KOBLENZ, Germany (ViaNews) – I went to look for answers at the very heart of Europe, in Germany. Koblenz is a city in central Germany which I know well, so I talked to the Muslim community there so to understand its views about women wearing the hijab, the headscarf worn in public by some Muslim…
MANILA, Philippines (ViaNews)- “They tortured me.” These were the first words that Filipino human rights activist Jerome Succor Aba uttered as relief washed over him upon seeing a small group of lawmakers and fellow activists who came to fetch him at the Manila airport on April 20, 2018. Aba, who was granted a 10-year multiple…
NEW DELHI, India (ViaNews) – The brutal rape-and-murder of an eight-year-old Muslim girl in the state of Kashmir has, once again, not only put the spotlight back on the safety issues for Indian women but has served to heighten communal tensions in a part of the country that is already largely divided and perennially on…
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (ViaNews) – Over the last few months, Pakistani’s women have been protesting in the streets to fight for their rights. Women in Pakistan are demanding more freedom and gender equality in what relates to household responsibilities, and equal testimony right in court. In Pakistan, and according to Islam, the testimony of two women…
LONDON (ViaNews) – November 2017. The Biafran separatist movement in Nigeria is blacklisted a “storm in a teacup” with just a “few noisy people involved”, by the Nigerian information minister, Lai Mohammed. Separatism, after all, is not limited to the European continent. Biafra, Rakhine, and Kurdistan: 3 separatist centers outside of Europe. The ethnic, linguistic,…
Trump recent move on Jerusalem makes the US the first country in the world to officially recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The decision has been faced with mixed reactions from across the globe. While there have been massive condemnations, there were appreciations too. Early this month – precisely on December 6 – the US President…
CAIRO, Egypt (ViaNews) – The situation in Yemen is a complex one. A civil war has been ongoing for over 2 years, but the death of Ali Abdullah Saleh this week changes a lot not just in Yemen, but also in the entire region. Let’s go back a few years in order to adequately capture…
Indonesia has been the center of the world’s attention after the country’s Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, flew to Myanmar and Bangladesh to find a solution to save the Rohingya Muslims. Besides having talks with Myanmar’s de-facto leader, the State Counsellor of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, and other high-ranked military officers, the Indonesian Foreign Minister…
An American president’s Chief Strategist is rarely known outside of those who follow politics. Steven Kevin Bannon has proven to be an exception. Democrats and Moderate Republicans, have viewed the executive chairman of Breitbart News with suspicion and hatred in his short tenure. The man credited by Time magazine as “‘The Great Manipulator’, the second…
