Violence

For Whom the Muezzin Calls

The Atlantic: by David A. Graham — Duke University announced it would broadcast the Muslim call to prayer from its iconic chapel, then backed down after threats of violence. When I was working on the student paper at Duke, we’d get a letter to the editor once a year or so […]

UNICEF: ‘Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality’

The Washington Post: by Nick Kirkpatrick  — Esther Tokpah, an 11-year-old orphan in Monrovia, Liberia, who lost both parents to Ebola.  A new report released on Monday by UNICEF declares 2014 a “devastating” year for children. “Never in recent memory have so many children been subjected to such unspeakable brutality,” UNICEF Executive Director Anthony […]

Is the World Falling Apart?

ceip.org: by Thomas Carothers, Lina Khatib, Marwan Muasher, Douglas H. Paal, Andrew S Weiss — The world can be an awfully dangerous and unpredictable place. As news was breaking that the United States initiated airstrikes against militants in Iraq, fears were mounting about the Russian troops amassed near the border […]

CAR leader calls for World Cup truce

Prime Minister says football tournament and Muslim fasting month of Ramadan present chance to put fighting on hold. The prime minister of the Central African Republic has called for a pause in the country’s devastating violence so that the population can enjoy the football World Cup that starts in Brazil on Thursday. […]