July 2, 2009
Posted by yaman
SLOTERVAART, Netherlands (AFP) — A harassed gay minority in a conservative suburb in otherwise tolerant Amsterdam has found a guardian angel in the local Muslim mayor.
This week the editors of The New York Times’s sprang to the defense of Jerusalem Bureau Chief Ethan Bronner following weeks of controversy over his son’s service in the Israeli Defense Forces. …
Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
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It is always true both that every era requires a new politics and that every new politics comes about through a real break with its own tradition. But on the other hand, it may not always be politically valuable to put emphasis upon this break.
(Discussion)An article by Noam Chomsky from The New York Review of Books, February 23, 1967
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Joshua Tabor admitted that he submerged her face – upwards – three or four times until the water was lapping around her forehead and jawline.
Confess your ABCs!
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A high-ranking officer has acknowledged for the first time that the Israeli army went beyond its previous rules of engagement on the protection of civilian lives in order to minimise military casualties during last year’s Gaza war, The Independent can reveal.
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Rawabi, itself, is not problematic. Rather the growing, fanciful discourse that it fits into, a discourse that emphasises development before independence, is the greater cause for alarm. This is evident in a new document by the Palestinian Authority (PA) entitled Palestine: Moving Forward about the …
Finally some voices against the crazy Rawabi plan.
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“I don’t remember his exact words,” she says. “But basically he told me, ‘Before we get started, we want you to know that this is a democratic country, and we respect other points of view. But we found things on your external hard drive that are very concerning.’ He was sure I had some other objecti…
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UN team find remains of aircraft-dropped bombs, contradicting Israeli report on military conduct during three-week conflict
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July 3, 2009
The twist in this article is that the mayor is Muslim, which does not follow from what was written. Rather he appears to be a Dutchman who happens to have been born from a Muslim background. As a result, it does not mean anything if he invites a gay pride march through the suburb – what is worrying is that people who reject homosexual behaviour are being forced to ‘accept’ it by officialdom, which should just leave each to their own sphere.
July 30, 2009
Immigrants need to respect their host country and freedom of speech, expression and living without fear.
Gay people are being harassed by muslim Youth all over the country and its the mayor’s job to educate and spread tolerance.
No one should living in fear, fear creates angry self distructive individuals who are useless to themselves and their communities. Ex. The young angry palestinians who would rather blow themselves up rather than hope for a better future. You take hope and security from a human being and then you begin to see their dark side.
I support gay people because they never ever bothered me and to hear about the bashings that take place in a country like Netherlands is embaressing to me as a Muslim and Arab woman, not only do we have to deal with stereotypes of young arab gangs stealing, dealing hard drugs and sexually harrasing people but now hate crimes.
Some immigrants forget how hard life is in their homelands and take their host countries for granted.
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