Let noble thoughts come from all quarters
An understanding, not judgement
Minorities in the News
1. Armenian massacre
US President George W Bush opposes moves to characterize the deaths of thousands of Armenians during the World War I as 'genocide', reports The Daily Star, Oct 6, 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=85815
On Oct 10, US House Foreign Affairs Committee's approved a motion call the killing of Armenians during the World War I as a 'genocide' and now it goes to the full House, reports Ha'aretz, Oct 11, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/911629.html. The same paper carries a report by Anshel Pfeffer on Israel's reaction and responses to the whole controversy, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/911630.html
Citing potentional tension with Turkey, the White House has opposed the Committee move, reports The Daily Star, Oct 11, 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=85916
2. Bedouins in Sinai
Police used tear gas to put down protests by Bedouins in Sinai, reports The Daily Star, Oct 8, 2007, http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=85836
3. Druze in Israel
Israeli Druze town of Hurfeish is being discriminated financially complaints its major, reports Ha'aretz, Oct 9, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/910722.html;
A group of Druze women from the Golan Heights held a protest in front of the Red Cross Office in Jerusalem demanding right to visit their relatives in Syria through the Quneitra border crossing, reports Ha'aretz, Oct 9, 2007, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/910721.html
Articles, Books, Reports etc.,
1. Muslims in Germany
Beneath the secular surface, Germany fears conversion argues Halima Krausen in The Daily Star, Oct 10, 2007,
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2. Druze in Israel
In his article in Ha'aretz (Oct 9, 2007), Meron Rapoport warns of an impending Druze Intifada in Israel, http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/910757.html
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