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Opposition to the building of an Islamic community centre in New York is beginning to wind down, in spite of agitation by Republican Party extremists.
When I was a graduate student in social work at the University of Washington in the early 1960's, we were presented with two different pictures of group work. The history of social work identified our roots as in part being in the settlement house movement.
As Guelph's population has grown, there has been a corresponding increase in our city's diversity. While there has at times been friction as different groups attempt to live side by side, there have been many positive illustrations of multiculturalism. One such example is Guelph's Muslim community.
Catastrophe in Haiti, escalation in Afghanistan, new threats against Yemen, Israeli siege of Gaza tightens...and Obama's been in office a year now. Yikes.
"Although I have provided relief supplies at other disaster locations such as Indonesia and Kashmir, I never seen anything like Haiti," said Farooq Khan, in an interview with the Canadian Charger.
Below are 10 things Canada should do to help Haiti. To make sense of the list below, however, it's necessary to mention some recent political context.
"Since 2004, the new colonists have painted the face of us who are Haitian with the mud of humiliation." - Jean-Bertrand Aristide, year-end letter to the Haitian people, Dec. 21 from exile in South Africa. The hearts of the world opened to Haiti a year ago this week, in the wake of the vast destruction and death and injury caused by the devastating earthquake. But today we are bewildered and angry to see that the rubble still isn't being removed and thousands are still living in crowded camps with only thin tarps over them and no possessions or basic safety.
On November 5th, millions of Muslims who made the pilgrimage of Hajj will gather for prayers on the Plain of Arafat at the foot of the Mount of Mercy, located just outside the holy city of Mecca. The next day, they will celebrate Eid-Ul-Adha, joining the world community of Muslims everywhere who could not perform the Hajj this year.
Last month, after polling 5,029 Egyptians nationwide the Washington-based Zogby Research Services has determined that more than half of all Egyptians see president Morsi's election as a setback for Egypt.
Hamas has been accused of interfering in Egypt's internal affairs; an earlier accusation mentioned Syria. Such accusations are unprecedented, as well as unfounded, because ever since the movement was founded, it has never interfered in any Arab country's affairs; even when called upon to do so and weigh in, the movement stuck to its position and refused.
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