As hostilities in Gaza cooled off last month, tensions on campuses across Canada have heated up with “Israel Apartheid Week.” At Toronto’s Ryerson University, left-leaning teachers and students hosted a conference called “Gaza: War? Occupation? Apartheid?” the lead-up to Israel Apartheid Week. More tensions have arisen at Toronto’s York University. At York, two police forces…
Senator John Kerry, chairman of the US Foreign Relations Committee, has called for a new chapter in America’s relationship with the Muslim world. Kerry chaired a hearing on Thursday to explore ways to forge better ties with the Muslim world, and opened the hearing by echoing President Obama’s call for better ties: “we share your…
Silence from France’s Jewish community organizations over the atrocities committed by Israeli forces against the civilian population of the sealed off Gaza Strip has caused cracks in their relations with the sizable Muslim community, claims IslamOnline.net. “Gaza was the tough test for the Muslims-Jews dialogue in France,” claimed Djelloul Seddiki, who quit his position as…
Representatives of Moroccan organizations in the Netherlands attended the annual Auschwitz memorial, after receiving requests from the government. The decision to attend – the first for the groups – comes amid heightened tensions between Jewish and Arab groups amid recent remonstration over the Israeli offensive into Gaza. The Moroccan groups decided to attend the ceremony…
Imam Yasin Gentile of Naples is planning on visiting the former Nazi death camp in Poland to pray for the victims, and that such tragedies do not happen ever again. “I am ready and Monday I will depart for Auschwitz, where I will pray with members of other faiths, for the victims of the Shoah…
