NYPD tactics sow fear and mistrust BY DIALA SHAMAS / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS American Muslims: They’re Democrats and Republicans, young and old, bodega owners, doctors, cabbies, bankers, lawyers, students and entrepreneurs. But the Police Department seems to think they could all be potential terrorists. Accordingly, the NYPD has decided Muslim communities should be spied on....
MOGADISHU (Reuters) – A bomb exploded outside the headquarters of Somalia’s biggest bank and money transfer agency on Tuesday, wounding at least two people hours after al Qaeda-linked militants ordered the company to cease operations in areas under its control. Police said they were still searching the rubble outside Dahabshiil’s office in the capital Mogadishu....
Women’s Refugee Commission urges that displaced persons with disabilities be recognized for their capacities and determination to overcome the odds. New York, NY, April 16, 2013 – The Women’s Refugee Commission is honoring refugees with disabilities from two of the world’s hotspots – Somalia and South Sudan – at its 2013 Voices of Coverage Awards...
While it ended nearly six decades of political stagnation in the Arab world, it has ironically strengthened forces of status quo in the Gulf states By Abdulkhaleq Abdulla We have had enough of this ridiculous, two-year-old question: Did the Arab Spring have any impact on the six Arab Gulf states of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain,...
Nairobi, (HRW) – The prosecution of 29 Muslim protest leaders and others charged under Ethiopia’s deeply flawed anti-terrorism law raises serious fair trial concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. The trial is scheduled to resume in Addis Ababa on April 2, 2013, after a 40-day postponement. The case has already had major due process problems, Human...
Muqdisho, Abril 01, 2013 (WDN)- Saraakiisha ciiddamada nabad ilaalinta midowga Afrika ee AMISOM, ayaa shaaciyay inay howl gal ay ciidanku ka sameeyeen gobolka Shabellaha Hoose, ay ku dileen horjeege ka tirsanaa maleeshiya al-Shabaab. Sida uu shaaciyay Major Henry Obo oo ka tirsan Xafiiska Warfaafinta Taliska AMISOM ee Soomaaliya, ayaa sheegay in ninka ay dileen la oran...
Muqdisho, Abril 01, 2013 (WDN)- Waxaa maanta magaalada Muqdisho soo gaadhay Wafdi ka socda dowladda Finland oo uu hoggaaminayo wasiirka arrimaha dibadda ee daalkasi Md. Erkki Sakari Tuomioja, waxaana garoonka diyaaradaha Muqdisho ku soo dhaweeyay R/wasaare ku xigeenka dalka ahna wasiirka arrimaha dibada Foosiya Yuusuf X. Aadan iyo xubno kale oo ka tirsan dawladda Soomaaliya....
Nayroobi, Abril, 01, 2013 (WDN)- Madaxweynaha Soomaaliya Md. Xasan Sheekh Maxamuud, ayaa maanta furey shir-weynaha dib-u-habeynta garsoorka dalka, oo ay ka qeyb galayaan 150 ergo oo ka kala yimid gobollada dalka Soomaaliya iyo khuburo dhinaca garsoorka ah oo dalka dibaddiisa qaarkood ka yimaadeen. Madaxweyne Xasan Sheekh, oo munaasabaddii furitaanka hadal ka jeediyay, ayaa sheegay in...
By Drazen Jorgic and Joseph Akwiri ______________ AIROBI/MOMBASA, Kenya, (Reuters) – Kenya’s tourism industry may be a swift winner from the election of Uhuru Kenyatta, owner of hotels and a vast business empire, as east Africa’s biggest economy seeks to benefit from a vote that avoided a re-run of bloodshed of five years ago. Tourism...
By: Amira Elghawaby Published on Sun Mar 31 2013 When it comes to promoting religious freedom, the government could do with a little more fairness right here at home. Less than a month after the Conservative government officially established the Office for Religious Freedom, a multi-faith flock of Canadians is taking the government to court for violating the...