The White House statement on International Holocaust Remembrance Day did not mention Jews or anti-Semitism. As Holocaust historian Professor Deborah Lipstadt put it, "what we saw from the White House was classic softcore denial. The Holocaust was de-Judaized."
As an Iranian-American Muslim, I also worry for myself, for my family and for my community.
Dadaab, Kenya (Photo for LWR by Jonathan Ernst) With the world's response to the refugee crisis dominating news headlines, many mis...
Turns out you don't want to challenge Kumar. A troll tried to take the actor to task about the Muslim ban this past weekend. Penn responded by immediately starting a fundraiser in the troll's name for Syrian refugees. So far he's raised $778,108 and counting. Take that, racists.
It matters not a whit whether or not Donald Trump influenced Alexandre Bissonnette. What matters is that neither Donald Trump or Alexandre Bissonnette reflect Canada's beliefs or values.
John Keane, University of Sydney The writer-political thinker Albert Camus once ...
The emotional torment of fleeing your home is not easy to describe. I remember arriving at London Heathrow airport like it was yesterday. It was a freezing cold December night and I could not think straight. I felt so sad and guilty at leaving my parents behind. But equally I was happy and relieved to be in a safe place. I never wanted to leave Syria. I never thought that, some four years later, I would have a new life in Yorkshire. What makes someone abandon their home and travel over land and sea for a better future? In recent days, there has been so much focus on refugees around the world. I am a 'refugee'. But first and foremost, I am a person.
Throughout his campaign, U.S. President Donald Trump vowed that confronting terrorism and destroying the self-proclaimed Islamic State would be his h...
If people are continuing to be detained and screened that would not have been before the executive order was issued, then we may well have a constitutional crisis on our hands.
For children living in warzones, a 'normal childhood' does not exist. Journeys to school, the safety of home, and even friends and family, slowly disa...
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates voiced support for President Donald Trump's idea to establish safe zones in Syria, which comes as no surpris...
Consequences for President Donald Trump's rhetoric differ substantively from those of Candidate Trump as such may affect his personal ...
Signing on to a joint statement with 15 other state attorney generals that President Trump's executive order on travel bans is "unconstitutional, un-...
I don't know how not to protest... As I try not to think of the children washed ashore dead And the ones with dust all over their face As the riche...
Egyptian protesters during demonstrations in Cairo, January 2011 On December 17, 2010, a street vendor in Tunis, n...
Future generations will judge us harshly for the abandonment of the principles embraced by both this special day and America's unique place in the history of the world.