation in Syria
Report One Damascus (Agenzia Fides) – New meetings and new initiatives for the inter-religious popular movement “Mussalaha” (“Reconciliation”), which proposes a “reconciliation from below” starting...
View ArticleA place of asylum? Australia’s history of unwanted immigrants
Marilyn Lake The legacies of our past weigh heavily on us. Our attitudes toward asylum seekers – those who appear on the horizon, from over the seas, not-white in appearance and uninvited – have deep...
View ArticleTen Things To Know About Gaza
Mehdi Hasan Political director of The Huffington Post UK Posted: 15/11/2012 20:09 As Palestinian militants in Gaza fire rockets into Israel and the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) bombard the Strip ‘in...
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Israel And Hamas ‘Must Negotiate’
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-11-15/israel-and-hamas-must-negotiate-peaceful-truce/4372706 Israel and Hamas ‘must negotiate peaceful truce’ www.abc.net.au Vice-president of the Australia-Palestine...
View ArticleFear has corrupted Australian soul
Andrew Dutney 27 NOV 2012 WE’VE BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH TREATING VULNERABLE “OTHERS” AS WE WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE TREATED. MEASURED AGAINST THE GOLDEN RULE, IT POINTS TO A NEGLECTED, ENFEEBLED,...
View ArticleWho Used Chemical Weapons First?
Bashar’s father Hafez al-Assad was brutal but never used chemical arms. And do you know which was the first army to use gas in the Middle East? By Robert Fisk December 08, 2012 “The Independent” –...
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Carlos Santana On Child Shootings
We are a violent country; that is our history & our present. It is internalized in all of us. We kill for money, for power, for influence & for attention. I say “we” because I am a taxpayer...
View Article‘Peace On Earth’ Means ‘No More War’
John Dear Posted: 12/24/2012 3:59 pm When the nonviolent Jesus was born two thousand years ago into abject poverty to homeless refugees on the outskirts of a brutal empire, the story goes that angels...
View ArticleWhat Would Jesus Say To The NRA?
What does the birth of the baby Jesus 2,000 years ago have to offer the violent, troubled world we live in? Or what would Jesus say to the NRA? I want to suggest: a lot. A whole lot. Jesus entered the...
View ArticleThe Story Of A Drone Operator
A soldier sets out to graduate at the top of his class. He succeeds, and he becomes a drone pilot working with a special unit of the United States Air Force in New Mexico. He kills dozens of people....
View ArticleZero Dark Thirty – And Torture
Zero Dark Thirty is a critically acclaimed film nominated for many awards. Unfortunately, the filmmakers chose to imply – inaccurately – that torture led to critical intelligence in the hunt for Osama...
View ArticleTop Five Regrets Of The Dying
Jaweed Kaleem A nurse has recorded the most common regrets of the dying, and among the top ones is ‘I wish I hadn’t worked so hard’. What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life?...
View ArticleStop Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.
Matthew S. Rindge, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Gonzaga University Posted: 02/02/2013 7:48 pm Last month America engaged in its annual ritual of misremembering Martin Luther King,...
View ArticleNonviolent Peaceforce
We have to engage with local partners who can understand things in ways that internationals will never be able. War is complicated, and so is peace. And we’re always learning at this and that’s–we have...
View ArticleHow You Contribute To Modern Slavery Of Human Trafficking?
In this week’s Monitor cover story on the misunderstood scourge of human trafficking, some human rights advocates suggest that the global problem gets eclipsed by the issue of domestic sex trafficking....
View ArticleA Land Without Guns
With almost one privately owned firearm per person, America’s ownership rate is the highest in the world; tribal-conflict-torn Yemen is ranked second, with a rate about half of America’s. But what...
View ArticleWe Didn’t Stop The Iraq War, But…
Andrew Murray Ten years ago this week Britain’s biggest ever political protest took to the streets of London to try to stop the war on Iraq, or at least British participation in it. There were many...
View ArticleTraffik Free Nestle’s Chocolate!
STOP THE TRAFFIK welcomes the announcement that Nestle’s entire chocolate range in Australia and New Zealand is now UTZ certified. Nestle’s commitment means more than 3,000 tonnes of UTZ certified...
View ArticleQuestions Pope Needs To Answer
Everybody’s talking about Pope Francis, but nobody’s asking about his role in Argentina’s bloodiest war. By Robert Parry March 14, 2013 If one wonders if the U.S. press corps has learned anything in...
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