Somalia offers al-Shabab members amnesty

Somalia’s government has offered an amnesty to fighters of Islamist group al-Shabab, amid uncertainty over whether its leader survived a US air strike. The militants would be reintegrated into society if they surrendered over the next 45 days, a statement said. The offer seems to be an attempt to exploit […]

The brown bigots

Dawn: The common stereotype of a racist is a fat, white man hurling abuses at ‘niggers’, ‘Pakis,’ Jews and gays. Whereas once communists too figured on the hate list of white supremacists, they have now largely been replaced with Muslims. But Western racist organisations such as the Ku Klux Klan, […]

Travelblog: 3 things Indonesia can teach the Muslim world

Kevin Eckstrom http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/follow_button.1409790579.html#_=1409820654816&dnt=true&id=twitter-widget-1&lang=en&screen_name=kevineckstrom&show_count=false&show_screen_name=true&size=m | September 3, 2014 | 8 Comments (Travelblog is an occasional series of posts by RNS Editor-in-Chief Kevin Eckstrom, who’s on the road in Boston, Honolulu, Jakarta and Banda Aceh with the 2014 Senior Journalists Seminar, sponsored by the East-West Center in conjunction with the U.S. State Department) JAKARTA, […]