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The monsoon had woven thick skeins of mist over the central highlands of Vietnam. I was a young war correspondent, bivouacked in the village of Tuylon with a unit of U.S. Marines whose orders were to win hearts and minds. “We are here not to kill,” said the sergeant, “we are here to impart the American Way of Liberty as …

I read with much interest Lynn Ockersz’s article titled “Containing communalism emerging as key challenge” (Island of July 9), particularly his observations on British legislation on race relations. He refers to Britain’s Race Relations Councils which “are charged with eliminating unlawful discrimination in local authority areas, promoting equal opportunities and promoting good race relations between persons of different racial groups.” …

The following Open Letter letter is addressed to Australians, Australian media and Australian MPs. Dear Sir/Madam, Why anti-racist Australians and anti-racist Jewish Australians oppose racist Zionism, War and Genocide and cannot vote Labor. For anti-racist Jews and indeed all anti-racist humanitarians the core moral messages from the Jewish Holocaust (5-6 million dead, 1 in 6 dying from deprivation) and from …

Dr Nazreen Nawaz (Hizb ut-Tahrir) interviewed about the murder of Marwa Sherbini in a German court, attitudes towards Muslims in the West and the reaction of Muslim governments.

The concept of Responsibility to Protect has triggered resistance in many countries of the Global South precisely because of its potential misapplication to situations such as the Sri Lankan one. Lakshman Kadirgamar, the former Sri Lankan Foreign Minister, was one of the most incisive legal minds of his generation. A former president of the Oxford Union, he made significant contributions …

Dear Brothers of Islam. A Professional Student Program had been organised by Colombo Markaz. This program is applicable for all candidates who are doing higher studies in any stream.All Professonal Students are warmly welcomed to this program. A new lesson or hadith learnt in an Ilm Majlis , will be awarded with a reward equivalent to sunnah prayers of 1000 …