Indonesian Children Among Most ‘Cyberbullied’ in World: Poll Indicates
More than 10 percent of parents around the world say their child has been cyberbullied and nearly one-fourth know a youngster who has been a victim, according to a new […]
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A Q Farhat
A Retired Asst Professor of Pediatrics currently working in Canada.
Washington’s ultimatum to Israel
A new work of fiction about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict sounds at times a lot like fact. Haaretz: The President of the United States, haunted by troubles home and abroad, finally […]
Israel upholds citizenship bar for Palestinian spouses
BBC: The law is thought to have prevented thousands of Palestinians from living with their Israeli spouses Israel’s Supreme Court has upheld a law banning Palestinians who marry Israelis from gaining Israeli citizenship. Civil rights groups had petitioned the court to overturn the law, saying it was unconstitutional. “Human rights […]
Bridging the Religious Divide Between Muslims in Indonesia
Jakarta Globe: An angry mob torched an Islamic boarding school, an adjacent mosque and a row of houses in Sampang, East Java, last Thursday. In February last year, a pesantren, […]
A Culture of Innovation Abounds In Indonesia’s SMK Classrooms
While two vocational schools in Solo are basking in the public spotlight for the sports utility vehicle their students have built, other vocational schools across the country are quietly churning […]
No Peace without dialogue among religions
Shiite property burning and violence in the name of religion Jakarta Post: The repeated violence in the name of religion, including the recently torching of a Shiite boarding school in […]
Racism against Israelis of Ethiopian origin
Hundreds expected to demonstrate against racism in Kiryat Malakhi Hate graffiti against Israelis of Ethiopian origin sprayed on several vehicles and walls in Kiryat Malakhi Sunday. Hundreds of people are expected to demonstrate in Kiryat Malakhi Tuesday against a recent spate of racist incidents aimed at Israelis of Ethiopian origin […]
The Horrors of Domestic Violence in Indonesia
In the communal violence that afflicted Ambon at the end of the 20th century, up to 13,000 men, women and children died, and many more were maimed and injured. Large numbers of people participated in, suffered from or witnessed acts of extreme violence, and many saw family members and friends […]
Celebrated for Pluralism, but Marred by Rights Abuses
2011 was not a good year for human rights in Indonesia. Starting with the persecution faced by the Ahmadiyah sect and continuing with the closure of the GKI Yasmin church in Bogor, the ongoing Papuan crisis and, at the end of the year, news of the Mesuji massacre, the year […]
Students succeed in building a car
Jakarta Globe: On the Road to Producing a National Car for Indonesia Solo. It’s been a long road, but the students at Solo’s SMK 2 and SMK 5 have succeeded […]
Musharraf urges Pakistan to review policy on Israel ties
Former President General (rtd.) Pervez Musharraf supported Pakistan to review relationship with Israel, saying this will benefit Pakistan. Musharraf, talking to an Israel-based newspaper in an interview, noted, “Israel is […]
Mosque vandalism hurts all
Ottawa Citizen: We recently conducted an interfaith event called Children of Abraham with Imam Limame of the Outaouais Islamic Centre. In attendance were members of our three congregations including the […]
Israeli court upholds contentious ‘Naqba’ law
JERUSALEM — Israeli human rights groups said Thursday that the country’s Supreme Court had rejected their petition to overturn a contentious law penalising Arab mourning of the Jewish state’s founding. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Israeli Arab rights organisation Adalah said in a statement that the […]
Sandals and Solidarity: Why Indonesians Are Using Flip-flops as Symbols of Protest
The wheels of justice stumbled over a pair of flip-flops this week in Indonesia, where a 15-year-old was tried and found guilty on Wednesday for stealing a pair of worn-out […]
Jimmy Carter: the Role Played by Faith
Jimmy Carter Interview: Real Story behind Egypt Israeli Peace Deal Jimmy Carter is the 39th president of the United States, founder of the Carter Center and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He has authored many books, the most recent being “Through the Year with Jimmy Carter: 366 Daily Meditations […]
Israel agrees to look at PA final status proposal after Amman meet
Move is rare glimmer of progress in an encounter producing no large breakthrough, though the three-and-a-half-hour meeting did not break down either. Haaretz: Israeli negotiator Isaac Molho agreed to look at the Palestinian’s final status proposal during the first meeting in month between Palestinian and Israeli negotiators in Amman, Jordan, […]
Top 10 for Integrative Medicine Policy and Action in 2011
……….. The year was a good one for integrative medicine. Many of these developments grew out of the mandated inclusion of integrative and complementary and alternative medicine practices in the […]
Do Christians believe in atheists? UBC study finds believers distrust atheists as much as rapists
Religious believers distrust atheists more than members of other religious groups, gays and feminists, according to a new study by University of B.C. researchers. The only group the study’s participants […]
Indonesians have new symbol for injustice: sandals
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesians have found a new symbol for their growing frustration at uneven justice in this young, democratic nation: cheap, worn-out flip-flops. They have been dropping them […]
In Arabic and in Hebrew, a name is more than just a name
A serious world war is erupting in Israel about identity, narratives, the status of Israeli Arabs and the right of return. Haaretz: When the prime minister convened an emergency meeting […]