Monday 18 August 2014

News Around the Muslim World on Monday 18 August 2014


Like many stories that pertain to the persecuted community, it is difficult to find people who will speak to journalists without requesting anonymity.
It is no different in People’s Colony, where terrified residents from the community are desperate for their plight to come to a logical end, but afraid to be named for fear of being persecuted further.
Only the dead are identified, because they no longer have to live in fear.

Source : www.Dawn.com


                                                                        

It is no secret that many Arab countries despise Palestinians and subject them to apartheid laws and strict security measures that deny them most basic rights.
The mistreatment of Palestinians at the hands of their Arab brothers is an issue that is rarely mentioned in the mainstream media in the West. Most journalists prefer to look the other way when a story lacks an anti-Israel perspective.


Source : www.gatestoneinstitute.org


                                                                               


A group called Lehava, which organised the wedding demonstration, has harassed Jewish-Arab couples in the past, often citing religious grounds for their objections to intermarriage. But they have rarely protested at the site of a wedding.




Sources : www.dailymail.co.uk and http://www.bbc.co.uk/urdu/world 

Contributor : Dr Adnan Javaid Meer, Our Staff Reporter (Sri Lanka)


                                                                                

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