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Rohingya Muslims - why are they being deliberately ignored?

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Rohingya Muslims - why are they being deliberately ignored?

[http://127.0.0.1/wp/2012/rohingya-muslims-why-are-they-being-deliberately-ignored/rohingyamuslims-2/] By Javed Akbar The genocide of Muslims in Myanmar, also known as Burma, is neither new nor an isolated horror story. Institutional bigotry and racism is entrenched in the history of this country. During World War II, Muslims referred to as

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Electoral politics from the moral high ground

By Javed Akbar Elections in the recent past have failed to garner much excitement among the general public, particularly the young voters. But there is much at stake in the coming elections. The Harper government’s domestic and foreign policies read like the Bush doctrine. We need to restore the

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Support the people and oppose military intervention in Libya

By Javed Akbar While American and British politicians have ramped up talk of a no-fly zone, US warships have been sent to the Mediterranean, Italy has ditched a non-aggression treaty with Tripoli and a full-scale western military intervention in yet another Arab country is suddenly a serious prospect. The hawkish