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by Uzay Bulut
• January 24, 2016 at 5:00 am
- In the eyes of
many devout Muslims, tolerance seems to be a one-way street.
- "The
relation between Islam and the rest of the world is marked by
asymmetry. Muslims may and do enjoy all kinds of freedoms and
privileges in the lands of the Kuffar [infidels]; however
non-Muslims are not granted the same rights and privileges when they
live in countries governed by Muslim governments... In our
globalized world, this state of affairs should not continue." —
Jacob Thomas.
- The West,
coming as it does from the Judeo-Christian culture of love and
compassion, would seem to have a moral responsibility to help first
the Christians, the most beleaguered and most benign of immigrants.
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Left: A memorial in France commemorating the 1915
Assyrian Genocide in Turkey. Right: An Islamic State member destroys a
Christian tombstone in Mosul, Iraq, in April 2015.
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Around 45,000 Armenian and Assyrian Christians (also known as Syriac
and Chaldean) who fled Syria and Iraq and have settled in small Anatolian
cities in Turkey, are forced to hide their religious identity, according
to the Hurriyet daily newspaper.
Since the Islamic State (ISIS) invaded Iraqi and Syrian cities,
Christians and Yazidis have become the group's main target, facing
another possible genocide at the hands of Muslims.
Anonis Alis Salciyan, an Armenian who fled Iraq for Turkey, told Hurriyet
that in public, they pretend to be Muslim.
"My husband and I fled [Iraq] with our two children one year
ago with around 20 other families. There was pressure on us in
Iraq," Salciyan said, recalling that her husband, who ran a jewelry
shop in Iraq, is now unemployed. "We have relatives in Europe. Only
thanks to their support are we getting by. Our children cannot go to
school here; they cannot speak Turkish."
by Ingrid Carlqvist
• January 24, 2016 at 4:00 am
- The National
Anti-Corruption Unit has decided to open a preliminary investigation
into the circumstances surrounding an apartment that Foreign
Minister Margot Wallström obtained through the biggest labor union
in Sweden, Kommunal. The prosecutor told Swedish public radio that,
"it concerns suspicions on bribe-giving and bribe-taking."
- Member of
Parliament Caroline Szyber said that the committee should
investigate whether Wallström opened herself up to a situation where
she could easily be influenced by signing the apartment contract.
- Margot
Wallström has shown no remorse; whether her proud and unapologetic
attitude will once more save her career remains to be seen.
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Left: Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström.
Right: One of the apartment buildings in central Stockholm owned by
Sweden's Kommunal labor union.
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Sweden's Foreign Minister Margot Wallström is in trouble again. This
time it has nothing to do with her hostile statements towards Israel.
Rather, it concerns the apartment she rents in central Stockholm -- an
arrangement that could lead to charges of bribery and standing trial. The
National Anti-Corruption Unit has decided to open a preliminary
investigation into the circumstances surrounding an apartment she
obtained through the biggest labor union in Sweden, Kommunal.
The story exploded in Swedish media on January 13 when the daily, Aftonbladet,
revealed that Kommunal's management had speculated with hundreds of
millions of kronor of union members' money on a prominent conference hall
and a restaurant operation. So far this business venture has cost
Kommunal over 320 million kronor ($35 million) in losses.
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