August, 2014

• 6 August

  On Being Anti-Israel and Pro-Human Rights – A response to Hillel Neuer : By Abdul Halik Azeez

  

  The following statement is being taken seriously and shared around on Facebook, I thought I might actually take a moment to consider why I found it so ridiculous. “If in the past year you didn't CRY OUT when thousands of protesters were killed and injured by Turkey, Egypt and Libya, when more victims than ever were hanged by Iran, women …

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• 6 August

  Boycott Israeli products” – A note on barcodes: Israel has not “changed it’s barcode to defeat BDS”

  

  Stories and images have been doing the rounds on social media sites claiming that Israel has changed it’s barcode from 729 to 871 (or other numbers like 500) in order to fool people looking out for the 729 barcode. This mistaken belief stems from a misunderstanding of how barcodes work. A barcode only tells you which country a company is …

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• 4 August

  Sri Lanka Muslims at the cross roads – 10 – By: Izeth Hussain

  

  I argued in my last article that the world is becoming a unit, and that what happens inside a country today carries with it an external dimension to a far greater extent than it did in 1983. I argued further that the Sri Lankan Muslims have no alternative to using that external dimension to safeguard their lives and legitimate interests. …

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• 4 August

  Jon Snow Gaza video backed by Channel 4 – By: Jason Deans

  

  Jon Snow’s video was filmed in the Channel 4 News studio and is understood to have been shot after he returned to London from Gaza Channel 4 has backed Jon Snow’s unusually direct and emotional online video about the Gaza conflict and revealed that it prompted one child to write to the UK foreign secretary. In the video, published on …

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• 2 August

  The origins of some Sri Lankan Muslim Foods and Beverages-By Asiff Hussein

  

  Sri Lanka’s Muslims are heirs to a rich culinary tradition which has its ultimate origins in Arabia, India and the Malay world. Their cuisine is in a sense ‘international’. Here’s a brief survey of some of their more prominent foods and drinks and their origins. Buriyani – A favourite rice dish which figures prominently in local Muslim feasts is the buriyani, …

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• 2 August

  Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem Denounce Israeli ‘Genocide’ in Open Letter

  

  Dozens of Spanish film stars, directors, musicians and writers, led by Oscar winners Penelope Cruz and her husband Javier Bardem have denounced Israeli incursion into Gaza. In an open letter published on Tuesday, they described Israel’s actions as "genocide." They also called on the European Union to "condemn the bombing by land, sea and air against the Palestinian civilian population …

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• 2 August

  Sri Lanka’s Agony – By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

  

  Hate-mongering Buddhist extremists in Sri Lanka have set off the country’s worst wave of anti-Muslim violence in years. A bloody rampage on June 15 in and near the southern city of Aluthgama left four Muslims dead, at least 78 people injured, and Muslim homes and businesses destroyed. The attacks followed an anti-Muslim rally organized by the Bodu Bala Sena, which …

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