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This Is the Problem With How Politicians Talk About Muslims

“When you tell me that I can solve violent extremism, you’re also telling me that I’m part of the problem.”

American Nazis, Right Wing extremists and the KKK are the biggest terror threats in the U.S. but yes this is not reflected proportionately in the media. 

I’m sorry that this woman has to go through this…no one should have to live their life scared but it is because of the actions of a slim few that has America in a uproar over terrorism. Their actions does not reflect the religion as a whole. They only speak for themselves not the group. Once people understand that without having so much hate in their heart then there can be change.

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Mahmoud Shaalan, 16, was born in Miami, Florida in the United States. His entire family is U.S. citizens. Mahmoud wanted to return to his ancestral village of Deir Dibwan, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank to go to school. He visited the village when he was 8 years old and fell in love with it. He asked his parents if he could live there. Mahmoud was a straight-A student who was focused on his studies and never got involved in political activities. He planned to go back to the U.S. to study medicine.

On February 26, 2016, Mahmoud was shot multiple times by Israeli forces and killed. His body was riddled with bullets….all in the back. He was shot as he tried to run away from the soldiers. Israel told the world he was shot due to an “alleged” stabbing attempt….like all the rest. Witnesses said that was a LIE. Mahmoud got into a verbal dispute with the soldiers…but never had a knife or did anything wrong. They said that soldiers continued to pump bullets into his body even as he lay on the ground. This was a CHILD. Afterwards, the Israeli soldiers let him lay on the ground and bleed to death and refused to let ambulances take him to the hospital. They stripped his body naked and left him laying on the road for two and a half hours. When the video was demanded of his execution, the IOF said the camera didn’t capture it because it was “not in range.” More lies. Mahmoud was a good boy who was not capable of a violent act. He was buried with both the American and Palestinian flag wrapped around his body.

Today…Israeli authorities have told U.S. officials that they found no criminal wrongdoing by the Israeli soldiers and will not pursue the case further. Human rights activists around the world are outraged and calling for more action. The State Department and the U.S. should launch an independent or joint investigation.

Not a word about this MURDER of a child was reported by U.S. media….even though he was a U.S. citizen. A month after Mahmoud’s death, an American JEW, Taylor Force, 28, was killed by a Palestinian in Israel and it was front page news….widely reported in papers and on TV….with headlines about a Palestinian terrorist. The murder of Taylor was horrific and wrong. The point is….that a Palestinian CHILD…also a U.S. citizen…being murdered should have also been reported in the news. He was an innocent victim who Israel has labeled as a terrorist. They have blamed him for his own murder! And now they have closed the files on it. This is WRONG!

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New call for US investigation into killing of Palestinian-American teen in West Bank

Activists groups are calling on President Barack Obama to launch an investigation into the death of Mahmoud Shaalan, a Palestinian-American teenager killed by the Israeli military in February.

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Sarajevo, Bosnia - 1992: Shrapnel wounds on the face of a frightened boy in a hospital during the siege of Sarajevo in 1992. (Photo by Tom Stoddart/Getty Images Reportage)

An international criminal court in The Hague, Netherlands, today convicted Radovan Karadzic, the former leader of the breakaway Bosnian Serb Republic, of 10 counts related to Bosnian War and siege of its capital, Sarajevo. The charges include extermination, persecution, forcible transfer, terror and hostage-taking during Karadzic’s four-year rule.

He was also convicted of one of two genocide counts connected to the murder of approximately 8,000 Bosnians at Srebrenica in 1995.

Reportage photographer Tom Stoddart traveled to Sarajevo before the start of the war to document the the breakup of Yugoslavia; his resulting work was published around the world. Returning a year later for The Sunday Times Magazine of London, Tom was seriously injured in heavy fighting around the Bosnian Parliament buildings. In 1993, having recovered from his injuries, Tom returned to Sarajevo to report on the hardship of life in the city during a freezing winter under siege. This trip cemented Tom’s interest in a city that he returned to several times up until the Dayton Peace Accord in 1995, and well after.

See more of Tom’s work on the Reportage website.

[theweekmagazine]

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CCR Position on Obama’s New Plan to Close Guantánamo

Bottom Line

Lúcido analisis sobre el nuevo plan de cerrar Guatánamo

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El velo (el hijab) de las mujeres musulmanas: entre la ideología...

Hemos elegido el tema del velo - HIJAB - de las mujeres musulmanas porque esta temática esta central dentro del debate feminista...

Muy buena introducción sobre la historia del velo y el su significado con la activista marroquí Asma Lamrabet

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“Los jóvenes no son un instrumento para la guerra, sino para la paz”

De niño sufrió las consecuencias del conflicto en Uganda. Hoy está nominado al Nobel por movilizar a los jóvenes africanos por un futuro sin violencia

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Países de acogida de los refugiados: los ricos son los puntos negros. Hace unos días me descargué la base de datos de afectados por el desplazamiento forzoso que el Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Refugiados (ACNUR) pone a disposición del público. Se trata de un archivo de más...

A partir de la base de datos de afectados por el desplazamiento forzoso que el Alto Comisionado de la ONU para los Refugiados (ACNUR) pone a disposición del público

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HeForShe believes that we can achieve gender equality in our lifetime. But we need your energy and ideas. All you need to do is dream big and start now!

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(vía https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSTywVwZCjw)

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About the situation of Humanitarian Reponse today by International Peace Institute

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The Decline of International Studies

The United States used to have excellent international studies programs, which helped support the country’s diplomatic power and stabilizing global role. But as Washington and the academy lose interest and curtail funding, warns Georgetown's Charles King, this great intellectual resource is evaporating.

Interesting paper about the state of Internacional Studies in U.S

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A list of notable books published throughout 2015, recommended by staff at the International Peace Institute.

Books to understand better 2015

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VÍDEO: Así vivió Owen Jones la campaña de Podemos en las elecciones generales

El escritor y activista británico siguió de cerca la última semana de la campaña de Pablo Iglesias y la jornada electoral

Owen Jones (left activist) about Podemos political party in Spain