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Peace is a challenge in post-Rabbani Afghanistan
The rocky and barren Central Asian state of Afghanistan is a graveyard of optimism. While the US and NATO count down to the withdrawal of their troops, the Taliban militia is shaking the feeble facade of normality in Afghanistan.
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Peace and conflict resolution in Islam
NGOs such as the Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative in Uganda, the Inter-Faith Mediation Centre in Nigeria, the Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center, and the Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone work with religious leaders to change negative attitudes, modify behavior, and eliminate deep-rooted stereotypes of the other.
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Trends in Muslim-Western Perception
Muslim and Western publics continue to see relations between them as generally bad, with both sides holding negative stereotypes of the other. Many in the West see Muslims as fanatical and violent, while few say Muslims are tolerant or respectful of women. Meanwhile, Muslims in the Middle East and Asia generally see Westerners as selfish, immoral and greedy -- as well as violent and fanatical.
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Cities with human rights!
We live in a world without moral boarders. Many of us who are engaged in interdisciplinary analysis combined with social activism have abandoned (or never fully held) the holistic approach in assessing symptoms and causes, urgencies and/or long term solutions theoretically or practically to this challenging development. It is not often that the interconnectedness and interrelatedness of human rights concerns becomes part of a genuine systemic analysis that which stands to avail us with the necessary compass for real economic and social transformation.
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Racism or coexistence in Canada
Canada takes pride in its multicultural society that accepts immigrants with open arms. Globally Canada is recognized as a world leader on population diversity front. Ever since its adoption in 1971, the policy of multiculturalism is hailed widely due to its impact on the social, economic and political integration of immigrants and visible or religious minorities. Many immigrants find conducive atmosphere being a key reason for them to prefer Canada over the others.
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Serbs’ moral debt in the Balkans
Peja, a small city located in western Kosovo, is known as entrepreneur, cultural and religious center of the country. Known as a friendly neighborhood for different ethnicities and religions, the majority 94% of population are Albanians, about 6% are Serbs, Montenegrins, Bosnians and Roma. The city’s quality hospital, which sits between the Orthodox and Catholic churches, serves the majority Albanian population.
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