So Began a clamorous protest by the Muslim community in Cagliari: “We will show you the situation that we are facing now every Friday, from next week we will be forced to take matters into our own hands,” said Sulaiman Hijazi, a spokesman for the Muslim community. The situation is perfectly shown in the picture:…
More than a hundred people, including Syrian-Americans and pro-peace supporters, gathered on the Boston Common today to protest a possible US missile strike against Syria. Speakers standing in front of Syrian flags bearing portraits of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad decried US plans to launch a “limited” attack against the country in retaliation for an alleged…
A raucous crowd of supporters and protesters from both ends of the political spectrum showed up outside President Barack Obama’s appearance in Phoenix, Ariz. on Tuesday, with some of his detractors turning to racially charged attacks to express their opposition. From the Arizona Republic: Obama foes at one point sang, “Bye Bye Black Sheep,” a…
July 25, 2013 Two attacks in the space of five days, the last happening as Sherif Azer left from the bank yesterday morning when two men threatened him. Sherif Azer, an Italian citizen born in Egypt and a Coptic Christian, became the victim of the Islamic world in the area of Porta Palazzo. Sherif as…
Of all the outraged responses to the Rolling Stone cover of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect in the Boston marathon bombings, those from Boston were particularly acute. Mayor Thomas Menino wrote a letter of protest to Rolling Stone and several retailers with Boston ties said they would not sell the controversial issue. And then on Thursday, Boston…
