Behind Rolling Stone’s Cover, a Story Worth Reading

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…

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Talk organized in Toronto about Canada in the wake of 9/11

The Toronto Star – December 4, 2011 Reading the Aftermath of 9/11: the Sociopolitical and Moral Implications was organized by the Intercultural Dialogue Institute, a Turkish Canadian peace group. Toronto’s police chief zeroed in on a single legacy of the 2001 terrorist attack on America that shocked — and changed — the world. The strongest…

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Dutch Photographs Challenge Immigration Policies

14 October 2011 Photographer Jan Banning has developed a series entitled ‘National Identities’ intended to criticize “the nonsense of Dutch politics” in the debates over integration in the past ten years. The photos portray immigrants in scenes re-creating well known seventeenth century paintings. For instance his Moroccan Girl (Nissrine) Reading an Integration Exam Application Form…

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Muslims condemn Islamic group

Prominent Muslim organisations in Reading have condemned an Islamic group which has been set up in opposition to the Government’s Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) initiative. Reading Borough Council and Thames Valley Police are implementing a Home Office initiative designed to tackle violent extremism by working with Muslim communities. The Evening Post reported on Friday that…

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    Terms agreed for new £4m mosque

    Muslim leaders and a Berkshire council have agreed the final terms for a _4m mosque to be built in Reading. The mosque will be built on the corner of Wokingham Road and Green Road. The new building will include a prayer house, washing facilities, classrooms for male and female students and more than 100 parking…

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