According to Islamic law, capital punishment such as stoning requires witnesses at the time of penetration – 2 men, or 4 women. Watch this video and determine whether that was the case in the charges and ultimate sentencing of two sisters to death, by stoning. It seems not. And if that is the case then why is [...]
August 2, 2010
Categories: Human Rights, Iran . Tags: capital punishment, Iran, Islamic law, stoning . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
We all are marginalized in one way or another. I am a Jew and that needs no explanation. You are a woman, and of course that requires less. You are black, yellow, red, Hutu, Tutsi, Christian, Muslim, Zoroastrian, Aboriginal, a child, white, an adult or gay. You have all been tossed out of the mainstream courtyard of [...]
March 20, 2010
Categories: Human Rights, Humanity . Tags: Children, Jews, Islam, Muslim, Christians, Intolerance, Jewish. God, Irish, Engish, Zoroastrian, Aboriginal, Whites, Blacks . Author: avrum . Comments: 5 Comments
Cycles of violence and apathy – Campaign of brutality in Darfur has lasted longer than the Holocaust itself By Mia Farrow (Toronto Star, November 4, 2009) http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/720635 Cycles of violence and apathyCampaign of brutality in Darfur has lasted longer than the Holocaust itselfMia Farrow As Canadians mark Holocaust Education Week, it is a sobering [...]
November 4, 2009
Categories: Activism, Goodness, Human Rights, News: The World, Saving aLife . Tags: Darfur, Mia Farrow, Toronto Star, Ve'ahavta . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
I found the following letter on http://reachouttohorses.wordpress.com Please read it. The author of the letter asks that we share this far and wide with individuals who can make a difference. My organization, Ve’ahavta, has worked for years in Zimbabwe and I can verify that what this man writes is very true. Zimbabwe is a very [...]
September 13, 2009
Categories: Human Rights, Humanity . Tags: fighting evil, Mugabe, Never Again, Zimbabwe . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
(Thank you to Associated Press for this reprint. The situation in Ireland and Eastern Europe continues to get worse regarding the Roma and immigrants in general. What can be done? Any ideas?) BELFAST, Northern Ireland – The thugs used bricks and bottles to drive more than 100 Romanian Gypsies from their homes in a wave [...]
June 25, 2009
Categories: Human Rights, News: The World . . Author: avrum . Comments: 2 Comments
(Top Six countries subject to UN human rights criticism in 2008) First place: Israel Second place: Sudan Third place: Democratic Republic of the Congo Fourth place: Myanmar/Burma Tied for Fifth place: United States of America and Iraq _________________________________________________________________________ Avrum’s Comment: Oh, damn, they must have forgotten this. Whoops! Iran: the last executioner of children See [...]
April 19, 2009
Categories: Durban 2, Human Rights, Iran, anti-Semitism . . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
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