By John Briscoe India could, and should, in my view, similarly make the effort to see it from its neighbour's point of view, and should show the generosity of spirit which is an integral part of being a truly great power and good neighbour.

Categories: Indus Valley  Humanitarian Crisis  India  Media Bias  Pakistan  Peace  Water  

Added: August 17, 2010

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By Naveed Qazi / Countercurrents.org The prospect for peace in Kashmir lies, according to Naveed Qazi, is an adaptation of an arrangement similar to the one that brought peace to North Ireland

Categories: Kashmir  The British  Peace  Killings  Ireland  

Added: August 09, 2010

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By Rabbi Michael Lerner /Countercurrents.org I do not wish for the destruction of Israel, so on Tisha B'av this year (starting this Monday evening, July 19 at 9 p.m. and continuing till dark on Tuesday July 20th) I'll be mourning for Israel's path toward self-destruction and on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur I'll be atoning for the way that the Israeli majority seems to be violating the Torah's commands to "love your neighbor," "love the stranger," "pursue justice, justice" and the Mishnah's addition of "love peace and chase after it."

Categories: Israel  Jewish History  Jews  Palestine  Peace  Judaism  

Added: July 18, 2010

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By Yvonne Ridley /Information Clearing House Tony Blair certainly does not want to see any more flotillas sailing for Gaza. It's not because he lies awake at night thinking about the deaths of those innocent humanitarian activists. No, Blair is afraid ‑ very afraid ‑ that people power will expose him for what he is

Categories: Peace Activist  Palestine  Gender  Peace  Protests  

Added: July 06, 2010

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By Uri Avnery /Gush Shalom "Kill a Turk and rest," the mother says in the joke. Our government does not even rest. It seems that they will not stop until they have made enemies of the last of our friends.

Categories: Israel  Turkey  War  Peace  Jewish History  

Added: June 06, 2010

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By Maulana Waris Mazhari / Translated from Urdu by Yoginder Sikand Some radical so-called Islamists now boast that while the West has atom bombs, they have an even more deadly weapon in their arsenal-human bombs. And so this phenomenon of suicide bombings has rapidly spread from the narrow confines of Palestine to various other parts of the world, including Muslim countries

Categories: Islam  Extremism  Suicide Bombing  Peace  Ulema  

Added: May 02, 2010

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By Archbishop Desmond Tutu /Mycatbirdseat.com It is not with rancor that we criticize the Israeli government, but with hope, a hope that a better future can be made for both Israelis and Palestinians, a future in which both the violence of the occupier and the resulting violent resistance of the occupied come to an end, and where one people need not rule over another, engendering suffering, humiliation, and retaliation.

Categories: Israel  Human Rights  Discrimination  Occupation  Peace  

Added: April 13, 2010

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By Asim Siddiqui / The Gaurdian

The west can help Muslim societies develop by increasing our trade and opening up our markets to their goods. Integrating the Muslim world more into the global economy makes business sense too. And mutual trade brings countries and peoples together in a far more profound way than military aid or preaching democracy.

Categories: The Muslim World  The West  Trade  Peace  Business  

Added: April 13, 2010

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By Salma Hasan Ali / altmuslim.com On a hot May afternoon in 2008 in Kashmir, music blasted through political divisions and guitar riffs silenced the guns. With the Zabarwan mountains as a backdrop, and the majestic Himalayas and Dal Lake in full view, Salman Ahmad and his band Junoon performed for more than two hours.

Categories: Kashmir  India  Pakistan  Peace  Music  

Added: March 05, 2010

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By Uri Avnery /Gush Shalom He hops here and he hops there. Hops to Jerusalem and hops to Ramallah, Damascus, Beirut, Amman (but, God forbid, not to Gaza, because somebody may not like it). Hops, hops, but doesn't take anything out of his pouch, because the pouch is empty.

Categories: Israel  Palestine  Gaza  Barack Obama  Peace  

Added: February 01, 2010

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