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POPSEach Small Candle Halfdan Rasmussen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark January 29, 1915. He was a resistance fighter during the German occupation of Denmark in W.W.II and became a well known poet often writing about social issues and human rights. Halfdan Rasmussen was also loved for his nonsense verses written for children. Halfdan Rasmussen almost became a national-poet of Denmark. He died in 87 years old on 2nd March 2002. In 1979 Amnesty International (Denmark) published a small book with poems about Human Rights (ISBN: 87-980852-2-0). Among the best were a small poem from Halfdan Rasmussen titled "Ikke Bødlen". The English Translation of Ikke Bødlen: Not the torturer will scare me Nor the hate and the torture Nor the barrels of death's rifles nor the shadows on the wall Nor the nights When the last star of pain is falling to the ground But the blind indifference of the merciless world
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POPSIt's an injustice to NOT marry girls aged 10, says Saudi cleric Würde- und verantwortungslos, dieses Verständnis von Sexualität und diese Missachtung der Menschenrechte junger Mädchen! Man muss deutlich sagen, worum es sich handelt: um die moraltheologisch verbrämte Erniedrigung von Kindern zum Sexualvieh. Ob die Überlieferungen der Worte und Handlungsweisen des islamischen Propheten nach al-Bukhari nun authentisch sind oder nicht, ist völlig belanglos in Anbetracht der Tatsache, dass das Islam- und Mohammedverständnis des Überlieferers das mitprägt, was sich heute in muslimischen, ja islamgelehrt-geistlichen Köpfen befindet.
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POPSEuropean Values - The Ideology of Fortress Europe? Are the values of human rights specific to European civilisation, marking the continent off from other regions of the world? Traugott Schoefthaler takes a critical look at the positions of European think tanks and foundations. ↗ "Europäische Werte"-Debatte - Ideologie der Festung Europa?
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POPSPalestine/Israel: Water and international law - Things could get worse The United Nations' General Assembly reaffirmed in several resolutions that the Geneva Convention (IV) relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (1949) is applicable to the Palestinian and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, including Jerusalem, and again and again condemned Israel's policies and practices against the population in the occupied territories. Very startling, the chutzpah with which Israel withstands the imminence of being classified as a rogue state.
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POPSKhaled Abou el Fadl: "God Does Not Have an Equal Partner" Khaled Abou el Fadl is both a prominent Islamic jurist and an American lawyer. In his many books he has accused radical Islamists of ignorance concerning the Koran and Sharia law. "We can debate God's will as much as we like. I encourage Muslims to do so in order to discover God's will," says Abou el Fadl. "If, however, we adopt a law and the state implements it, we cannot assume that it represents God's will. If, on the other hand, we give the state the power to represent God, that is not a democracy, but a form of ideology. This contradicts Islamic theology, because God does not have an equal partner." This is why the divine law should only cover questions of faith and should not be subject to the state. It is not the job of the state to regulate the relationship between God and the faithful. Deutsche Fassung: Khaled Abou El Fadl: "Gott hat keine Partner"
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POPS"Nowadays the First Amendment is the First Refuge of Scoundrels" Continuation: Section 319(2) reads in part, "Every one who, by communicating statements other than in private conversation, willfully promotes hatred against any identifiable group is guilty of... an indictable offense and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years." In the United States, this provision of the code would almost certainly be struck down because, under the First Amendment, restrictions on speech are apparently prohibited without qualification. This is an excerpt from the eightth chapter of the essay THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS FREE SPEECH AND IT'S A GOOD THING, TOO by STANLEY FISH, OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS. See also the Canadian Criminal Code .
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POPSMicha Brumlik's Critique of Zionism - In Order to be a Realist, You Must Believe in Miracles
Die Auseinandersetzung mit dem Zionismus spitzt sich oftmals polemisch zu, so dass eine nüchterne Diskussion nicht immer leicht ist. Umso erfreulicher, dass der Frankfurter Erziehungswissenschafter Micha Brumlik sich an eine Kritik wagt, die auf billige Polemik verzichtet. Ausgangspunkt ist die gegenwärtige innerjüdische Debatte um die Legitimität des Staates Israel. Brumliks Essay ist die erste systematische deutsch-jüdische Antwort auf die vereinzelten, sich starker Publizität erfreuenden israelkritischen Stimmen amerikanischer, britischer und französischer Juden, die in den letzten beiden Jahren zu hören waren. Obwohl der Autor kein Blatt vor den Mund nimmt, wenn es um die Siedlungspolitik Israels sowie um Menschenrechtsverletzungen geht, distanziert er sich doch klar von der Ablehnung Israels durch anerkannte Intellektuelle wie Tony Judt oder Alfred Grosser. Brumlik nimmt auch eindeutig Stellung gegen "Schalom 5767".
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POPSSaudi woman to be beheaded for being a "witch" Being beheaded by sword in a public place... For being a "witch" or practising "witchcraft"... Welcome back to the Middle Ages: "Burn the witch!" or "Behead the witch!", by the name of God. Correct me if I'm wrong, Saudi Arabia is a close ally of the US, who enthusiastically invaded Iraq to bring "human rights and democracy" to Arabs, right?
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POPSGaza exodus symptom of grave situation Israel’s ability to ignore blatant human rights violations against the Palestinians derives from the great support it receives from world Jewry and Western societies. Western Jews, emancipated and empowered by the Enlightenment, are inspired by a long history of anti-Semitism that became pronounced in 19th century Europe, and culminated in the Holocaust in the mid-20th century. Many members of the Jewish American community, who were actively involved in the civil rights movement, are ill-at-ease watching events unfolding in the Middle East. Despite their disapproval of harsh and inhumane Israeli policies toward Palestinians, they are reluctant to criticize Israel for the fear that such criticism would undermine Western support. Is silence the best approach to support the Jews in the Holy Land? And is force the best approach to dealing with Palestinians demands for equal rights?
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POPSFelicia Langer - a Jewish advocate against the oppression of the Palestinian people Her tireless and unrelenting commitment made her the target of attacks from fellow Israelis who could not understand that her actions against oppression and discrimination were basically in the interest of the Israeli people. Early on she had predicted violent reactions against the ongoing occupation. Therefore the outbreak of the first intifada did not surprise her. As her work and endeavours became more and more fruitless, she closed down her office in 1990 in protest to make public that the legal system in Israel had become a farce. She emigrated to Germany. Her main concern has always been a just and fair peace agreement between Israel and Palestine, and for this goal she is still as active as before, writing books and articles, giving interviews and lectures etc. In March 2005, Felicia Langer was awarded with the "Erich-Mühsam-Prize" for her continuous struggle for the human rights of the Palestinian people.
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POPSChristians are Genocidal Maniacs!? The article is not actually asserting Christians are genocidal maniacs, but explaining how they could be viewed as such if news is selectively shoved down people's throats, as is the case with Islam.
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POPSThe 'war on terror': Amnesty's view Die britische Sektion von Amnesty International hat eine neue Internetaktion gestartet. "Unsubscribe" wendet sich gegen Menschenrechtsverstöße im "Krieg gegen den Terror". Die Kampagne nutzt die Techniken des Web 2.0, um ihre Botschaft zu verbreiten. (Quelle: heute.de )
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